Hi, Bill.

Thanks for your detailed reply.  As to Item 2, I would hope that we will be getting a leader, not just an administrator or general strategist.  Others on the Board may feel differently, but I hope our next CEO will be a passionate spokesperson for Amateur Radio, both with the membership and to the outside world.  I just don’t see how a non-Ham – or even an inactive ham – could possibly do that.  This seems to be an issue ripe for discussion at the Board meeting, as I think it gets to the core of what we want.  As for Item 3), it sounds as though you’re really looking for someone who can coach an inexperienced Board member who is open to such coaching.  Maybe we should just say that in lieu of the much broader and less applicable term, “board development”.  For Item 4, how about specifying “demonstrated ability to work with leaders of foreign organizations” or something to that effect?

My overall take is that we should ask specifically for what we really want so we don’t pay for skills or experience that has only fleeting relevance to the job or bypass good candidates who do not possess those inapplicable skills or experience..

73,

Marty N6VI

Marty,

Answers to your comments.

1)      Right.  Name will be corrected.

2)      The committee spent considerable time discussing whether an amateur license was mandatory.   In the end we felt that an amateur license was highly desirable but we felt we didn’t want to lose an excellent candidate that didn’t have an amateur radio license.

3)      You are correct that our board members are nominated by and voted by members.  In some cases our board members may not have had the opportunity to serve on other boards.  In that case board development would include development of the board to work cohesively together for the good of the organization.

4)      The committee thoughts on international business experience was in being familiar with international customs and cultures, being comfortable in working with people from other countries.  We aren’t developing significant markets overseas, but we are working with people from other countries and we are trying to influence international amateur radio issues.  If another description would be better, we’re open to suggestions.

-          Bill

Hi, Dick.

Thanks for sharing this with ODV.  I have a few comments from an initial quick read.

1)    The first line of text needs the name of our organization corrected.

2)    The second bullet under “Program Development” appears at odds with the last bullet under “Qualifications”.  How can an Amateur Radio license AND status as a long-term active Ham not be mandatory if the candidate is to provide counsel on all aspects of Amateur Radio to the board?

3)    Under “Qualifications”, the fourth bullet includes “board development”.  This seems more relevant to an industrial or commercial organization, where management influences the selection of board members.  Since our board members are nominated and selected by members, it’s not clear to me how traditional board-development skills or experience would come into play, and inclusion of such suggests a more generic document than I would hope we are getting.

4)    The next-to-last bullet under “Qualifications” is a requirement for international business experience.  Although the League has significant international exposure on the regulatory front and does attract foreign members, we’re not developing significant markets overseas, dealing with big import / export issues, relocating employees around the world, deciding where to manufacture, or most of the other activities commonly associated with international business.  Thus, it’s not clear to me why international business experience is a requirement.

I look forward to the discussions of this document and the search process.  Thanks to the Committee members for the time they are putting into this effort.

73,

Marty N6VI

2 DEC 2014 - 2254 CST

*** BOARD CONFIDENTIAL ***

Attached to this message is the result of 14 month's of CEO Search
Committee (CEOSC) research and meetings and the input of Executive
recruiter Gary Buxton, K0GVT, in the development of this smooth draft
the CEO Job Description.  It is planned to use this document in public
notices advertising this job opening resulting from the retirement of
CEO David Sumner, K1ZZ.

The CEOSC has also done some research on our current CEO's compensation
and benefits package and relocation expenses in order to prepare an appropriate, board-approved, package to be used in candidate negotiations.

Both the job description and financial package require ARRL board approval.
It is planned to vote on the job description at our January 2014 board
meeting.  The financial package should be approved before the CEO search
is started.

The committee is open to questions and suggestions from the other 10
directors, the volunteer officers, and the vice directors.  As long as
there is no discussion of specific dollar costs or potential candidates,
the CEOSC, President Craigie, and CEO Sumner believe this discussion can
be held on the ODV reflector.

Please remember this message and all subsequent discussion is
 BOARD CONFIDENTIAL and is not to be published or discussed
outside of the ARRL board family.

73 - Dick Isely, W9GIG
     CEOSC Secretary