Re: [council] Next GNSO Council chair - and Vice-chairs ?

[Avri Doria <avri@xxxxxxx>]

Hi,

I do not see this as a new management structure, but rather as way to  
enhance the scalability of the chair role.  The role of the chair  
remains unchanged with the v-chair assists in carrying out the role.
We avoided talking about this a while back because we figured we  
would wait until the review, but i think this is really a minor thing  
that could be done by the council.  I am not sure, however, that we  
have the time to do it before the current interim election.
The more difficult question for me is how to pick a v-chair;

- the person who gets the second most votes in the chair election,  
unless that is equal to 0 votes (or perhaps less then 4).
- a separate election
- picked by the chair.

For ease of process and to include the will of the largest minority,  
i would favor the first alternative, with the second as a fall back.
I would not favor the last alternative, though i essence that is what  
we could de-facto have if we do not formalize the selection. I.e. an  
overworked or vacationing chair essentially chooses the person who  
provides assistance or covers as chair.
a.



On 16 apr 2007, at 07.02, Ross Rader wrote:

> Philip Sheppard wrote:
>
> > What do other Council members think ?
> I'd like to see us separate the issue of naming a new chair from  
> the issue of creating a new management structure for the council. I  
> have historically favored a chair/vice-chair/other structure to  
> ease management of the Council, but I don't know that jamming this  
> all into our chair-election process is wise.
> -ross