RE: [ALSC-Forum] Monday outreach meeting

[Bruce Young]

Karl wrote:

>Yes.  They should have no preference whatsoever.  Businesses are free to
>advocate positions but why should they have *both* the ability to vote for
>those positions (particularly to vote in privileged forums such as DNSO's
>names council) and at the same time have the ability to vote via their
>human members/officers/employees on the same question?
>
> . . . A human being is the atomic unit of democracy.

I agree.  One person, one vote.  You want mine? Then convince me of the
effacacy of your argument!

>I'd disolve the SO's and let there be a fluid structure in which the
>electors - people - cast their votes based on how they may, or may not be,
>persuaded by those who wish to advocate positions.

I wouldn't go THAT far.  But I like the idea Vittorio Bertola offered:
position the current SOs as non-voting staff advisors to the Board (However,
I wouldn't go so far as to give them veto power as Vittorio suggested!).

Bruce Young
Portland, Oregon
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