[governance] NOMCOM - MAG nominations

[Milton L Mueller]

An interesting proposition. I for one think it would be useful to gain inside, confidential information from an incumbent on the way the MAG functions. And it is good of Adam to recognize that serving in that role would disqualify him from being on the list recommended by the caucus. 

Clearly, someone on the IGC Nomcom must decline to be nominated to the MAG by IGC. For example if I am randomly selected for the Nomcom I would be ineligible for caucus nomination to the MAG. But of course if I am not randomly selected for the Nominating Committee I would be free to self-nominate or otherwise get nominated to MAG. 

Adam raises the question whether he could decline to be nominated by IGC, AND serve on the Nomcom, AND be nominated to MAG by himself or some other organization, independent of the IGC process. This does not strike me as all that bad, but it does not strike me as 100% good, either. If Adam could do it, anyone could do it and it gives me pause to think that half the people on the Nomcom might also be angling for a position on the MAG -- outside the caucus. 

On net, I would support letting Adam volunteer for MAG. especially in Adam's case since he has such close ties to ISOC and Kummer that he will probably be re-selected anyway. ;-)

Another way to handle this, if we had time, would simply be to have the Nomcom interview or teleconference with the existing MAG members.   

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Adam Peake [mailto:ajp at glocom.ac.jp]
> Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2008 3:19 AM
> To: governance at lists.cpsr.org
> Subject: RE: [governance] NOMCOM - MAG nominations
> 
> I volunteer if there are no objections.
> 
> A member of the MAG commenting on other
> "incumbent" members might either be helpful or
> might be an undue/unfair influence.  Not sure
> which.  But worth discussing.
> 
> I understand that if selected I wouldn't be
> eligible for the list being chosen. But should
> that happen I would not withdraw my name from
> consideration by the SG as either through
> self-nomination or if recommended by some CS
> group. I hope members of the appeals teams would
> also not be subject to any restriction.
> 
> Do we have a list of people who signed the charter?
> 
> Adam
> 
> 
> 
> >Hi All
> >
> >We are at number 18, and still need at least 7 more volunteers.
> >
> >Please also give your views on what should we do if we don¹t reach 25.
> >
> >(1)     Should we draw 5 members in any case
> >from the pool available, say, by the end of
> >Monday?
> >(2)     Should we go for direct elections of MAG
> >nominees (we have a voting software now, which
> >has graciously been offered by Bigpulse, whose
> >software I understand is being used by many
> >other IG orgs. And groups)
> >
> >
> >Parminder
> >
> >The present list of volunteers is as follows.
> >
> >Milton Mueller
> >Jeremy Malcolm
> >Suresh Ramasubramanian
> >Jeremy Shtern
> >Robert Guerra
> >Bret Faucett
> >SCHOMBE Baudouin
> >Carlos Afonso
> >Ian Peter
> >Lee W. McKnight
> >Maja Anjelkovic
> >Gurumurthy K
> >Rudi Vansnick
> >Karen Banks
> >Michael Gurstein
> >David Goldstein
> >Philippe Dam
> >Anita Gurumuthy
> >
> >
> >
> >
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