[Chapter-delegates] Board Election

[Elver Loho]

For regional representation (which, I agree, is important), the chapter
advisory council stucture that CW and others are pushing seems likely to
solve that issue.

As for why I didn't vote, then on numerous occasions on this mailing list
it has been mentioned that the representatives that chapters choose for the
board are not really representatives in the traditional term. In the sense
that, well, we vote for them and we choose them, but they can't really do
anything for us and we shouldn't expect it either, because it's not their
role. This pre-selection process seems kinda odd as well. I'm a big fan of
democracy, but this is not it.

Best,
Elver


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On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 5:14 AM, Narelle Clark, President ISOC-AU <
president at isoc-au.org.au> wrote:

> I'd like to add another reason why people abstain - that they are
> confident in whatever the outcome is.
>
> Unless we actually ask, we won't know why people abstain.
>
> Having served in the past on the nomcom, I know a *lot* of effort
> goes into finding good quality candidates. It is extremely time
> consuming and you meet some utterly outstanding people.
>
> Unfortunately that doesn't solve the systemic issues that people from
> under-represented groups (regions, genders, cultural groups etc) face.
> Quite simply the pool is larger from the developed nations because of
> that development - more people simply have more opportunity to
> undertake the activities that qualify them as candidates! There are
> other reasons also.
>
> We need to grow our own a bit more - probably through the leadership
> programs we have.
>
>
> regards
>
>
>
> Narelle
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