[Chapter-delegates] Call for Input into Board skills criteria

[Narelle Clark]

Folks
soon the call for nominations will go out for the election of trustees for
the ISOC Board.

As chair of the nomcom, I am therefore asking for input into the selection
criteria, or at least some guidance for the nomcom in their deliberations.

It is important to remember, too, that the job of the Board of Trustees
(BoT) is that of gvoernance and overarching strategy, not day-to-day
management or explicit direction. It has significant fiduciary
responsibility and legal responsibilities for the appropriate governance of
the organisation. Thus these skills are the essential basis for the
skillset required.

Current information about the BoT election process
<http://www.internetsociety.org/who-we-are/board-trustees/trustee-elections>
is up at:
http://www.internetsociety.org/who-we-are/board-trustees/trustee-elections

Thoughts and comments welcome!

Additional Information
You may recall that earlier last year we adopted a system of equal seat
allocation to nominations from the three communities, so the number from
each source (IETF, Org and Chapters) is not matched with the number we are
electing/nominating this time round. In the future they will be, but this
year we are still transitioning.

[Once elected, trustees are committed to serve the Society as a whole and
cannot act merely in the interests of any one group, regardless of who they
were elected/appointed by.]

Thus, this time around we will be:
- electing: 1 x Org, 1 x Chapter nominees
- receiving 2 x IETF appointees (through their selection process)

Stepping down will be:
- 1 x Chapter member
- 2 x Org members
- 1 x IETF nominee

Of those, the individuals are:
Rudi Vasnick (eligible for re-election)
Dave Farber (eligible for re-election)
Eric Burger (term limited thus now ineligible for re-election)
Keith Davidson (eligible for re-election) Keith has indicated he will not
be standing.

The Board of Trustees' current makeup is:

By geography
North America - 5
Asia-Pac - 4 (Pacific - 2, Asia - 2, M-East-0)
Europe - 3
Central/Latin America - 0
Africa - 0

By gender
Males : 10 Females : 2

Age:
There are no representatives under the age of 30

Disability:
There are no members with declared disability

Languages spoken (this may not be complete):
English, Flemish, French, German, Serbian

Loosely speaking, the BoT is:
Academics: 4, Business: 4, Technologists: 3, Consumer: 1
[frankly are all technologists, but I was thinking day jobs; nearly all of
the group have either engineering or computer science qualifications]

Assuming no re-elections,the BoT is potentially losing:
Gender: 4 males
Region: 1 Pacific; 1 Europe; 2 North America
Profession: 2 Academics; 2 business people
Skill strengths: Governance, audit, organisation and business management

Remaining skills on the Board:
Please refer to the bios of existing trustees
<http://www.internetsociety.org/who-we-are/board-trustees> at:
http://www.internetsociety.org/who-we-are/board-trustees

Needs:
Understanding of the responsibilities of a board member
More women and younger people
More non-technical, NGO operations/management people
More from Africa, Central America
More who bring social impact and outreach to the fore
Generalist skills rather than single issue focus



thoughts? comments?
best regards



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Narelle Clark
Immediate Past President and Board Member
Internet Society of Australia

narelle at isoc-au.org.au <president at isoc-au.org.au>
www.isoc-au.org.au
The Internet is for Everyone!
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