>> i'll state again that no where in P4 does it state that the IC must
>> retain
>> their ZC hat and P4 specifically states that one must not wear too
>> many hats..

>> I'll agree with both of your arguements, but;

>> How do you interpret: "The Zone Coordinators are responsible for
>> the selection of the International Coordinator from among their
>> ranks." and "The International Coordinator is the
"first among
>> equals" Zone Coordinator." ??

>> In plain ordinary English (British English or American English,
>> Michiel), my interpretation is that the person chosen as IC has to
>> be a ZC in order to be among the ZC ranks. If he/she were a NC or a
>> RC, he wouldn't be equal in rank among the ZCs.

>i read and understand it as you state...  the person as IC must be or have bee
>a ZC... there is nothing that states that they must remain a ZC to be the IC i
>they are a current ZC...

This I think may be the oppositions point. Judging from the wording in
policy, there may not be anything that says they must remain a ZC, but the
expectation from the language used indicates to some that they must.

It would therefore all be in the interpretation of the then sitting IC.

Since Satti was the sitting IC when he made the decision to resign his ZC
hat, in making that determination it became part of the operational
procedures in the ZCC.

However
it may not have stayed in effect with the election of the next IC.

Satti, being a co-author of policy, may have had some insight from previous
discussion among the authors in this regard.

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