Looking over the (internal) ALAC emails, it seems that the deadline  
for RALOS to submit names was the 30th of Aug, with ALAC finalizing  
the names on the 15th. In fact, we have more time (see email below)

However, not sure the deadlines have been met - at all. Regional  
secretariats have only just started to post their recommendations,  
and our board liaison election - was also to have been concluded well  
in advance of the nomcom deadline.

Might I propose the following for our next call..

1. Board Liaison poll be available .

Not sure why a poll has to be run to make the result of a poll  
known.   The consensus seems to be to make the result available...

2. Transparency in Nomcom selection process.

Deciding a list of 5 names on a call, i think isn't the most  
appropriate way to decide. We need to be more open about it..

Thus,  I would like to have the candidate  information available  
ahead of any conference call. In fact, i'd rather we move the  
discussion to the nomcom selection process off the call - and do so  
on ALAC's closed list.

In the meantime, the recommendations and/or suggestions posted by  
RALOs and/or regional secretariats should be on the ALAC wiki (after  
all, that's what it is for)

3. I'd like to support Veronica's offer to plan a one day team  
building and strategy session for ALAC for the LA meeting.

Given we seem to be organizationally challenged and have little  
strategic vision - we need to do something about it.

Said strategy session should have a session - without staff - so that  
we can openly discuss strategy and planning in private. I think a  
private strategy session would be most welcome, and quite useful.

that's it for now.

Suffering from a terrible bout of pneumonia.

regards

Robert

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