[ALAC] Board seat electorate

[Alan Greenberg]

It appears that we have an issue that was not thought about when the 
new ALAC RoP were contemplated. Specifically, we have a person who 
will be both a RALO Chair and an ALAC member (for APRALO), thus 
holding two votes in the Board member election. From my point of 
view, this is not a great situation.

We can either leave things as they are, or approve an additional rule 
allowing the Chair vote to be cast by someone else. That is similar 
to rules we already have for potential voters who cannot vote due a 
conflict. Since the RoP are silent on this issue, the under RoP 
10.1.3, the ALAC is empowered to approve an additional rule without 
formally modifying the RoP. I would suggest the following. The second 
sentence also covers another case we forgot, specifically if an ALAC 
member is sick or otherwise unavailable to participate.

>If A RALO Chair is not currently filled, or unavailable to 
>participate as an elector, or should the RALO Chair also hold a vote 
>as an ALAC member, the RALO for his/her region will name a 
>replacement for the purposes of the vote. This replacement must be 
>approved by vote of the RALO according to its rules. If an ALAC 
>member is unavailable to participate as an elector, the RALO for 
>his/her region will name a replacement for the purposes of the vote. 
>This replacement must be approved by vote of the RALO according to its rules.

If we want to make such a change, it should really be done in BA.

Alan