> On Oct 15, 2020, at 6:25 PM, Paul Ebersman <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> dave> If the working group feels strongly about encouraging new faces
> dave> perhaps we should amend the process such that new co-chairs may
> dave> servce onlky a single term?
>
> Maybe have the outgoing and existing chairs explicitly go out and
> encourage someone who hasn't served before to volunteer?
I struggle to reconcile our efforts toward impartiality with the notion of
having the chairs encouraging a preferred candidate.
> And have the chairs available to mentor/counsel newbies?
When I came aboard I had a lot of support from Peter, Jim, and Jaap for which I
was grateful and that I intend to pay forward when the time comes.
> Doesn't need to be a rule/bylaw change, just an intention.
I could serve two terms. At the end of the first one I decided I wanted to
serve a second, and encouraging someone else to apply for the job was not my
priority :p
If we want to switch out chairs more frequently than every six years we should
do it in the rules.
dave
