[ALAC] Rules of Procedure - Draft for discussion at 26 March ALAC meeting

[Evan Leibovitch]

On 26 March 2013 07:25, Avri Doria <avri at acm.org> wrote:


> I think it is interesting to note how willing ALAC seems to transfer
> decisions to ever smaller groups while remaining reluctant to give the
> ALSes and members any role in decision making.
>

In this particular process, what you ask is out of scope. Each RALO has its
own RoP to address not only how the ALSs (and individual members, as
appropriate) may participate, but whether or not the ALSs may direct the
choices of their elected representatives on issues that come to ALAC votes.

It ensures regional balance and attempts to avoid capture, in much the same
way that the GNSO makes decisions using a carefully-designed Council rather
than enabling every individual domain reseller, law firm and vested
interest to have individual votes.



> When it is a matter of allowing voting rights to the ALSes, the subject is
> first buried and then will allowed a a brief discussion  at  a meeting
> after the new procedures have been voted on by ALAC.  When it comes to
> changes like giving the ALT more decision making ability, it is easily done.
>


The current RoP is currently on revision 71, and is at the tail end of a
very long process going back at least a year. I myself am tossing in a
suggestion now at a very late date, not having been a member of the WG
(though of course I could have participated directly and more deeply had I
chose to).

Having been an early critic of the excom, I am personally uncomfortable
with the Executive/ALT having any expanded authority. I agree with
components of the RoP that demand that any decisions that must be made by
an executive for reasons of haste *must* be ratified -- and may be
potentially undone -- by the full ALAC as soon as possible.

- Evan