<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1495259740086_20712" dir="ltr">Interesting...academic papers, technical capabilities?</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1495259740086_20712" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1495259740086_20712" dir="ltr">All nice and good to have.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1495259740086_20712" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1495259740086_20712" dir="ltr">But remember board positions are LEADERSHIP rather than academic or technical positions. </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1495259740086_20712" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1495259740086_20712" dir="ltr">Asking candidates to provide for example 3 published papers in refereed journals or certifications in Cisco, Unix or Security may miss the point since you are not hiring an 'EMPLOYEE'. In other words, having academic publications is good but not a reliable predictor of an effective board member.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1495259740086_20712" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1495259740086_20712" dir="ltr">walu</div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1495259740086_20713"><i id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1495259740086_21342">Disclaimer: Speaking In my own capacity.</i><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1495259740086_20757" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1495259740086_20756"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1495259740086_20755"> <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1495259740086_20754"> <font size="2" face="Arial" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1495259740086_20753"> <hr size="1" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1495259740086_20752"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Ish Sookun <ish@lsl.digital><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> sm+afrinic@elandsys.com <br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> rpd@afrinic.net<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Friday, May 19, 2017 7:27 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [rpd] Board Election 2017: Final Candidate Slate<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1495259740086_20758"><br><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1495259740086_20759">Hi SM,<br clear="none"><br clear="none">On 19/05/17 17:31, sm+<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:afrinic@elandsys.com" href="mailto:afrinic@elandsys.com" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1495259740086_20761">afrinic@elandsys.com</a> wrote:<br clear="none">> What information would you like to have?<br clear="none"><br clear="none">I am particularly interested in the work accomplished & contribution to<br clear="none">community by the candidates. That being said, I'd like to read the<br clear="none">papers, authored or co-authored, by candidates.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">IMHO a curriculum vitae is not much a metric to measure technical<br clear="none">capabilities.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Regards,<div class="yqt8189441807" id="yqtfd77708"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">Ish Sookun<br clear="none"><br clear="none">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">RPD mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:RPD@afrinic.net" href="mailto:RPD@afrinic.net">RPD@afrinic.net</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/rpd" target="_blank">https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/rpd</a><br clear="none"></div></div><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></div></body></html>