[At-Large] [NA-Discuss] Results of the Voting for ALAC Nominating Committee 2008 Appointments

[Bret Fausett]

> The ALAC voted on the candidates on the same page, and the results  
> were as indicated.
> If the RALOs, or individual ALSes, believe that the Bylaws should  
> be changed in some manner which would affect future NomCom  
> appointments, it would be for them to suggest that.

The bylaws only say that the ALAC annually shall "appoint" five  
delegates to the NomComm. They do not say that the ALAC is required  
to "vote" to make the appointments, so I think it would be a  
misreading to say that the bylaws dictated the process that the ALAC  
followed.

As I mentioned on the list prior to the selection, in past years the  
ALAC representatives from each region gathered to make their  
selection, and then the other regions simply ratified those regional  
choices. Under the "voting" process that was followed this year,  
however, it is theoretically possible that a person could be elected  
from a region without having any support from the ALAC  
representatives of that region. In an extreme example, North America,  
South American and Europe, voting as a block, could dictate the  
representatives for Africa and Asia. That result is made possible by  
the procedure followed here, but it was not dictated by the bylaws.

To better understand what happened this year, I would like to know  
(a) why the ALAC chose to depart from its past practices and use this  
voting procedure and (b) whether the candidates selected, in each  
region, are the candidates who were supported by the ALAC  
representatives from that region.

       Bret
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