Re: [gnso-osc] OSC Chair Position

[Avri Doria <avri@xxxxxxx>]

Hi,

While I think having a v-chair serve in the role is less deleterious then 
having a chair serve, I still do not think of it as an optimum solution.

I personally think that after the membership of the OSC has been reconfirmed by 
al the constituency/stakeholder groups that group of people should try to 
figure this out.  And if the Council v-chair is the only volunteer then so be 
it - though I am afraid that no one will volunteer once the v-chair has 
volunteered for fear of alienating that v-chair.  And while I have no problem 
with any of the individuals involved, I think it is a bad practice as it 
prevents other leaders from emerging.  

I never knew that Chuck was only an interim chair - was there a continuing 
attempt to find a non-interim chair?   To recruit one would have been an 
interim chair's responsibility  - otherwise people would have felt they were 
going up against the chair.  If that interim responsibility is to fall on the 
v-chair now, that seems ok, a long as it really is an interim responsibility 
and Stéphane will undertake that responsibility with a view to finding a 
non-interim chair.

a.

On 26 Dec 2009, at 08:30, Stéphane Van Gelder wrote:

> I approached Chuck a few days ago letting him know that if being chair of the 
> OSC was turning out to be too heavy a load in addition to his duties as chair 
> of the Council, I would be happy to step in and take over as chair of the OSC 
> on an interim basis.
> 
> As a reminder, Chuck started off as interim chair of the OSC and ended up 
> staying chair because no-one else volunteered to hold that role. My logic 
> therefore was that, if the load on Chuck was now too much (which seemed 
> likely to me with Council duties), a "quick fix" was another interim chair 
> until the group voted for a permanent one.
> 
> I am therefore very much in favor of doing what Chuck suggests, and am happy 
> to step in as interim if that helps get things moving and if the group is 
> happy with that.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Stéphane
> 
> Le 24 déc. 2009 à 20:20, Gomes, Chuck a écrit :
> 
>> 
>> Thanks for getting the discussion started Avri.
>> 
>> Chuck 
>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: owner-gnso-osc@xxxxxxxxx 
>>> [mailto:owner-gnso-osc@xxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Avri Doria
>>> Sent: Thursday, December 24, 2009 1:24 PM
>>> To: gnso-osc@xxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: Re: [gnso-osc] OSC Chair Position
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> Thanks for opening this up for discussion.
>>> 
>>> As you probably know, I have always been concerned about 
>>> Chairs of subgroups 'reporting' to themselves as Chairs of 
>>> the chartering body.  I tend to think that it confuses the 
>>> ability of the person to both be objective and neutral in the 
>>> chartering group and strongly represent their chartered 
>>> group. As chair of the OSC you are charged with representing, 
>>> as strongly as possible, the needs and decisions of the  OSC, 
>>> while on the other hand as Chair of the Council you are 
>>> required to handle the requests of all subgroups in a neutral 
>>> and objective manner. It is difficult to be both a strong 
>>> advocate of a group and neutral about that group at the same 
>>> time.  I must admit, I have the same concerns for v-chairs 
>>> and believe that the chairs/v-chairs (and often even the 
>>> members) of the chartering groups should not chair subgroups 
>>> except in emergency situations and then only briefly.
>>> 
>>> I also think that in the effort to spread the responsibility 
>>> around among the stakeholder groups, it is important to reach 
>>> out and to get a diverse group of leaders whenever possible.
>>> 
>>> a.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 24 Dec 2009, at 11:38, Gomes, Chuck wrote:
>>> 
>>>> As all of you know, I was elected OSC chair when I was 
>>> Council Vice Chair.  It has been brought to my attention that 
>>> it might be worth considering whether we should revisit the 
>>> OSC chair role now that I am Council Chair.  I am certainly 
>>> open to that and would welcome your thoughts in that regard.
>>>> 
>>>> Chuck
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
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