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.