<div dir="ltr">On Fri, May 12, 2017 at 10:41 AM, Jason Schiller <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jschiller@google.com" target="_blank">jschiller@google.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>OR, we could spread the regional seats having a Caribbean seat added in 2017,</div><div>and designating Canadian seat that is up for election in 2018, and the American</div><div>seat up for election in 2019.</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Out of curiosity: who was the last "Caribbean" candidate for the board, how did they do on votes compared to the other candidates that election, and would anyone who voted in that election but did not vote for that candidate mind offering some quick comments about why they voted for other candidates instead?</div><div><br></div><div>If well qualified candidates from a region never or almost never run, that's a very different problem than the membership turning down diverse candidates.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Also, where are current board members from?</div><div><br></div><div>Current populations: </div><div>Canada: 35M</div><div>Carribean: 44M</div><div>US: 326M</div><div><br></div><div>So, if the 7 board seats were divvied by population served, 6 would be from the U.S. and the 7th would alternate between Canada and the Carribean.</div><div><br></div><div>Then we have to ask about where in the U.S.... I'd wager California is overrepresented on the board.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div>Bill Herrin</div><div><br></div><div> </div></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">William Herrin ................ <a href="mailto:herrin@dirtside.com" target="_blank">herrin@dirtside.com</a> <a href="mailto:bill@herrin.us" target="_blank">bill@herrin.us</a><br>Dirtside Systems ......... Web: <<a href="http://www.dirtside.com/" target="_blank">http://www.dirtside.com/</a>></div>
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