<div dir="ltr"><div><br>Folks<br><div>soon the call for nominations will go out for the election of trustees for the ISOC Board.<br><br></div><div>As
chair of the nomcom, I am therefore asking for input into the selection
criteria, or at least some guidance for the nomcom in their
deliberations.<br><br></div><div>It is important to remember, too, that
the job of the Board of Trustees (BoT) is that of gvoernance and
overarching strategy, not day-to-day management or explicit direction.
It has significant fiduciary responsibility and legal responsibilities
for the appropriate governance of the organisation. Thus these skills are the essential basis for the skillset required.<br></div><div><br>Current <a href="http://www.internetsociety.org/who-we-are/board-trustees/trustee-elections" target="_blank">information about the BoT election process</a> is up at:<br><a href="http://www.internetsociety.org/who-we-are/board-trustees/trustee-elections" target="_blank">http://www.internetsociety.org/who-we-are/board-trustees/trustee-elections</a><br><br></div><div>Thoughts and comments welcome!<br></div><div><br></div><div>Additional Information<br></div>You
may recall that earlier last year we adopted a system of equal seat allocation to nominations from the three communities, so the number from each source (IETF, Org and
Chapters) is not matched with the number we are electing/nominating this
time round. In the future they will be, but this year we are still
transitioning.<br><br>[Once elected, trustees are committed to serve the Society as a whole
and cannot act merely in the interests of any one group, regardless of
who they were elected/appointed by.]<br><br>Thus, this time around we will be:<br>- electing: 1 x Org, 1 x Chapter nominees<br>- receiving 2 x IETF appointees (through their selection process)<br></div><div><br>Stepping down will be:<br>- 1 x Chapter member<br>- 2 x Org members<br>- 1 x IETF nominee<br><br>Of those, the individuals are:<br>Rudi Vasnick (eligible for re-election)<br>Dave Farber (eligible for re-election)<br>Eric Burger (term limited thus now ineligible for re-election)<br>Keith Davidson (eligible for re-election) Keith has indicated he will not be standing.<br><div><br></div>The Board of Trustees' current makeup is:<br><br>By geography<br>North America - 5<br>Asia-Pac - 4 (Pacific - 2, Asia - 2, M-East-0)<br>Europe - 3<br>Central/Latin America - 0<br>Africa - 0<br><br>By gender<br>Males : 10 Females : 2<br><br><div>Age:<br></div><div>There are no representatives under the age of 30<br><br></div><div>Disability:<br></div><div>There are no members with declared disability<br></div><div><br></div><div>Languages spoken (this may not be complete):<br></div><div>English, Flemish, French, German, Serbian<br></div><div><br></div><div>Loosely speaking, the BoT is:<br></div><div>Academics: 4, Business: 4, Technologists: 3, Consumer: 1<br></div><div>[frankly
are all technologists, but I was thinking day jobs; nearly all of the
group have either engineering or computer science qualifications]<br><br></div><p dir="ltr">Assuming no re-elections,the BoT is potentially losing:<br>
Gender: 4 males<br>
Region: 1 Pacific; 1 Europe; 2 North America<br>
Profession: 2 Academics; 2 business people<br>
Skill strengths: Governance, audit, organisation and business management</p>
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Remaining skills on the Board:<br></div>Please refer to the <a href="http://www.internetsociety.org/who-we-are/board-trustees" target="_blank">bios of existing trustees</a> at:<br><a href="http://www.internetsociety.org/who-we-are/board-trustees" target="_blank">http://www.internetsociety.org/who-we-are/board-trustees</a><br><div><div><div><br></div><div>Needs:<br></div><div>Understanding of the responsibilities of a board member<br></div>More women and younger people<br></div><div>More non-technical, NGO operations/management people<br></div><div>More from Africa, Central America<br></div><div>More who bring social impact and outreach to the fore<br></div><div>Generalist skills rather than single issue focus<br></div><div><br></div><div><br><br></div>thoughts? comments?<div><div><img src="https://ssl.gstatic.com/ui/v1/icons/mail/images/cleardot.gif"></div></div>best regards<br><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><br><br><br>Narelle Clark<br>Immediate Past President and Board Member<br>Internet Society of Australia<br><br><a href="mailto:president@isoc-au.org.au" target="_blank">narelle@isoc-au.org.au</a><br><a href="http://www.isoc-au.org.au" target="_blank">www.isoc-au.org.au</a><br>The Internet is for Everyone!<br></div>
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