[At-Large] Proposal: Rotating Chair for ALAC

[Roberto Gaetano]

I do not enter in this debate, but it would surely be nice to align the
Bylaws with the current practice, and not rely on the fact that members give
their proxies to the people from a certain region. Moreover, this would not
guarantee neither that at the moment of the vote members will give the
proxy, nor that the members of the region vote for one of them and not for
somebody else. So, if ALAC chooses to have a musical Chair (sorry - it was
too tempting), better put it in the Bylaws rather than finding shortcuts to
achieve the goal.
 
Personally, seeing things from the outside, I am not excited about the
hypothesis. I think that ALAC will lose credibility by continuously changing
chairperson. For sure, it will solve some practical issues, and share the
burden, but I would invite you to think thoroughly of the consequences. Just
an example: what would you think if ICANN would apply the same principle,
and rotate Board Chair every few months? Without doubt, to have a chair
originated in the region where the meeting is held would give a PR
advantage, but what I doubt is that the overall image of ICANN would be
strengthened. Up to you to balance the pros and cons.
 
Cheers,
Roberto
 


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From: alac-bounces at atlarge-lists.icann.org
[mailto:alac-bounces at atlarge-lists.icann.org] On Behalf Of Bret Fausett
Sent: 09 July 2007 20:56
To: At-Large Worldwide
Subject: Re: [At-Large] Proposal: Rotating Chair for ALAC


I think you're wrong about the likely legal advice, since the same bylaw
provision delegates to the ALAC itself substantial discretion in how how the
election takes place. If you really need all 15 "electing," we would simply
adopt a procedure by which ALAC members gave their proxies to the people
from the host region. At the end of the day, the ALAC can decide how and
when it wants to select its Chair, and that bylaw provision can't prevent
that. And why should it? I think the clear intent of the provision is to
give us substantial latitude in the internal governance of the ALAC. 

On Jul 9, 2007, at 11:41 AM, Nick Ashton-Hart wrote:


I doubt - very much - that the General Counsel would agree that 3 people out
of 15 electing a chair every few months is in conformity with the Bylaws -
quite the contrary. 

If the Committee decides to go with this type of structure I will of course
ask.

On 9 Jul 2007, at 19:15, Bret Fausett wrote:


Nick, thanks for point out the bylaw provision, but it doesn't change
anything. The "procedure adopted by the Committee" would be that the three
representatives from the host region elect a Chair. 

On Jul 9, 2007, at 11:01 AM, Nick Ashton-Hart wrote:



Bret, an election for the Chair of ALAC isn't optional - see the ICANN
Bylaws, Article XI,S2(4)(d):


"The Chair of the ALAC shall be elected by the members of the ALAC pursuant
to procedures adopted by the Committee."


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