It is alarming that a few GAC members could seek to undo a carefully balanced compromise. And even more alarming that those few GAC members could so quickly trigger a Board intervention.
The carve-out is balanced against the concerns of other stakeholders with regard to (i) the proposed supermajority threshold for Board rejection of GAC advice and (ii) the GAC's overall role as a decisional participant in the Empowered Community, rather than its traditional advisory capacity. The carve-out itself underwent a compromise, requiring the Community to go through an IRP before exercising the power of Board recall.
When one pulls on one end of a compromise, the other end tends to move as well.
Do other stakeholders need to send countervailing warnings? Will the Board respond as quickly? Do we want to find out?
I think this extraordinary response to a minority report should serve as a warning to us all.
Greg