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Dear Caleb and Ted,<br>
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thank you for your kind responses.<br>
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The points I am making are valid for both Org and Chapters. Since
the limitations due to conflict of interest are known in advance, if
the Governance Committee is not willing to consider making
recommendations in relation to the make-up of the NomCom, Board
members should be more strategic about their chosen committee
appointments so we do not end up in a situation like we have this
year.<br>
Kindest regards,<br>
<br>
Olivier<br>
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<p>Dear Olivier,</p>
<p>To add to what Ted mentioned and to provide a few examples
for clarity:</p>
<p>As you noted, there is no explicit requirement for a
Chapter-selected Board member to serve on the Internet Society
Nominating Committee. However, I'd like to highlight an
important governance consideration that Ted touched on
regarding conflicts of interest, which becomes particularly
relevant this year.</p>
<p>When Chapter-elected Board members serve on the ISOC Board,
they are eligible to volunteer for various committees,
including the Nominating and Election Committees. However, a
significant conflict of interest arises when Board members
wish to stand for re-election. They cannot simultaneously
serve on committees that directly influence their own
candidacy such as Nomination and Election Committees.</p>
<p>This year, two of the four Chapter-elected Board members
(half of our Chapter Representation on the Board of Trustees)
have indicated their interest in running for re-election in
the upcoming Chapter elections. This means these members are
automatically excluded from serving on both the Nominations
Committee and the Elections Committee, as their participation
would <b>pose a clear conflict of interest.</b></p>
<p>In my own case, last year's election cycle, I previously
served as Nominations Committee Chair as an elected Board
Member from the Chapter. When I indicated my intention to be a
candidate in this year's upcoming election cycle, I could
neither volunteer for the Nominations Committee nor the
Elections Committee roles, as doing so would have created an
inappropriate conflict.<br>
Please read the Special Conflict of Interest Rules on this
page with emphasis on this text ("No Committee members may be
elected or selected as Trustees in the year during which they
sit on the Committee".) <b><i><a
href="https://www.internetsociety.org/board-of-trustees/committees/nominations/"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://www.internetsociety.org/board-of-trustees/committees/nominations/</a></i><br>
</b></p>
<p>This restriction means any Board member seeking re-election
is automatically ineligible to serve on either the Nominations
Committee or Elections Committee during the year of their
candidacy.<br>
<br>
This structural reality, where half of the Chapter-selected
Board members are running for re-election, naturally limits
the pool of available Chapter-elected trustees who could serve
on the NomCom without conflict. Combined with the other
committee obligations Ted mentioned (Charles chairing
Governance, Maureen serving on Elections), this creates
practical constraints on Chapter Board representation on the
NomCom.<br>
<br>
For example, on this link: <b><i><a
href="https://www.internetsociety.org/board-of-trustees/committees/governance/"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://www.internetsociety.org/board-of-trustees/committees/governance/</a> </i></b><br>
The Special Conflict of Interest Rules states: <b>"No members
of the Governance Committee may serve on the Nominations
Committee; however, they are eligible to serve on the
Elections Committee. Trustees standing for re-election in
any given year may serve on the Governance Committee." <br>
</b>Charles and Maureen are both on this committee.<br>
<br>
I hope the addition to what Ted said has given you more
information to your questions.<br>
<br>
<b>Caleb Ogundele</b><br>
Chapter Elected - Board of Trustees.</p>
<p>Internet Society<br>
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10:41 AM Ted Hardie via Chapter-delegates <<a
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Greetings,</div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">As a
reminder, the nominations committee charter is here: <a
href="https://www.internetsociety.org/board-of-trustees/committees/nominations/"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://www.internetsociety.org/board-of-trustees/committees/nominations/</a>
. It does not require specific backgrounds for any of the
board members who serve, but it does require "at least two
people who are neither Officers of the Board nor Trustees
nor employees nor contractors of the corporation." and
that the committee reflect the breadth of the community. </div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">For a
year in which two of the four members of the Board come
from a single community (this year the Chapters, other
years each of the other appointing bodies), it would be
very difficult to require one of the two remaining members
to serve on this committee, as it would constrain the time
they had for other committees. Charles Mok, for example,
as chair of the governance committee already has a pretty
full plate, and Maureen Hilyard serves on the election
committee. The election committee members and governance
committee may not overlap.</div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Each year
we do encourage members of the community to serve on the
committee; Lars Eggert and Emmanuel Elolo are currently
serving, and I encourage any member of the community to
volunteer for it in the future. It's a valuable service
you can offer to ISOC.</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">best
regards,</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jan 29, 2026 at
3:42 PM Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond via Chapter-delegates
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<div> Dear Colleagues,<br>
<br>
as you know, the ISOC NomCom is due make up a slate of
qualified candidates for consideration and potential
election to the Board in the Organisational and the
Chapter elections.<br>
<br>
Looking at this year's NomCom and its rules, I am
surprised that there does not appear to be a requirement
that at least one Chapter selected Board member needs to
be on this important Committee.<br>
<br>
Is this a problem? How can the NomCom make informed
choices about the needs of Chapters if there isn't even
one Board members selected by Chapters on this
committee? Is this something which the Governance
Committee should be looking at?<br>
<br>
Kindest regards,<br>
<br>
Olivier </div>
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<div dir="ltr"><b><font color="#000000">Caleb Ogundele</font></b>
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