I see the Web page has been updated today..

[Alec H. Peterson]

On Jan 25, 1997, Jim Browning wrote:
> 
> Only the initial Advisory Council, after that it is elected by the 
> membership.  Perhaps this is to allow the membership to grow to critical 
> mass (representing a broad spectrum) before it begins to wield its 
> influence.

That is true, but the specific procedure has not been layed out.  In
fact, all it says is that the initial Advisory Counsil will develop
the selection procedures, which leaves _a lot_ of open territory.

Alec

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