<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi Taiwo<div class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 24 Feb 2021, at 13:59, Taiwo Oye <<a href="mailto:taiwo.oyewande88@gmail.com" class="">taiwo.oyewande88@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><p dir="ltr" class="">Hi Mike</p><p dir="ltr" class="">How many meetings (in your own opinion obviously) do you think a member needs to attend before he/she becomes an "experienced" member of the community worthy to contest for the position of the co-chairs?</p></div></blockquote></div><div class="">By your question you seem to misinterpret my mail.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I do not think that there is any minimum number of meetings that a person needs to attend. One could attend every meeting, yet sit in the back and update Facebook or stream movies …. rendering that person experienced at attending meetings but inexperienced at leading a policy discussion, building consensus or understanding the PDP.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I think a candidate (personally or those nominating her/him) must address the question of experience when advancing a persons candidacy. That allows us as a WG an opportunity to make an informed choice of a co-chair.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">A list of meetings attended may be useful but is certainly not a suitable criterion for “experience”.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Mike</div></div></body></html>