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

[Ramon Morales]

Margaret,
With all due respect to your selection process, I wish to start a petition
process with the objective of adding Veni Markovski to the list of Board
candidates for the Chapter elections. While I understand that the two
presently selected have the qualifications and fit your committee's
criteria, I know I speak for many chapters who see in Veni a powerful voice
for change and for the transformation that ISOC must undergo if it is to
become a relevant global organization in the 21st Century.

If the current conditions continue and the Board and its entities continue
to ignore or pass up opportunities to address its crisis of leadership, we
will not turn the tide of disillusionment and marginality that actions such
as these cause in us who have seen the work of Veni, Pat and Rosa on this
list. While I am sure your committee did not intend this result, the fact
that you would select two people and not Veni shows how disconnected the
committee is from the pulse and the drive that is moving the chapters
forward.

I would like to know, under the current conditions, how many actual chapters
are alive and functioning, how many would be involved in the voting and what
is the actual number of petitions needed to place Veni on the ballot. I
would appreciate your help on this matter. If not, please direct me to those
who may have the answers.

Thanks,
Ramón Morales
Chairman
Internet Society of Puerto Rico

-----Original Message-----
From: Gene Gaines [mailto:gene.gaines at gainesgroup.com] 
Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2005 4:47 PM
To: Margaret Wasserman
Cc: chapter-delegates at lists.isoc.org
Subject: Re: [chapter-delegates] Re: Report of the 2005 ISOC Nominations
Committee

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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