[Chapter-delegates] FINAL REMINDER: Call for Nominations, ISOC Board of Trustees

[Veni Markovski]

Hi, Hank and George, and everyone!
Happy New Year!

To add to Hank - I can't tell anyone from the chapter community, who's 
asking, that they should run for the BoT these days, that they should do 
it.

We have seen over and over again that there's some sentiment towards 
chapters and chapter-elected leaders, which is counterproductive. We 
have seen how some of the chapters' even slight attempts to push for 
changes at ISOC have died - for example in the creation of a 
"governance-reform group", which has been left with no staff support (I 
believe Andrew explained why ISOC won't support its work?), and with a 
handful of people contributing (thanks go primarily to Richard for 
summarizing and organizing the contributions; have I missed someone 
else?), it has effectively been in a coma for quite a while. Now, with 
Mike Godwin stepping down as a co-chair, people are probably expecting 
the end of it?

It would have been different, if we have seen proposals by chapters (and 
elected Trustees by them) being considered more seriously by the BoT.
It would have been different, if we have seen ISOC itself more aligned 
to help chapters solve local issues through the power of a global 
organization. It would have been different, but it's not.

And therefore it's not a surprise not many people want to run for the 
Board, right?

v/

On 1/5/22 11:10, Hank Nussbacher via Chapter-delegates wrote:
> On 04/01/2022 04:58, George Sadowsky via Chapter-delegates wrote:
>
> Hi George,
>
> I assume many of you also follow the ICANN at-large list and their 
> "multistakeholderism" discussions this past week.
>
> In order to be a proper candidate, one that is involved and not just a 
> figurehead, you have to assume at least 50 hr/month of work at being a 
> Trustee.    Other than travel there is no reimbursement for time spent 
> working as  a Trustee.  So who can volunteer and who cannot:
>
> - who can volunteer:
>    - a retired person with a pension (George Sadowsky)
>    - a person whose company/organization is willing to fund his/her 
> time as a trustee (Richard Barnes/Cisco, Paul Ebersman/Neustar, Brian 
> Haberman/JHU, Ted Hardie/Cisco, Robert Pepper/FB, Jon 
> Peterson/Neustar, Laura Thomson/Fastly)
>    - A person whose organization may not be completely aware of the 
> immense time spent on ISOC Trustee needs, yet their goals are 
> consistent with the goals of ISOC and allow their staff some leeway 
> into such participation (Ndeye Maimouna Diop/Sonotel, Luis 
> Martinez/Professor in Mexico, Muhammad Shabbir)
>
> Every company has a Board of Directors who are paid for being a Board 
> member (not a lot but not nothing).  As long as ISOC has a policy not 
> to compensate Trustees, we will end up whereby ISOC is indirectly 
> controlled by large technological companies.
>
> In order to attract those 35-55 year olds who work 50+ hrs/week and 
> who don't have an employer to back them, ISOC needs to change its 
> policy and begin to compensate trustees.
>
> Regards,
> Hank
>
>> Dear Colleagues,
>>
>> This is a final reminder that the call for nominations for the 
>> Internet Society Board of Trustees 2022 elections closes at 15:00 UTC 
>> on Friday, 7 January.
>>
>> If you or someone you know is interested in serving on the board, 
>> please see the official call for nominations, additional information 
>> and links to the online nomination forms at:
>> http://www.internetsociety.org/trustees
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> George Sadowsky
>> 2021-2022 Nominations Committee Chair
>> Internet Society
>>
>>
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