[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:
>Hi, John.
>Chapters are now the ones, which simultaneously have to provide the
>diversity, but they have to provide all of the diversity? Chapters elect
>four Trustees. Last time I checked, 3 of these 4 are from Latin America,
>Africa and Asia. One is from the USA.
>Instead of playing with hypothetical situations, ...

Um, Veni, it's not a hypothetical situation. It is what the chapters
did in the 2020 election.  Don't you remember?

In view of the preferences that the chapters have expressed when
voting for candidates, why shold anyone pay attention to random people
who make assertions contrary to what the chapters really do?

R's,
John


>> 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?