[Chapter-delegates] more diversity, was On funding dedicated to chapters

[John Levine]

It appears that Veni Markovski via Chapter-delegates <veni at veni.com> said:
>We — well, I  — don’t complain from the IETF. As you said - it’s their	
>issue, which from what we see they are either not willing, or not able to
>solve. Or maybe they don’t see it as a problem, as the chapters do. If the
>latter, that’s another problem, which perhaps ISOC could address in talking
>to the IETF.

Why do you imagine that ISOC does not talk to the IETF?  I presume you
are aware that the IAB appoints 1/3 of the board, and the current ISOC 
board chair is an active IETF participant and a former chair of the IAB.

But for the diversity advocates in the chapters, here is a question:

Let's say there are two open Chapter seats on the board, and the nominating
committee offers candidates from south Asia, west Africa, and Latin America.
Then there is a petition to nominate an old guy from the U.S.  Should the
petition candidate be allowed to run, even though he would increase the
number of of old guys from the U.S.?

Let's assume the petition candidate does run and gets more votes than
anyone else. Should he be seated on the board, even though he would
increase the number of old guys from the U.S.?

If the answer to those is yes, how do you plan to increase the board's
diversity?  If the answer is no, how do you plan to explain to the
chapters that they can't vote for their preferred candidate?

R's,
John