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

[Olga Cavalli]

Hi all,

Happy new year!!

+1 to Hank
+ 1 to Veni

Best regards
Olga

El mié, 5 ene 2022 a las 13:28, Veni Markovski via Chapter-delegates (<
chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org>) escribió:

> 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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