Quote:
- The ALAC will conduct due diligence, reviewing the application and
performing necessary tasks in an
effort to ensure that the established
ALS criteria has
been/will be met. This could include requesting references, interviewing
the applicant's
contact(s), gathering/requesting
additional
information on the applicant, and (for
existing organizations)
requesting information on applicant's leadership
and operations,
verifying general funding
sources, and requiring the applicant to
demonstrate the identity of their
individual constituents.
Unquote.
Commenting on just this singular requirement, I see where it could be used as an obstruction to the addition of ANY new group by merely “requiring
the applicant to demonstrate the identity of their individual constituents”, a task that in this era of Privacy issues could well be Herculean if not impossible. The thought also arises as to how “due diligence” would be
interpreted and enforced upon the ALAC to actually perform the tasks set before it for organizations applying for status. As an individual Internet user for many years with a broad background, I find many aspects of this entire exercise to be apparently confusing to an unnecessary degree.
Without delving deeper, several of the tasks outlined above could well violate various geographical regions’ Privacy laws, which are becoming more critically viewed everywhere. One wonders how general funding sources could be verified when the primary source of funds for some organizations might well be membership donations which would come as needed without any regular schedule, something which is anathema to Accounting Principles no doubt.
Regards T'all,
Jeff Holt
The Tall Tejas Traveler
Life is Too Short.....
NOT to be Tall!
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