Jnyusa,
Thanks.
The RCC Easter rituals include a washing of the feet ceremony, during which the most senior of the clergy present must wash the feet of the others. This even applies to the Pope.
My brother worked on the Great Speckled Bird, that any of you who were late '60s radicals may remember. Their method of dealing with authority was to rotate all of the primary participants through each of the roles. So he was sometimes editor and sometimes copy boy.
Election to the new postion is best. It gives credibility to the position. Is Proctor less abrasive than Judge?
I agree with the admin/privacy immediate hearing reason.
My statement concerned maintaining the privacy of the deliberation after a private deliberation. Like voting on invitations have been handled. The deliberation on an invitation is discarded afterward. Anyone not involved in the pre-vote discussion never knows what was said. I assume the reason for this is to protect eveyone from hurt feelings after the procedure is done. As members of a community we all have a responsibility to accept decisions of the community or not be members. In discussing possibilities before a decision I am likely to argue all sides, so that no stone goes unturned. It is easy for this to get mischaracterized. So, I prefer private discussion that remains private. It's the final decision that is important and to which we must all accede.