On Sun, Aug 21, 2016 at 11:59:26PM -0400, avri doria ([log in to unmask]) wrote: > I do hope that whatever the WG on Communications comes up with is > communicated and vetted first by the Discuss list before being cast in > stone as an official NCSG procedure. Yes. And not only that - the discuss list isn't a decision-making body, after all. Any official NCSG procedure must be established by either the Policy Committee, the Executive Committee or the Chair. Indeed that applies to forming working groups as well. That said, I think the idea of a working group for communications Stephanie proposed is an excellent one and I would not want to delay it's formation any more than necessary. Reading our charter it isn't immediately clear to me who should decide on this - either Policy Committee or Executive Committee could argued for. But, seeing the support and enthusiasm I'd rather not lose the momentum to get it started, I could take it upon myself to establish the working group as an executive decision of the Chair. I don't see a need to be overly complicated about this: I would simply ask Stephanie to convene group and task the group to report its findings and recommendations to the EC for formal decision-making as needed, or referral to the PC as appropriate. And of course any new procedures would be discussed with the membership, on the discuss list, before making them official. Opinions, objections? -- Tapani Tarvainen