[NA-Discuss] [At-Large] GNSO Improvements Statement Edits

[Roberto Gaetano]

Evan:

> 
> PS: The GNSO, in its revision proposal, sees merit in having 
> 100% of its council be representative, and its NomComm 
> appointees as non-voting advisors. Why is this approach not 
> reasonable for ALAC?

First of all, what you call the revision proposal of the GNSO is not the
proposal of the whole GNSO, but of a part of it. I am mentioning this only
to show how it is sometimes easy to use a generalization, in short, that is
not 100% accurate, which was probably also the case from CLO's statement
about representativity of ALAC.

Anyway, the main rason for my reply is a different one, and is related to
ALAC. The structure, that calls for 67% RALO representation, and 33% NomCom
(subject to the same geographical constraints) was a highly welcome approach
in the beginning, when not even the 67% were representative of anything,
because they have been hand-picked by the Board. The 2/3 vs. 1/3 approach
has at least served the purpose, for a good couple of years, and for some
regions even more, of ensuring that at least two bodies were independently
nominating ALAC representatives, therefore contributing to diversity (or at
least lowering the risk of capture).
Now, that all RALOs are up and running, it is, IMHO, appropriate to ask the
question on whether all 15 ALAC members should be nominated by the ALSes,
via the RALOs. That would not exclude, still IMHO, the possibility of having
some "additional" members, maybe without voting rights, tha the NomCom could
appoint to cover specific situations that are not covered by the normal
process. However, this matter should be dealt with mainly by the ALAC Review
WG, and probably also by the NomCom Review WG. I am sure that a discussion
on this issue will be part of the WG reports.

Cheers,
Roberto

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