It's like hiring a pastry chef to do brain surgery! It's STUPID!
The surgery might not go well, but I bet they could make some tasty pastries from the brain.
And seriously, this guy has NEVER sent an e-mail in his life? nowadays, one of the least complicated technological procedures on the planet? For fuck sakes, are we even sure he doesn't still think computers are run by paper tape and punch cards?
There should at least be some baseline to pass before you get on a committee like that. Okay, so you can't re-write the Linux kernel. that's fine. but can you at least ask your secretary or whatever to explain e-mail to you? shit ain't that hard.