[icann-see] SEEDIG Asssociation

Thu Dec 22 16:56:36 CET 2016

Thank you, Lianna, for the rapid response.

And yes, please, keep community updated on how you progress with legal
matters and make sure you organise your work in a transparent and
accountable manner, so much desired by the community.

It would be great if community would be given a possibility to shape

the agenda of the virtual planning meeting in mid January, which you
mentioned.

Best regards,

Narine

On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 7:32 PM, Lianna Galstyan <lianna at magic.am> wrote:

> Dear Narine,
>
> Thank you for your message.
>
> The creation of a SEEDIG association is currently underway. We are working
> on necessary documents for registration procedure, and will share with all
> of you with the updated information in this regard.
> 
> We may also include this issue on the agenda of the virtual planning
> meeting in mid January.
>
> For the time being, we would like to kindly ask everyone on this list to
> focus on the call for issue, and submit proposals as this is a key step
> that will shape our work for the next year's meeting.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Lianna
>
> On 22/12/2016 18:59, Narine Khachatryan wrote:
>
> Dear all,
>
>
> Thank you for your nice and warm greetings. Best wishes to you and
> everyone in the SEEDIG community.
>
>
> Lianna, since everyone wants SEEDIG to florish next year, could you
> kindly inform the list and the SEE community about the current state of
> affairs regarding the creation of a SEEDIG association*,* for which SEEDIG
> Executive Committee asked the community members for their contribution,
> way back in November. What happened with the proposal to give SEEDIG a
> legal status, helping to bring more credibility to the initiative and ensure
> its sustainability?
>
>
> Wishing you and everyone a safe, peaceful and secure New Year! May
> happiness and harmony be ours during this festive season and throughout the
> year of 2017!
>
>
> Best regards to all,
>
>
> Narine
>
>
> 
>
> On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 6:18 PM, Lianna Galstyan <lianna at magic.am> wrote:
>
>> Dear All,
>>
>> We would like to thank you for your support for and commitment to SEEDIG
>> in 2016  and remind you that only a few days are left before the deadline
>> for the joint SEEDIG and EuroDIG Call for Issues
>> <http://www.seedig.net/call-for-issues/>. Please, use this chance to
>> make your contribution by submitting topics of your interest until 31
>> December, 2016 / 24:00 UTC.
>>
>> 
>> Wishing you all the joys of the Holiday Season and a happy New Year!
>>
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Lianna
>> (on behalf of SEEDIG executive committee)
>>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 9, 2016 at 3:29 PM, Dusan Stojicevic <dusan at dukes.in.rs>
> wrote:
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>>
>>
>> The creation is under way. Currently we are in stage of writing necessary
>> documents for opening and we are starting with document for the list, the
>> real statute and other procedures.
>>
>> For now, everything is on the list what we decided so far in executive
>> committee.
>>
>> Further details I will send You very soon.
>>
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Dusan
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* Narine Khachatryan [mailto:ms.narine.khachatryan at gmail.com]
>> *Sent:* Friday, December 9, 2016 12:04 PM
>> *To:* Dusan Stojicevic <dusan at dukes.in.rs>; icann-see at rnids.rs
>> *Subject:* Re: [icann-see] SEEDIG Asssociation
>>
>>
>>
>> Dear Dusan,
>>
>>
>>
>> Could you kindly inform the list and the SEE community about the current
>> state of affairs *regarding the creation of a SEEDIG association,* for
>> which you asked the community members for their feedback (the relevant
>> email is attached below).
>>
>>
>>
>> What happened with the proposal to give SEEDIG a legal status, helping
>> to bring not only more credibility to the initiative but ensuring its
>> sustainability, so much wanted by all community members?
>>
>>
>>
>> Regards, Narine, SEE community member
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Oct 22, 2016 at 6:41 PM, Dusan Stojicevic <dusan at dukes.in.rs>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Dear all,
>>
>>
>>
>> To further clarify the position in the previous document (re-attached
>> here), I am sending this second mail. While everything written in this
>> document remains valid, some issues are further explained below.
>>
>> Also taking this opportunity to thank Michael for his very fast reaction
>> and his support for our proposal.
>>
>> ---
>>
>>
>>
>> After several discussions held within SEEDIG’s executive committee, as
>> well as with all SEEDIG supporting organisations, we are writing to you
>> with *a* *proposal regarding the creation of a SEEDIG association,*
>> while kindly asking for your feedback.
>>
>>
>>
>> Since its launch in December 2014, SEEDIG has steadily grown as an IGF
>> initiative. In addition to the annual meeting, we have launched a number of
>> inter-sessional activities, and are actively looking for new such
>> opportunities. The SEEDIG community is also continuously expanding. With
>> SEEDIG growing, so does the complexity of our processes and work. In order
>> to be able to more effectively manage these processes and work, we believe
>> it is opportune to give SEEDIG a legal status, through creating a dedicated
>> association. This view is shared by our supporting organisations (whom we
>> would like to thank once again for their advice and continuous support).
>>
>>
>>
>> Giving SEEDIG a legal status would, contribute to ensuring the
>> sustainability of the initiative, bringing more credibility, and addressing
>> some of the challenges we have faced over the past two years (such as
>> management of donations, liability, agreement with partners, etc.). A
>> detailed overview of the current situation and the implications of having a
>> SEEDIG association is in the attached document.
>>
>>
>>
>> As you know, the preparatory process for the 2017 meeting has started,
>> and there are a number of steps that need to be taken soon (fund-raising,
>> logistical arrangements, etc.). These steps would be more appropriately and
>> easily handled through a legal structure.
>>
>>
>>
>> For all the aforementioned, *our proposal is to create a SEEDIG
>> association, in a two-phase process.*
>>
>>
>>
>> *Phase 1*
>>
>> Creating a *‘beta association’*, having as founding members the current
>> five members of the executive committee. The statute of this association
>> would be a basic one, and would only describe the minimum elements required
>> by law (objectives, founding members, basic decision making).
>>
>>
>>
>> This would allow us to have the association created in a relatively short
>> time frame. Having a ‘beta association’ in place would facilitate the
>> preparatory process for the Ohrid meeting, as well as our inter-sessional
>> activities.
>>
>>
>>
>> *Phase 2* (to be launched in parallel with phase 1)
>>
>> Running an open, inclusive and transparent process for building a more
>> comprehensive statute for an *‘association 2.0’*, which would expand
>> beyond the founding members. This statute would go into more detail on
>> aspects such as membership, governing structures, decision making, roles
>> and responsibilities, etc.
>>
>>
>>
>> We expect this process to take several months, allowing the statute to go
>> through several stages of iteration. One possibility would be to consider
>> approving such a statute at the Ohrid meeting next year.
>>
>>
>>
>> We are therefore kindly inviting you to reflect on the above, share your
>> views, and let us know if you agree with the proposed approach. As before,
>> silence will be taken as agreement. *The deadline for input is 1
>> November.*
>>
>>
>>
>> Thank you and we look forward to hearing from you.
>>
>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Dusan
>>
>> (on behalf of executive committee)
>>
>>

-- 

Best regards,
Narine Khachatryan
Program Coordinator
Safer Internet Armenia <http://www.safe.am> Media Education Center
<http://mediaeducation.am>
Yerevan Armenia
Phone: +374 55137907
email: ms.narine.khachatryan at gmail.com
Skype: nairnek
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://lists.rnids.rs/pipermail/seedig/attachments/20161222/0fb3b8fc/attachment.htm>