I share Roberto's concerns and support his proposal. Having been nominated (by Roberto) for a position on the EURALO Board, I would like to take this opportunity to share my views on the composition of the Board: as with good architecture, function precedes form. What are the requirements of a Board such as Euralo's? We need a Chair, a Vice- or Co-Chair to officiate when the Chair is not available, a Secretary (keeper of the records, drafter of reports), a Treasurer (usually required by regulation). There are 2 functions which might justify additional positions on the Board: - Outreach; - Legal and organizational issues. Having been nominated for a position on the Euralo Board, and as someone who was not previously serving on it, it may be useful to provide, briefly, my recent and current work as a volunteer on Internet matters: - Member, Board of Directors, ICANN (2007-10) - Member, ALAC (2010-12, again 2012-14) - Member, ICG Transition, appointed by ALAC (from the start of the ICG in 2014) - Member of the Coordination Council, NetMundial Initiative, nominated by Euralo (since December 2014) - Member, ISOC Chapters (France, Belgium, San Francisco Bay Area - the latter as its "global ambassador") - Chair, IndividualUsers.org (elected in October 2015) I'd be glad to answer questions, or provide additional information. Best regards, Jean-Jacques. ----- Mail original ----- De: "Roberto Gaetano" <roberto_gaetano@hotmail.com> À: "Discussion for At-Large Europe" <euro-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org> Envoyé: Mercredi 18 Novembre 2015 01:12:31 Objet: [EURO-Discuss] EURALO BOARD selection Good evening. Point 4 of the agenda for tomorrow’s call is: EURALO Board, discussion of document "Draft selection and performance criteria for EURALO Board members 2015, EURALO relevant rules, and Board election Looking at the referenced document Selection and performance criteria for EURALO Board members 2015 , I welcome the approval and the enforcement of these criteria. In relation to the Board selection, I note also the comment in the text “ Only few Board members have fulfilled such criteria so far ”. That was exactly my impression, and the reason for me to raise an issue in Dublin. I note also that the Board has not met very often, and has not done very much (this being an understatement). It should therefore not be a big problem to survive without a Board until the matter is settled. My personal opinion, and recommendation, is that: · We stick to 5 members, and we do not open the Board to basically whoever wants to jump in, as done in the past · We apply preference to geographical distribution – i.e. that we appoint a second member from one country only if there are no other qualified candidates from a not represented country · We stick to the performance criteria, meaning that we do not appoint people who have not fulfilled the criteria in the past year (or other chosen reference period) · We recall members who, once on the Board, cease to fulfill the criteria On top of that, it would be good that the Chair assigns tasks and responsibilities to the Board member – I have heard somebody proposing this in Dublin, and I like the idea very much. Cheers, Roberto _______________________________________________ EURO-Discuss mailing list EURO-Discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/euro-discuss Homepage for the region: http://www.euralo.org