[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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