Dear Jean Jacques, thank you for your comments. On 12/06/2013 09:37, JJS wrote:
/- It's not a good idea to single out the fact that a paper has been approved "by the ALAC Executive Committee". Putting forward a part of the ALAC, for whatever reason, weakens the cohesiveness of our Advisory Committee, or at least projects such an image./
The text was "This correspondence has the support of the ALAC Executive Committee" by contrast to "This text is drafted by myself as an individual", not as a measure to divide the ALAC. Support by the ALAC would require a ratification vote or at least, a consensus call, which I am tempted to ask here in case we need to follow-up. Kind regards, Olivier -- Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond, PhD http://www.gih.com/ocl.html