Re: [gnso-osc] OSC Chair Position

[Olga Cavalli <olgac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,
In relation with the OSC leadership,  I do not recall that:

"Chuck started off as interim chair of the OSC and ended up staying chair
because no-one else volunteered to hold that role".

What I do remember is the conference call where Chuck started as chair and
myself as alternate chair. Maybe I am missing something, Stephane could you
please clarifly?

I agree with Avri that:

"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."

And I agree with this also being GNSO Council vice chair.

Regards
Olga



2009/12/26 Avri Doria <avri@xxxxxxx>

>
> Hi,
>
>
> 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
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >
>
>
>


-- 
Olga Cavalli, Dr. Ing.
www.south-ssig.com.ar