[Chapter-delegates] Proposed charter of the Chapter Advisory Council

[Louis Houle]

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Louis Houle
President
ISOC Quebec

Le 2014-12-13 08:02, Eric Burger a écrit :
> Evan -
> I would suggest you include language or a FAQ that expresses this 
> sentiment:
>
>> On Dec 13, 2014, at 1:30 AM, Evan Leibovitch <evan at telly.org 
>> <mailto:evan at telly.org>> wrote:
> [snip]
>> Given the nature of the work and the complexity of Internet 
>> Governance, we believed that a good *combination of newcomers and 
>> experienced leaders *would be the most effective composition for the 
>> officers (and indeed the Steering Committee as well).
>
> By reading the draft charter, I had no idea this was the goal. The 
> reason I would not want a strict rule is because I totally agree with 
> this:
>
>> To do this we need to trust the Chapter delegates themselves to 
>> determine how best to do this each year from among the available 
>> candidates.
>
> I would not want to dictate to any particular chapter how to select 
> its delegate, but I do like the theory behind this:
>
>> Because of this, we deliberately chose  to require all leaders to be 
>> re-elected every year, to ensure maximum accountability and to enable 
>> opportunity for newcomers.
> [snip]
>
> My concern is that chapters will most likely be inclined to send their 
> best and most experienced member to be their delegate to the council. 
> My question is, how do we get across to chapters that is not 
> necessarily in their best interest? You might say that we all are 
> aware of this from being on this list. But, what about five years from 
> now when we have forgotten and there is a new cadre to chapter leaders?
>
> One option would be to say that a chapter may not select any officer 
> to be a delegate. The presumption here is the chapter would be 
> selecting its best and most seasoned members for leadership, leaving 
> open the delegate slot for an up-and-comming individual. Moreover, 
> that new person may be able to benefit the most from networking and 
> exposure to what the Internet Society Chapter Support team has to 
> offer. Conversely, if a chapter has an individual who is “president 
> for life,” this would give someone else the opportunity to be involved 
> with the greater Internet Society community.
>
>
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