Dear Members of the Committee,
First of all, thank you all very much for persisting with this process. It took longer than we expected .
Over the course of our five-week session, some members of the committee have had to leave (or must soon leave) for a variety of reasons. There have been other non-committee members who have followed our progress and routinely posted comments in the Business forum, and I have invited them to replace those who are known to be leaving.
Those who have left or leaving are: Estel, Ethel, Farawen, Faramond, Gimli, Leoba, Liddy. Those who have agreed to join are: Idylle, Imp, laureanna, and TORN. And Cerin - (agh! I left her out first time. Sorry, Cerin)
I would like to give opportunity at this point to any other members of the committee who would like to take a break from the process, and perhaps rejoin at a later date. I hope this offer will be taken as it is intended - there is no one I wish to see gone from the committee but I also know that the commitment to vote every few days is taxing. If you wish to take a break, this is the time to do it, while we are between points on the agenda, and I will not be hurt, and you will be welcome back at the next 'break' if you want to rejoin.
Because some of you have found it increasingly difficult to be online routinely, I would like to handle this rotation in the following manner. If you with to STAY on the committee, please send me a PM or email. On Friday (three days from now) I will give Prim the list of those who intend to be the committee for the next part of the agenda. (And Din will remain on the committee until he returns from vacation and either confirms this or tells me otherwise.)
An email about this topic will also go out for those of you who are not routinely on line.
Thanks once again for a stupendous job so far.
Jn