RE: Restructure APNIC Secretariat and retain David
Dear All
Could we please take this discussion off line? Whilst it is useful to
discuss the minutiae of internal machinations, it doesn't do much to
advance the wider debate of Internet related matters and how they effect
us here in Asia Pacific.
Liz Williams
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From: laina at singnet dot com dot sg[SMTP:laina at singnet dot com dot sg]
Sent: Tuesday, 3 March 1998 9:31 pm
To: laina at singnet dot com dot sg; apnic-talk at apnic dot net;
apple at apnic dot net; apng-all at apng dot org; Yoshihiro Obata; Daniel Karrenberg
Cc: David R. Conrad
Subject: Restructure APNIC Secretariat and retain David
Dear Daniel,
I agree with you that David has a good heart and would have
tried to take
care of his staff. That is a very different issue from
perceptions and
feelings of people, which is involved in people management.
These are very
complex issues and people management takes time, which David did
not have
much of. I don't think it was fair that APNIC membership
expected David to
do everyhting with just two other staff members and expect to
him manage
them properly, while travelling as much as he did.....it is
humanly
impossible.
I for one did not expect that of him, especially since he has
over and
over again said at APNIC meetings that he was not a manager or
business
man..just an engineer, and a good one at that. He seems to have
called for
help many times before, but EC and membership continued to
expect him to
do it all. Therefore when I raised the issue, I was addressing
it to the
APNIC membership and EC, and the only reason I raised the issue
was
because I was asked by the affected individuals to help them.
They felt
the membership was insensitive to their point of view. Having
been
involved in the APNIC incorporation process and knowing there
were
weaknesses in the existing structure, I knew there was little
other
avenues these individuals had to bring awareness to their
concerns. So the
e-mail.
The others who raised this issue also did not mean to implicate
David but
wanted to allude to the weakness of the existing structure. This
is a very
separate issue from David's competence, and I hope their voices
do not get
drowned.
In any case, as I said these are two separate issues....and on
the issue
of David's area of competence, I completely agree with you that
APNIC
should look to have David's services made available to ensure
continuity
and smooth operations. He is after all a good engineer and a
person
committed to APNIC. I am sure with Pindar and your suggestions,
the
membership will think hard at this, and so will the EC.
I also feel that the membership and EC should think hard at how
to
re-structure the Secretariat to avoid a future DG facing the
same overload
problems David had to deal with. There should be clearer
divisions of
labour and budgetting fo more staff. Secretariats should grow
commensurate
to workload and membership base.
Regards,
Laina RG
--- On Mon, 02 Mar 1998 10:13:58 +0100 Daniel Karrenberg
<Daniel.Karrenberg at ripe dot net> wrote:
Dear APNIC friends,
To me it is absolutely unthinkable that David would not give
*very*
careful consideration to the concerns of the staff.
David has discussed some decisions regarding APNIC with me. To
me it is
obvious that his sole concern when making those decisions was
the
success of APNIC.
I recommend to the APNIC *membership* to consider the person
David
Conrad and what he has achieved on their behalf and offer him an
adaequate position within the APNIC structure. Whether this be
one of
paid "technical director" or unpaid "special advisor" or some
such I
cannot say. What I can say is that in my opinion you should not
loose
David and that in order to keep him your explicit support needs
to come
from the membership at large and be voiced clearly and
individually.
Daniel Karrenberg
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Name: Laina Raveendran Greene
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Date: 3/3/98
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