[Chapter-delegates] Today: Chance to ask ISOC policy people what our positions are, Chapters meeting to discover what's going on with management changes

[Ted Hardie]

Hi Dave,

If you can send me the original message, I might be able to give a more
definitive answer, but I expect it references a report by the CEO
Succession Planning Committee to the board.  That committee was established
after Andrew was hired, with the following charter:
https://www.internetsociety.org/board-of-trustees/committees/charters/ceo-succession/
.  I've cc'ed Brian Haberman, who is the chair of the committee, in case
you have questions on the charter or the committee.

The board is discussing the report it received, and it will update the
community on the results when appropriate, likely after the upcoming
meeting in early March.

regards,

Ted Hardie




On Wed, Feb 14, 2024 at 5:41 PM Andrew Sullivan <sullivan at isoc.org> wrote:

> Hi Dave,
>
> I think the questions about the CEO you have are properly answered by the
> board and not by me, so I will defer to Ted (who, I presume, will consult
> with the rest of the board before answering).
>
> I have a feeling that you believe I am the one who said "ISOC believes
> it's much more effective to do policy privately."  If that is the
> impression you formed of what I said, I hope you will allow me to disabuse
> you of that view.  I believe there are definitely occasions in which it is
> much more effective to do things quietly rather than loudly.  Government
> ministers, for instance, are frequently much more amenable to quiet
> guidance rather than public shaming where they will be seen to be "walking
> back" a position they have taken.  But we also do plenty of things in
> public, make public submissions on topics, and work hard to make our views
> understood and known.  I believe you will find some examples of that in
> last year's Impact Report, and we will have another edition coming soon to
> cover the effects of our work last year.
>
> Best regards,
>
> A
>
> On Tue, Feb 13, 2024 at 02:43:40PM -0500, Dave Burstein wrote:
> >Ted, Andrew
> >
> >I received a note "Some of the Board wants to appoint a member of the
> >senior management as the next CEO without recruiting."
> >
> >If true, the chapters & members need to intervene strongly. I hope that
> >won't be necessary because the author is mistaken.
> >
> >To avoid conflict before it happens (again,) please issue a strong
> >statement that "Any new management will be chosen in an open, advertised
> >process that produces a candidate committed to transparency &
> >multistakeholder democracy" or something similar that we all can rally
> >behind.
> >--------------
> >Separately, I'd like to call everyone's attention to tonight's panel,
> >*Innovation
> >for Good: A Conversation on the Internet’s Future with ISOC's Natalie
> >Campbell & Sally Shipman Wentworth*. On the public record, neither has
> done
> >very much. But a senior ISOC official tells me they have been very active
> >behind the scenes in making policy. He explained that ISOC believes it's
> >much more effective to do policy privately. (I disagree)
> >Hopefully, they will explain what policy actions ISOC has been taking the
> >last year or two. Ask them a lot of questions
> >https://innovation-for-good.eventbrite.com
>
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