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

[Kolubahzizi T. Howard]

Dear Narelle:
Mr. Oloo, ISOC Kenya President, has raised a valid concern which is supported by ISOC Liberia.
Kind regards. Kolubahzizi T. Howard 
President 
ISOC Liberia Chapter &
Director of Strategy
Liberia Telecommunications Authority (LTA) 
+231-776200000/+231880539961/+231-555660001 

     On Friday, October 3, 2014 5:02 AM, Charles Oloo <oloo6382 at gmail.com> wrote:
   

 Dear Narelle
Thanks for shedding more insight on the composition of BoT. I think some sort of criteria should be used to enable Africa and Central/Latin America to have representation in the BoT, to have full regional representation.  
Regards 
Charles Oloo
Chair / President
Internet Society Kenya Chapter  


On Fri, Oct 3, 2014 at 5:06 AM, Narelle Clark <narelle at isoc-au.org.au> wrote:


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 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 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
www.isoc-au.org.au
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