Hello, I am writing to strongly indicate my amazement that some CCWG participants (all categories of participants) thinks SO/AC should be allowed to remove its appointing members unconditionally (i.e without any other SO/AC input), especially considering that CCWG has determined to go the "Community Mechanism as Sole Member" makes this even more strange. Here are a few of the reasons why i think this is totally inappropriate as i don't think there is need list several reason for this to be compelling: - Board members acts in the interest of the organisation including the community, its not appropriate to create a representative board and i think that is just what we would have done by permitting such removal possibilities. - Since board members acts in the interest of the community, it should require same to remove it. - The appointing body post-transition will be CMSM and it will require the same CMSM to remove - Allowing such individual SO/AC removal would also put nomcom elected members at disadvantage/advantage (depending on how it is viewed) - SO/AC removing their individual board members goes against the concept of "Community Mechanism as Sole Member" (CMSM) which simply indicates that appointment of board members would now be executed by CMSM (even though individual SO/AC does the selection). So if we populate the board collectively why should we not so same for removal - It would make no procedural sense for us to exercise CMSM powers without the bodies that constitutes that mechanism approving it- I don't know of any organisation where this is done. Even in individual members based organisations, a member cannot remove any board member, its usually certain number of members.(including if it were board removing its member) Overall i am not against board removal, i am however against board remove by individual SO/AC. At best they can initiate and when it gets to the CMSM level the whole community threshold to exercise the "member" should be in-effect It is my hope that the Co-Chairs would understand these points and also appreciate the fact that consensus is not entirely by numbers. Regards -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Seun Ojedeji,Federal University Oye-Ekitiweb: http://www.fuoye.edu.ng <http://www.fuoye.edu.ng> Mobile: +2348035233535**alt email: <http://goog_1872880453>seun.ojedeji@fuoye.edu.ng <seun.ojedeji@fuoye.edu.ng>* The key to understanding is humility - my view !