[At-Large] [ALAC] ExecComm Mission Creep (was Re: [NA-Discuss] ALAC Mid-point consultation report - Personal comments)

[Evan Leibovitch]

Brendler, Beau wrote:
> "If ALAC is dysfunctional -- which it most certainly is to me -- then
> that needs to be confronted directly."
>
>   
>>> I agree. However, the institutional mechanism for change was the ALAC review, was it not? The conclusion was, essentially, give ALAC time to mature. How is ALAC dysfunction to be confronted at this point?
Bringing in structural changes seems pointless if they're not followed.

We have processes in place to deal with ALAC members who aren' t pulling
their weight. Implementing those processes, rather than obfuscating them
(as was put forward in Cairo) or bypassing them (by forming an executive
committee to simply ignore the no-shows), seems a reasonable request.

How do we know if the existing measures in place are insufficient if we
never try them?


>>>  I ask the question out of real curiosity, not to be pedantic. There are a lot of questions being asked about creating a constituency of consumer groups. Maybe that's the way for some of us to go.
>>>       
Perhaps, but it depends on how narrow a view you take of the definition
of " consumer groups". If you suggest something exclusively narrow such
as Consumers Union and its international counterparts, that might be a
Very Good Thing but it does not supplant (at least the theoretical
intent of) the purpose of At-Large.

- Evan