[chapter-delegates] Re: Report of the 2005 ISOC Nominations Committee

[Gene Gaines]

Margaret,

Thank you for clarifying the selection process.

Gene
gene.gaines at gainesgroup.com

On Saturday, April 2, 2005, 2:08:42 PM, Margaret wrote:


> Hi Gene,

> At 3:28 PM -0500 4/1/05, Gene Gaines wrote:
>>I was not clear.  I was looking for the full list of candidates
>>that were nominated to the nominating committee -- not the two
>>candidates selected by the nominating committee to stand for
>>election.

> I am sorry that I misunderstood your question.

> I don't feel that it would be appropriate to provide a list of the
> candidates' names, as that would not be fair to the candidates who
> were nominated and not selected.  However, I can give you an overall
> picture of the Nominations Committee efforts.

> We received 35 complete nominations.  Of those 35 nominations, 8 were
> explicitly nominated for the Chapter election, 11 were explicitly
> nominated for the Organizational Member election, and the remaining
> 17 nominations did not specify a particular election.

> We went through an initial screening process based on information
> that each nominee provided, including a CV, references and the
> answers to three questions.

> After our initial screening, we had a list of 8 highly qualified
> nominees for the Chapter election.  In order to make the difficult
> decision regarding which of the 8 candidates to place on the Chapter
> election slate, we conducted 1/2 hour interviews that included
> questions that were intended to explore each candidates' 
> qualifications in more depth.  We also sought feedback from within
> the Nominations Committee and from some members of the ISOC community.

> After careful consideration, the Nominations Committee selected what
> we consider to be the two best available candidates for the ISOC
> Chapter election:  Alex Corenthin and Richard St. Clair.

> Both of these candidates are Chairs of their local ISOC Chapters
> (Senegal and Niue) and pillars of their regional Internet communities
> (Africa and the Pacific).  They are both very active in 
> Internet-related technical, educational and public policy activities,
> and they are both internationally renowned for their success in
> bringing the Internet to developing regions of the world.

> More information regarding the ISOC Board of Trustee candidates
> should be available soon at:

> http://www.isoc.org/members/vote/2005election/profiles

> We are currently in the petition period, so additional candidates may
> be added as petitions are completed.

> If you have further questions about the ISOC Nominations Committee
> process, please don't hesitate to ask.

> Best Regards,
> Margaret









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