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

[Margaret Wasserman]

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