I'll be forthright and honest though:
- there must be collaboration, willingness, partnership and agreement
to move things forward
- we must also have folks that are willing to listen to all sides
- we must have folks that are willing to help
- they must also know about nonprofits in addition to networks and
other technical matters
- we need someone that's versed in ARIN policy (and perhaps the
workings of the ISOC) as well.
Oooo. I have all those qualifications. Also I'm quite interested in participating in the governance of a network. I would be open to a board position if folks had interest.
On those first three points, I will not argue; and honestly (and probably shockingly), I do think Bart would make a good Executive Director; but I do not think that he would make a good Board member.
Yes. I agree with this.
Having been on the board of a non profit, the an
executive director of another non-profit, a CIO in government, CTO/board memebr in private industry and also as the current administrator of a governmental network that encompasses hundreds of miles of fiber, has over 300 points of presence and maintains nearly /18 worth of public and private address space, plus their services in the largest county in the state of Maryland, I'm worried on many fronts (and yes, throwing in my qualifications - more so to show I'm qualified to show genuine worry).
Very impressive sir. :)
Someone coming on board would also have to draft a plan to fill in financial gaps we're expriecing (please donate to ARDC); we don't need a leader, as we have one in Brain, we need someone that will help him; and frankly, that's his decision to make. Regarding how to do so, as I understand it, Brian is the only Director, he would call the annual meeting and vote as he is the only voting member. I'd just personally ask that we have some geographic diversity in case the West Coast floats off into the Pacific with the "proverbial bus."
I'm in Austin TX. Also for technical diversity, I have a pretty awesome NOC in Kansas City MO. So if you need alternate announce points for the space, let me know.
And I would ask those voting, that if one will not take the time to work on a implementation and testing of one simple script, will he magically have time to direct a world-wide amateur radio network?
Well put.