Policy-Discussion

[<Lambert.Hofstra AT ins.com>]

Hi Ian,

Just a question: what would be the role of a "Senior Assurer"? Why would
CAcert want to create a sort of "Super Assurer"?


Lambert Hofstra  


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> Subject: [CAcert-Policy] When an Assurer is Senior...
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> Some thoughts have been expressed about the concept of a
> Senior Assurer.  This is a controversial subject, in that
> the idea of Assurance is supposed to be almost egalitarian
> in its approach to getting the job done...  Indeed, it may
> be that we just need an expanded "Officer" corp rather than
> an advanced Assurer corp.
> 
> Having said that, it might help to create a checklist of
> things that a Senior Assurer might be.  Out of that list,
> with some slashing & burning, we might be able to craft more
> of an ideal ... which will help the debate.
> 
> As promised, here is a list, from what I've seen ... in the
> various posts.  Food for thought:
> 
> 
> *  a number of assurances (10?  100?  1000?)
> *  attended a number of events (1? 10?)
> *  managed an event
> *  supervised new Assurers
> *  accepted by other Senior Assurers
> *  managed something outside strict Assurance
>     (policy, education, PR, security, disputes....)
> *  part of the core / policy / inner circle groups
> *  has written some documentation
> *  over 18 years old
> *  a member of the association
> *  has additional relevent qualifications
>     (tertiary training, member of relevant professional body)
> *  notary public (english style)
> *  knows many languages
> *  acts as RA for other CAs (e.g., Thwarte)
> *  no deep and dark past worth gossiping about
> *  passes the notoriously fierce background check
> *  can act as on-the-spot arbitrator in disputes
> *  has passed all the (yet to be written) tests
> *  not married to agent of foreign powers
> 
> 
> And many others, no doubt.
> 
> There may also be other ways to approach the emerging needs.
> 
> What I am looking at here is that there are a lot tasks that
> need doing as the organisation grows, and we need a pool of
> people to undertake these tasks.  Who's going to do those tasks?
> 
> iang
> 
> PS:  There is no particular Audit requirement for some
> senior people here .. but there is a need for lots of
> policies to be spread through the organisation, and lots of
> documents to be written.  That's not being done, so that's
> an Audit issue.
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