Re: [ga] Alt.Chair Replacement

["Roberto Gaetano" <ga_list@hotmail.com>]

My 2c on this as well.

I don't believe we have any statutory obligation for an AltChair, just for 
the Chair.
The AltChair position was created just because the amount of work for the 
Chair could be too much, in particular in a situation of volounteering 
labour: in the beginning I knew, for instance, that I could not have had the 
possibility to attend all meetings, and it was nice to have an alter-ego to 
split the job. Although it would have been perfectly legitimate to appoint 
the AltChair, we decided (before the elections) that to pick the two most 
voted would have been a better solution.

This said, what does this mean?
The Chair has all rights, IMHO, to appoint an AltChair. Elections are 
necessary only if the Chair has reason to believe that he himself will be 
unable to finish the mandate, which does not seem to be the case. Obviously, 
a show of support by the GA to the AltChair might help (should the Chair opt 
for appointing an AltChair, as he might decide to continue alone until the 
end of the mandate).

Incidentally, we might start thinking ahead of time about the next election: 
it might be good not to miss the deadline by several months as it did happen 
the previous time.
Would it be an appropriate target date to have the voting process to go on 
Jan+Feb 2002, and the responsibility transfered from the outgoing to the 
incoming Chair at the end of the physical meeting in Accra (10-14 March 
2002)?

Regards
Roberto



>From: DannyYounger@cs.com
>To: ga@dnso.org
>Subject: [ga] Alt.Chair Replacement
>Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2001 17:33:11 EDT
>
>Dear members,
>
>We have received the following query from the Names Council:
>
>Danny,
>following the resignation of the alt chair, what action do you propose
>taking? Will you be holding new elections or looking at the previous 
>election
>for the next person on the list?
>
>Philip Sheppard
>NC Chair
>
>As the General Assembly's rules do not offer sufficient guidance in this
>area, it is appropriate that the membership discuss this matter.  In 
>essence,
>do we promote Eric Dierker to the position of Alt. Chair, or do we convene
>new elections?  Is there justification for the Chair to appoint a temporary
>Alt. Chair until the elections are held (if we decide that elections are
>warranted?)  Let me know your thoughts so that we can move forward
>accordingly.  Thank you.
>
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