Re: Updating BCP 10 -- NomCom ELEGIBILITY

[Michael StJohns <[e-mail]>]

At 05:07 AM 1/15/2015, t.p. wrote:
>I have scribed for other organisations and doing it well means being
>transparent to what everyone else is saying, that is, you set yourself
>aside and really concentrate on and listen to others.  In doing so, you
>pick up everyone else's point of view and learn a lot too about the
>organisation and how that part of it works.
>
>By contrast, a participant has their own agenda which will always get in
>the way of hearing others properly. (Chairmen should never write I-Ds:-)
>
>So scribing is difficult, requires self-discipline but can teach a lot.
>
>I do not however see it as particularly relevant to NonCom except in so
>far as the person is present and engaged.


I would *kill* for a Nomcom member that is present and engaged... :-)

Mike