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

[Winthrop Yu]

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On 6 Jan 2022 12:39 am, Olga Cavalli via Chapter-delegates wrote:
> 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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>     Veni
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