The future of itSMF International

OK let's get serious about discussing the future of itSMF International. What are the options?

When I look at the personal cost that individual volunteers have incurred when they try to make a difference to itSMF International, it is clear to me that the dysfunction is systemic, and frankly poisonous. No I'm not going to go into details: you either know about this stuff or you don't, and I don't believe any public forum is the place to discuss details.

But I think there is plenty of evidence in the public domain that the organisation is severely broken, my blog yesterday on communications being one example. I'm all for giving new blood time to show results, but on reflection the signs aren't good - as I said "yet another bloody strategic review" - and this is the umpteenth tilt at the windmill. I think patience is exhausted. The only way to save itSMF International is major reform this year, including governance reform to get the poison out, resolving the trans-Atlantic power struggle and the big-little chapters power struggle, and delivering some actual tangible value to the chapters. Odds of that in any useful timeframe? Pffft.

I think it is time for itSMF chapters to cut our losses and find another home.

What are the options?

1. The country chapters could back themselves into the existing ISACA international framework, as ITSM chapters alongside exisitng GRC chapters. This is my pick, if ISACA are mad enough to have us.
2. Axelos could step up and offer a funded, managed, international framework. Sort of a commercial ISACA, with the content and community within the one organisation. Huge benefits for Axelos. The community may not be so keen, but it is no different to any other commercial vendor's user group.
3. The chapters could just choose to be autonomous. Hell, we already do our own membership, finances, publications, newsletters, conferences... What do we need International for?
   The bigger chapters are pretty much doing this already anyway.
   The smaller chapters could go it alone or choose to ally with a big one. it's only a loose alliance for mutual benefit and support. More conference attendees for the bigger chapter. Bigger revenue stream if you share administrative services. Etc...
   itSMFUK will huff and puff about owning the trademark, but they aren't going to sue 50 chapters. We can all tell them to go itSMFUK themselves.
4. Cabinet Office could step back in and provide a governing body. This would allow them to claw back some control over Axelos that they handed away so freely. But given they were are party to this mess in the first place (by providing no governance at all back at the start of itSMF) I'd say they have no credibility.
5. We could struggle on with what we have and hope that strategic and governance reform fixes the problems. Culture is culture: I think it is too long a road. it is draining money from the chapters with nothing to show for it: little IP generation beyond a few translations done by the chapters anyway, no services, a dead website.

Thoughts? Any other ideas?