Board Prerogatives on the PDP (Draft-1) - Archived

Temporary election-process exception is removed · Draft 2 deletes Draft 1’s exception allowing the board, in consultation with the community, to handle missing election procedures for co-chairs and the appeal committee. The clause proposing automatic expiry of existing relevant board or committee processes remains. This removes an explicit continuity exception from the proposed text.

Expanded staff assessment identifies an appeal-continuity risk · The Draft 2 assessment develops a conditional scenario in which expiry of appeal terms of reference interrupts five then-pending appeals. It asks how continuity is protected and notes the lack of a transition clause. Draft 1 contains a shorter objection about encroachment on board powers. These are contemporaneous assessment concerns, not evidence that the five appeals were actually suspended.

Competing interpretations remain expressly documented · Draft 2 adds a detailed legal assessment defending the appointing board’s authority over committee terms, alongside quoted author responses arguing that the PDP alone is sufficient. It suggests alternative drafting and community control of committee terms. This records a dispute and requested clarification, not a settled legal conclusion, board ratification or implemented policy.