Trying to post this on behalf of Lance - I suspect the text is quite long - Dev Anand

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LACRALO elections for 2019 are due in a very short time. 

However,  unfortunately there are areas of conflict between the current (2018) Operating Principles and the current (2009) Rules of Procedure. 

The main areas where the two documents conflict are:

•    The number, names, and roles & responsibilities of positions

•    The new rotation principle

Two options have been proposed to allow the election to go forward without amendment of the RoP before election.

The first option:

Where there are areas of conflict, the Operating Principles take precedence. 

For example, there will be 6 positions to be filled in the current elections. These are Chair, Chair- Elect, Secretary, Secretary-Elect, ALAC member, and the recommendation from LACRALO for NomCom

The election will be run according to the current RoP (Clauses 12,13, 19, and 20)

The other clauses in the RoP that need to be amended to give effect to the positions will be amended by October 2019, before the successful candidates take up their positions in November 2019. They will come into office under Rules of Procedure that are fully congruent with the Operating Principles.

The second option:

Revoking  the current (2018) Operating Principles, from the instant until  March 2020, when the Rules of Procedure are expected to be amended to fully align with the 2018 OPs.

The leadership positions for election in the 2019 election will then be:

Chair, Secretary, ALAC member and recommendation from LACRALO for NomCom.

The new positions (Chair, Chair- Elect, Secretary, Secretary-Elect, ALAC member, and the recommendation from LACRALO for NomCom) and the rotation principle will come into effect from the 2020 election.

 

These therefore are the two questions for the vote:

 

OPTION 1)

 

a.- To use the electoral rules of the current rules of procedure which deal with elections (rules 12, 13, 19 and 20) to elect all leadership positions (Chair, vice chair, secretary, vice secretary and ALAC member) and to elect the suggested candidate for the NOMCOM to which the new operating principles refer, as it pertains to rotation of candidates from the LACRALO subregions”as  . The current Rules of Procedure will be amended by October 2019, so the successful candidates will take office under these amended RoP. The electoral process will begin at 23 UTC on May 03.

 

b.- If this option is chosen, LACRALO will have until the end of October 2019 to approve the correctly amended Rules of Procedure, and the elected officials will take office under the current Operating Principles and the amended Rules of Procedure, which will be fully congruent.

 

OPTION 2)

 

a.- To Approve the following transitory norm: "The current (2018) LACRALO operating principles are revoked until the start of the 2020 leadership elections (March 2020. In the meantime, the old operating principles of LACRALO will be reinstated, and the current Rules of Procedure will be amended to be fully congruent with the 2018 Operating Principles"