[Chapter-delegates] are there really so few active chapter members?

[John Levine]

In article <e1331a96-3c94-5706-0be0-f085ea7dda28 at gih.com> you write:
>Thank you for providing a bit of background to this. To be clear, I 
>agree that a conflict of interest policy is needed. I just do not think 
>that the conflict of interest policy as it is now defined is fair 
>towards all candidates. In fact, I believe it is especially unfair 
>towards chapter candidates....

Not at all. The Internet Architecture Board selects four ISOC board
members, the same number as the chapters do. Following essentially the
same logic, a current IAB member cannot also be an ISOC board member.
As far as I know, that has always been the rule.

It has never been a problem in practice, since it's hard to imagine an
IAB member having the time or inclination to do both at the same time.
On the other hand, it is fine for a person to do one and then the
other. For example, Ted Hardie was on the IAB in 2002-2003, the ISOC
board 2007-2010, then the IAB again from 2014-2020. The organizations
elected him to the ISOC board this year.

I understand you to be saying that there are so few people involved in
the chapters that you cannot find two people in a chapter, one to be a
chapter leader, and the other on the ISOC board. If we can do it, why
can't you? Or if that's not it, why is it essential for the *same
person* to have both positions?

R's,
John