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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">Would there be value in considering the
      addition of appointed non-voting members of the board?  Clearly
      one who is appointed to this seat(s) would not be a full member
      and thus doesn't change the current voting structure (so it looks
      less like a quota seat), but it might be a way to signal to the
      membership for the next year's election that an individual who was
      appointed merits serious consideration as a regular elected board
      member.  <br>
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      Andrew<br>
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      On 3/5/2016 6:41 AM, Cj Aronson wrote:<br>
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      <div dir="ltr">I do think that criteria the nomcom uses needs to
        be more transparent.  I think that each year's nomcom should be
        seeking out candidates that can fill expertise and diversity
        requirements.  The community should know what these requirements
        are so they can make an informed decision about who to vote
        for.  If the board desperately needs CFO-like expertise then the
        community should know that.  
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        <div>----Cathy</div>
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        <div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Mar 5, 2016 at 7:33 AM, Bill
          Woodcock <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
              href="mailto:woody@pch.net" target="_blank">woody@pch.net</a>></span>
          wrote:<br>
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            .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Didn't
            claim it solved all problems, just one.  You have any
            counter-propositions, to move the conversation forward?<br>
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                                -Bill<br>
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                > On Mar 5, 2016, at 14:07, Cathy Aronson <<a
                  moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:cja@daydream.com"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:cja@daydream.com">cja@daydream.com</a></a>>
                wrote:<br>
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                > Personally I believe that "diversity" is more than
                who is from which region. It you're still all middle
                aged white males then you still aren't diverse. Also if
                you don't have the expertise you need (like finance or
                whatever ) to get he job done that's a problem as well.<br>
                ><br>
                > Cathy<br>
                ><br>
                > Sent from a handheld device.<br>
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                >> On Mar 5, 2016, at 6:50 AM, Bill Woodcock <<a
                  moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:woody@pch.net"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:woody@pch.net">woody@pch.net</a></a>>
                wrote:<br>
                >><br>
                >><br>
                >>> On Mar 5, 2016, at 2:32 PM, Lee Howard <<a
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                  href="mailto:spiffnolee@yahoo.com"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:spiffnolee@yahoo.com">spiffnolee@yahoo.com</a></a>>
                wrote:<br>
                >>> I spoke with a friend who leads Diversity
                and Inclusion Programs for a company we've all heard of,
                who said that this seat would feel like a quota seat.<br>
                >><br>
                >> I agree.<br>
                >><br>
                >>>> I would like to see better geographic
                diversity, essentially meaning, "Someone from the
                Caribbean region,”<br>
                >><br>
                >> Since I like to make trouble, please find
                attached a slide I put together for the January ARIN
                board meeting.<br>
                >><br>
                >> <Untitled.pdf><br>
                >><br>
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                >> This is, essentially, how AfriNIC resolved
                their very difficult intra-regional representation
                problem.  They have seats allocated by sub-region, and
                candidates run for a seat.  If you just divided our six
                elected seats up by population, you’d get 5.33 seats for
                the U.S., 0.59 of a seat for Canada, and 0.08 of a seat
                for the Caribbean.  Personally, I wouldn’t like to be
                divided into .33, so I proposed three seats for the
                U.S., two for Canada, and one for the Caribbean, which
                should give the Caribbean and Canada little cause for
                complaint.<br>
                >><br>
                >> Thoughts?<br>
                >><br>
                >>                               -Bill<br>
                >><br>
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                >><br>
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