<div dir="ltr">Like I said in a very early post. Other things need to be done like making sure there is a diverse nomcom. When the nomcom is as diverse as the board, that's an issue. We also need to deal with the fact that incombents mostly run for re-election and they are always chosen as candidates. Since the number of candidates is limited, this also limits diversity choices and favors re-election of incumbents. I also think that the nomcom needs to be given direction on candidates and diversity. Maybe that has already happened? It is certainly not transparent if it has. <div><br></div><div>I am in favor of increasing the board size but not without some of these other changes. <div><br></div><div>------Cathy</div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">{Ô,Ô}</font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="1"> (( ))</font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="1"> ◊ ◊</font></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 6:34 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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<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">
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