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