<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 8:34 AM, John Curran <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jcurran@arin.net" target="_blank">jcurran@arin.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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On 12 Jul 2017, at 7:23 AM, William Herrin <<a href="mailto:bill@herrin.us" target="_blank">bill@herrin.us</a>> wrote:<br>
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notion that expanding the board without any other action would meaningfully impact "diversity" is absurd on its face.<span class="m_-250004702810426478Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
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<div>It is a question of probabilities, as increasing the number of elected seats from two </div>
<div>per year to 10 per year (30 total) would almost certainly increase the diversity of </div>
<div>background of Board members by any measure one could devise (although there </div>
<div>would be significant efficiency impacts as a result.)</div>
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<div>Does increasing the number of elected seats from two per year to three per year </div>
<div>result in a similar change in the probability of a more diverse set of backgrounds</div>
<div>among Board members? Probably, but each of us has to assess whether the net</div>
<div>change is meaningful compared to the downsides that result from a larger Board.</div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"></font></span></div></blockquote></div><br clear="all"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">John,<br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">You keep talking about "diversity of background" but have not concretely defined what that means. Playing loosey goosey with the terminology makes the whole thing theater. <br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Regards,<br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Bill Herrin<br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br>-- <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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