Endorsement of edw54

[Christian Wittern]

Lou Burnard <lou.burnard at computing-services.oxford.ac.uk> writes:

>> In light of Lou's  other post "Naming of Things", I do not see where
>> EDW54 says that WG heads are "ex officio" Council members.  This has
>> not been stated before (I think) and if that is the fact, I feel it
>> should be mentioned in EDW54.  I vote "B" therefore.
>> 
>
>
> Thanks Christian for spotting this mistake. The assumption in my "naming
> of things" note that WG heads are ipso facto de jure and ex officio
> council members is clearly unsupported by the evidence. Rather than
> modify edw54 I'd prefer to rescind the suggestion in my note.
>
> Apart from anything else, it seems unnecessary to add to the council's
> membership in this way: wg heads can always be invited to council
> meetings in their own right if need be.
>

Seems reasonable.  Change my vote to A then.

All the best,

Christian


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 Christian Wittern 
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