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ITEM #18 ALAC and the ALAC Appointee Selection Committee (AASC) was discussed in our September 2017 meeting. Its description is as follows:

“Under the request of Alan Greenberg, Chair of the ALAC and the ALAC Appointee Selection Committee (AASC), we are issuing a call for members of the 2018 AASC.The AASC reviews applications for various positions related to the ALAC and makes recommendations to the ALAC on which candidates to appoint or endorse.The AASC is Chaired by the ALAC Chair and is composed of: 

·  the ALAC Leadership Team excluding the ALAC Chair (Seun, Maureen, Bastiaan and Bartlett) and one other ALAC Member from the Chair's region;
 
· one member representing each RALO.
 
The AASC selects people to occupy critical positions and AASC members must be both able and willing to take the time to review applications in detail and to participate in the decisions of the Committee. For your information, the RALO representatives on the 2017 AASC are:
 
·         AFRALO - Barrack Otieno
·         APRALO - Ali AlMeshal
·         EURALO - Nenad Marinkovic
·         LACRALO - Maritza Yesenia Aguero Minano
·         NARALO - John Laprise
 
There are no term limit requirements. RALO Chairs should inform Alan and At-Large staff by 24 November at 23:59 UTC who the RALO Member will be from your region.”

This a call for self-nominations for the position of the NARALO member in this committee.

Any NARALO member (with the exception of the current ALAC NARALO members) interested in participating in this committee is invited to submit a brief statement indicating its willingness to take the time to review applications, participate in the decisions of the committee and its experience in reviewing applications.

Glenn and I will use this information to recommend what we consider to be the best candidate. A consensus call will go out next Monday, 27 November 2017 for final approval by the region.

Please send your statements to the list for all to read.

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