[Chapter-delegates] Board of Trustees elections: Answers to questions from Alejandro Pisanty

Thu Apr 7 17:19:49 PDT 2016

Dear Alejandro, dear colleagues, (questions and answers also posted in
Connect)

your first question is very good as it relates directly with the role that
a Board of Trustee member elected by chapters should have, which is in my
opinion a frequent and relevant communication with all chapters and members.

In my case, haven being elected by the chapters as member of the Chapter
Adivsor Committee, has given me a broad perspective of the challenges that
all chapters are facing and gave me the opportunity to find new ways of
dialogue and involvement that may lead to concrete solutions to these
challenges.

As ISOC Argentina president and board member of our chapter, I am in
permanent contact with our almost 900 members and I am also in frequent
contact with colleagues from other chapters in the region and the world,
mainly due to my academic activities.

As an example, last week in the South School on Internet Governance in
Washington DC, where I have the role of academic director, the following
chapter´s representatives were specially invited to this activity:
Washington DC, North Carolina, Canada, Ecuador, Puerto Rico, Barbados,
Trinidad and Tobago, República Dominicana, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay,
Peru, Mexico, Brazil, Guatemala, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Haiti, El Salvador,
Peru, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Venezuela, New York.

I will continue with these activities and I plan to:

- keep on with my relation with chapters and enhance it with a wide global
perspective

- organize monthly regional calls to recieve concerns from chapters and to
give feedback about BoT activities

- use an open online platform that should be available for all members, in
order to recieve comments and questions and where I can also give my
feedback

The second one about commitment and limitations is another relevant
question.

If I am elected as Board of Trustee member by chapters, my commitment will
be with the chapters and my decisions will be guided by the interests and
needs that chapters will express in the fluent dialogue that I plan to have
with all of them.

None of my activities will reduce or limit in any way my independence and
capacity to "hear the chapter´s voices".

Best regards

Olga

2016-03-21 15:11 GMT-03:00 Alejandro Pisanty <apisanty at gmail.com>:

> Hans-Peter,
>
> it's great to see a message from a Chapter-elected Board of Trustees, as
> we are about to elect the next one to go and hide away for three years (I
> do miss the time when you took part in discussions.)
>
> The links you have sent are fine except... they do not lead in any way to
> the candidates discussion forum. May I ask that you resend the message with
> that link included? My chapter has asked me to ask some questions to the
> candidates.
>
> For all others, in case you are curious, at least two of this questions
> are:
>
> 1. what commitments do you make to continue in contact with Chapters and
> members in order to feed your positions as a Trustee, in case you are
> elected?
>
> 2. what commitments to other parties do you have that could reduce your
> independence and ability to make decisions in general, and in particular
> listening to the Chapters' voices? One of you is an official governmental
> representative in Internet governance matters so you are not free to decide
> your positions and in fact have acted in the past against community-wide
> decisions in order to comply with your government's policy - and you
> continue to hold that position. What about the other two candidates, what
> can you tell us about ccTLD management, consulting, business etc.?
>
> Yours,
>
> Alejandro Pisanty
>
> Yours,
>
> Alejandro Pisanty
>
> On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 10:14 AM, Hans Peter Dittler <
> dittler at braintec-consult.de> wrote:
>
>> Dear Chapter Leader,
>>
>>
>>
>> The 2016 ISOC Board of Trustees elections have begun!
>>
>>
>>
>> Electronic ballots were emailed today to all voting delegates. They will
>> have until Wednesday, 20 April at 15:00 UTC to cast their ballots.
>>
>>
>>
>> In this year’s election cycle, Chapters are asked to elect one Trustee to
>> the Board. So voting delegates may vote for only one of the candidates on
>> the Chapters ballot. All new Trustees will serve three-year terms
>> commencing in June.
>>
>>
>>
>> Additional details on the elections, as well as information on all of the
>> candidates can be found here:
>>
>> http://www.internetsociety.org/trustees
>>
>>
>>
>> In order to encourage dialogue and participation by voting
>> representatives and all Chapter leaders, the Elections Committee is again
>> providing an online Candidate Forum on Connect. If you did not receive a
>> link to join the Candidate Forum or if you cannot access the forum on
>> Connect please contact me.
>>
>>
>>
>> We encourage you to familiarize yourself with the candidates and engage
>> with your Chapter’s voting delegate on the choices this election presents.
>> If you do not know who the voting delegate is for your Chapter, do not
>> hesitate to contact Joyce Dogniez, ISOC Director of Chapters (
>> dogniez at isoc.org).
>>
>>
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Hans Peter Dittler
>>
>> 2016 Elections Committee Chair
>>
>> Internet Society
>>
>>
>>
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>
>
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