I agree, designating a volunteer who is responsible for the process for 
various exercises is a great idea.  The Chair has a ton of processes to 
manage, and the PC structure and procedures seems to me (as a member) 
could use a little brainstorming.
Kind regards.
Stephanie
On 2014-08-30, 8:16, Sam Lanfranco wrote:
> We can consider this a well-intended judgement call on the part of the 
> Chair, but it did compromised the integrity of process within NCSG. I 
> can understand the pressure of the time deadline and there is little 
> to gain from being harsh here, but we should learn from this episode.
>
> ........
> Again, the main lesson here should be that in the heat of the 
> preliminary discussions NCSG should designate someone (a volunteer) to 
> act as the drafting person to formulate possible text in case NCSG 
> decides to make a submission, and to maintain communication links with 
> other constituencies for collaborative action. That would have been 
> easy to do in this instance.
>
> Sam L.