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Re: OT - Vint Cerf joins Google
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu)
Fri Sep 9 15:04:07 2005
To: "Steven J. Sobol" <sjsobol@JustThe.net>
Cc: Mark Bodley <m@cyrixsys.com>, nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 09 Sep 2005 14:12:45 EDT."
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From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2005 15:02:46 -0400
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
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On Fri, 09 Sep 2005 14:12:45 EDT, "Steven J. Sobol" said:
> I'm sure there are a lot of ways Dr. Cerf could benefit the company. I
> guess I'm a little surprised that they hired him outright and just didn't
> give him a seat on the board of directors.
Why is that surprising? How much *actual* authority does the average
C-level exec have in an organization? How much *actual* authority does the
average member of the BoD have?
In general, figureheads go on the BoD. To actually *do* something, you hire
somebody competent, and give them a goal, authority, and resources, and stand
back.
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