[ALAC] Board seat electorate

[Cheryl Langdon-Orr]

Makes  good sense to me Alan...  I hope the ALAC agrees and promptly
endorses/adopts this amendment...

*Cheryl Langdon-Orr ...  **(CLO)*
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On 13 November 2013 09:49, Alan Greenberg <alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca> wrote:

> 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
>
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