Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!att!rutgers!ucsd!usc!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!munnari.oz.au!bruce!goanna!isaac From: isaac@goanna.oz.au (Isaac Balbin) Newsgroups: comp.lang.prolog Subject: Re: More fun with WG17 Message-ID: <2586@goanna.oz.au> Date: 16 Nov 89 23:19:09 GMT References: <2609@munnari.oz.au> <696@sce.carleton.ca> <2643@munnari.oz.au> <1355@gould.doc.ic.ac.uk> <2717@munnari.oz.au> Organization: Comp Sci, RMIT, Melbourne, Australia Lines: 8 All this talk of definition of democracy etc is academic --- pragmatically, the definitions are irrelevant; what is relevant in terms of definition is the motives and objectives of the committee. In this respect, there is one clear fact, any committee that does not invite the opinions of people such as Drs Richard O'Keefe, Lee Naish and the like is fundamentally flawed. Who cares about country of origin? Just make sure you get the best people.