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

[borka at e5.ijs.si]

Hi all,

Happy new year!!!
> 
> +1 to Hank, one + more
> + 1 to Veni, one + more

I aslo did not accepted the invitation to be a member of the Nomination 
committee, for the same reason.

Regards,

Borka
> 
>
> 
> 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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> Best regards, 
> Veni
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