another logistical question: timing!

Karsten Wade kwade at redhat.com
Mon Oct 6 20:21:50 UTC 2014


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On 10/04/2014 11:00 AM, Matthew Miller wrote:
> There's a separate thread about naming, and the general clamor for
> "council" was strong. In any case, I don't think that the
> limitation you're suggesting is really there — there are a number
> of broad definitions of council, including Merriam-Webster's "a
> group of people who are chosen to make rules, laws, or decisions
> about something".

It may be sometimes cultural, fwiw. For example, in the US, many
municipalities have "City Councils" that are made up of elected
officials who run the city on behalf of the citizens. I think the UK
has a similar usage.

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