[ARIN-consult] Reminder: Consultation on Increasing the size of the ARIN Board of Trustees

[David Farmer]

I debated using the word "underrepresented", I couldn't find a better word,
the english language is lacking, or at least my vocabulary is.

On Tue, Jun 6, 2017 at 2:17 PM, John Comfort <john at comfortconsulting.com>
wrote:

> To state that women are underrepresented because the board currently has
> no women is a misnomer and only perpetuates the political propaganda
> without any substantive data to confirm the situation even exists.  If a
> particular woman has the appropriate credentials and experience necessary
> to become a member of the board, then there is no reason why she wouldn't
> be elected except that a male or another female candidate has better
> credentials and/or more relevant experience.
>
> The election requirements should be based on merit only.  Do not give
> prejudicial treatment to any person whether male or female to further
> external, irrelevant agendas.
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> On Tue, Jun 6, 2017 at 11:58 AM, David Farmer <farmer at umn.edu> wrote:
>
>> I agree with Jason and Rob, simply expanding the number of board seats
>> without some mechanism to ensure that the new seats actually expand
>> diversity is not helpful, and I can not support such a change.  I will note
>> it is theoretically possible that, the membership will fill the new Board
>> seats with a more diverse set of board members, but it is equally, if not
>> more, likely that they will not, and the board will look much as it does
>> today but slightly larger.  A slightly larger board that has more diversity
>> is a fair trade-off and I support such a change if it includes a mechanism
>> to ensure that the new seats actually expand diversity.
>>
>> I don't think a regional representation system would be helpful over all,
>> it wouldn't necessarily help increasing the number of women on the board,
>> and it would formalize a constituency for some board members that isn't the
>> whole membership, and I'm not sure that would be a healthy change either.
>>
>> As an alternative, I would propose that the board earmark the additional
>> seat in each class for candidates with particular divers properties that
>> are underrepresented on the board.  Currently, I see the most pressing lack
>> of diversity being women in general and anyone from the Caribbean.  So I
>> would propose that the extra seat for the 1st and 3rd class of broad
>> members be earmarked for women, and the extra seat in the 2nd class be
>> earmarked for someone from the Caribbean.  Overtime if the make up of the
>> board changes the earmarks could be changed to select candidates with other
>> divers properties or if in the future it is felt that sufficient diversity
>> can be maintained without earmarks, the earmarks could be eliminated.
>>
>> Under this proposal, there would be two(2) general seats with the current
>> qualifications, and one special diversity seat per class with the current
>> qualifications plus additional diversity qualifications specified by the
>> board, maybe with input from the community and/or the nomcom.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
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>> David Farmer               Email:farmer at umn.edu
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