[NA-Discuss] This whole resignation thing

[Brendler, Beau]

Thanks for your explanation.

You wrote:

>I did not say that the NARALO was calling for your resignation - I said I had seen one post on the mailing list saying that - nothing more.<

I haven't listened to the audio recording and frankly, would rather spend time doing more productive things -- and so, probably won't.

But I venture to say that in the "hot seat," in that context, there's not a lot of difference. And I think you understand that.

I love to ask tough questions, I don't mind taking them, either. I hope I answered this one. This is politics, after all.

Let's move on.

Beau


-----Original Message-----
From: Alan Greenberg [mailto:alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca]
Sent: Friday, September 05, 2008 4:33 PM
To: Brendler, Beau; NA Discuss
Cc: Cheryl Langdon-Orr; Cheryl Langdon-Orr; Evan Leibovitch
Subject: Re: [NA-Discuss] This whole resignation thing

Beau, I think that you did misinterpret. And the question did not come from any bias. Wendy got off easier this time because I subjected her to it last year, and we have discussed several issues one-on-one, so I had less need with her.

I specifically made reference to "formal" ALAC activities, and perhaps even to teleconferences (which you understood based on the your reply). Staff had distributed a spreadsheet where your satisfaction of the ALAC performance rules was flagged as "Not Achieved" (a fate I narrowly missed over that same 6-month period by just one meeting). I have already gone on record a few times as saying we needed to revise those rules to track SUBSTANTIVE contributions and not mere attendance. In our current rules, if someone had missed *one* ALS vote, they would have failed in that category! And if they attend everything and never say or do anything they are labelled superb.

I did not say that the NARALO was calling for your resignation - I said I had seen one post on the mailing list saying that - nothing more.

And I led off the question saying that you had made substantive contributions in various areas (which not unreasonably were also aligned with your real-life work activities).

The question was quite straight. You did not manage to make a fair percentage of the ALAC teleconferences in the last while, and I was asking why a substantially larger number of events would not be a problem in the future. Although I will no doubt get into trouble for trying to paraphrase you, my take on your answer was that you missed some meetings because they were often a waste of time. And I agreed.
I am a bit troubled that you have not been more active in trying to fix that problem instead of walking away from it, but that is just my personal feeling.

I normally treat volunteers very respectfully and with sensitivity.
In this case, you are putting your name up for an important position within the ALAC world, and I do not think it appropriate to side-step issues because they are awkward to bring up.

Alan



At 05/09/2008 02:59 PM, Brendler, Beau wrote:
>Dear NA:
>
>This morning in the board liaison candidacy discussion, Alan Greenberg
>asked me a question that went something like, "considering the NA
>region is calling for your resignation because you don't have time for
>your ALAC duties as they currently stand, why should we vote for you
>for board liaison?"
>
>Putting aside the board liaison candidacy thing for a moment, I need to
>get clear on something.
>
>If I misinterpreted the question (I don't think I did), feel free to
>ignore this note. If Alan's question comes from some sort of bias for
>Wendy's candidacy versus mine, well hey, that's OK, I'm a big boy and I
>don't really see that as a problem. The ALAC will vote for whom it
>votes.
>
>But if the NA-RALO is indeed asking for my resignation, I would have
>appreciated the opportunity to address it in another forum beforehand,
>or would have appreciated hearing it directly from the elected chair of
>the NA-RALO rather than from a nomcom appointee.
>Or, for that matter, I would have appreciated hearing about it from the
>chair of the ALAC. If it's indeed the case, you'll have my resignation
>in 24 hours -- (914) 378-2018 until 5:30 EST. It would be great to know
>before the weekend starts, so I can devote time I would have spent on
>ICANN matters to other things.
>
>Some final advice: If you're looking to attract good volunteers to work
>in this community, rethink your processes.
>
>Regards,
>
>Beau Brendler
>
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