[CCWG-ACCT] ALAC Statement on proposed accountability models

Alan Greenberg alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca
Sun Oct 18 22:42:10 UTC 2015


The ALAC has gone on record as not believing that the budget veto was 
necessary and possibly even harmful.  Alan

At 18/10/2015 11:23 AM, Rubens Kuhl wrote:

>Alan,
>
>I think it would be more interesting to know whether ALAC is opposed 
>to enforcement of budget veto power, which at this point seems to be 
>the most significative difference between designator and member 
>model, or any other reason to prefer one over the other. That would 
>make for an easier way to accommodate ALAC expectations, hopes and 
>fears into the proposal, instead of looking at the outcome (which is 
>the model decision).
>
>
>Rubens
>
> > On Oct 18, 2015, at 2:42 PM, Alan Greenberg 
> <alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca> wrote:
> >
> > In its formal response to the CCWG-Accountability proposal issued 
> in August 2015, the ALAC said that it could support the model being 
> proposed, but preferred something far less complex and 
> lighter-weight, and that we saw no need for the level of 
> enforceability that the proposal provided. Moreover, the ALAC had 
> specific concerns with the budget veto and the apparent lack of 
> participation of perhaps a majority of AC/SOs.
> >
> > In light of the reconsideration of a designator model by the 
> CCWG, along with the recommendations of the Saturday morning 
> break-out sessions, the ALAC felt that a revised statement was in 
> order. Accordingly we decided, by a unanimous vote of the 14 ALAC 
> members present (with 1 not present), to withdraw support for the 
> Membership model.
> >
> > I want to make it clear that this is not a "red line" decision. 
> Should a Membership model become one that is generally advocated by 
> the CCWG, and supported by a supermajority of Board directors (who 
> ultimately MUST support any changes that they will be called upon 
> to approve, else they would be in violation of their fiduciary 
> duty), then the ALAC reserves its right to support such a model.
> >
> > Alan Greenberg
> > Chair, At-Large Advisory Committee
> >
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