Re: [ALSC-Forum] Amending the draft to allow for nine elected Directors

[Jeff Williams]

Danny and all stakeholders or interested parties,

DannyYounger@cs.com wrote:

> Working under the assumption that the bulk of the ALSC draft will be adopted
> by the Board, and also working under the assumption that the ALSC will
> re-think their position with respect to having six At-Large Board members
> instead of the nine At-Large Board members that we were promised, it will be
> necessary to formulate a means whereby the other three Board members come to
> be selected.

  None should be "Selected"!  All should be "Elected" by the At-Large
members.  And ALL 9, not 6!

>
>
> Once the first six are chosen, it will be apparent to the Regional and Global
> ALSO Council members that certain skill sets might be needed to round-out the
> composition of the Board.   These Council members could conduct their own
> vote (choosing from among their own elected membership) to select the other
> three Board members that will be needed.    No cost to the organization.
>
> The resulting three vacancies within the Council would simply be filled by
> the candidates that were next in line in the election process.

  Are you suggesting that a line of succession be acceptable such as
in feudal structures?  If so, this is extremely odd if not bizarre, and
certainly not a bottoms-up structure!

  In addition I would add, that such a method or restructuring is in
violation of the MoU and the White Paper to boot!

Regards,
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