Sentences with phrase «small committee»

should that not more accurately read, «small committees of non-scientists with political agendas.»?

Most of the charges of spin or alarmism or excessive caution relate to summary statements produced by small committees.

We arrived to the first island and were greeted by the «Island President» who explained that each island only has room for 5 - 10 houses, so the families that reside on each island form small committees and work together to remain afloat.

These annual two - week conferences came to involve some 180 national delegations, with many smaller committee meetings in between.

The Wright Committee proposed smaller committees and the introduction of chair and membership elections in order to, among other things, generate a greater sense of ownership and increased levels of attendance and participation.

«I also believe that investments by a large committee tend to be less good than a very small committee» Ed Thorp

They are written by small committees and — as a result — will always be the target of criticism by subsets within scientific communities.

From small committee meetings around a conference room table to large section conferences in the Rocky Mountains

It's a far cry from the days — say 15 years ago — when less than a dozen banks held a corporate loan on their balance sheet, and companies could renegotiate the terms of their loan with a single creditor, or a small committee.

Gates, who is now chairman of the board, will be part of a small committee tasked with finding the successor.

Under the new rules it could refuse to import such foods only if a small committee in Rome, noted for its very low standards in such matters, declares the food a hazard to health.

Indeed, until recently the USSF has been a relic of the early, ethnic days of U.S. soccer — a small committee of little international prestige that was overtaken by the rise of the NASL and the boom in youth soccer.

The reforms were not addressed at the January 2017 meeting of the County Committee, but were referred to a small committee selected by party boss Frank Seddio (with nominal reform club representation) for consideration.

Yet another variant in smaller committees is to have a chair lead discussion and amend proposals prior to their formal consideration during discussion of the proposals and then to give the chair the authority to put any proposal that the chair deems to be ready for a vote to a formal up or down vote of the committee (often unanimous or nearly so).

«I intend to move from here to have a small committee that will include the accountant general and a few others to address this issue of non payment of salary and find out what we can do»

The APC, speaking through its National Publicity Secretary, Malam Bolaji Abdullahi, said it had set up a small committee to consider the President's position.

When the vote was called, patients and advocates who had packed the small committee room let out cheers and cries of support for the bill's sponsor, Sen. Diane Savino.

Unlike traditional halls of fame, this one does not rely on the subjective judgment of a small committee of experts.

On Friday, the government made what appeared to be a concession: Instead of directly appointing 100 academy members, it would appoint a small committee to appoint those members, effectively «putting a buffer between themselves and the appointment process,» says Erol Gelenbe, a computer scientist at Imperial College London and one of the resigning TÜBA members.

A small committee from Dolby, the Sundance Institute ®, and Academy Award ® winning sound designer Skip Lievsay picked Last Days in the Desert to receive the fellowship because the film presented compelling opportunities for creative sound design and immersive mixing.

This category, like Foreign Language Film and Documentary Feature, have always been made up of small committees that are able to formulate the eventual nominees but this year it's all in.

Determined by a smaller committee, this category can be relied upon to celebrate the underdog; no film has ever taken this prize in addition to the Best Film award.

The nomination process will always annoy people: Foreign countries submit one film they consider their «best» for the year, said list is whittled down to 9 films, and a small committee chooses their 5 favourites from the shortlist.

After optional nominations from school sites, a small committee selects a few new teachers to be honored based on discussions with site administrators and other site level teachers.

* Get together a small committee of parents, teachers, and community and business members and have them talk about the barriers that keep parents from volunteering.

Mary Frank now has a small committee of men that schedules father / son and father / daughter activities, Hildreth said.

«I have a small committee that I meet with to discuss building issues,» explained Melendez.

Attend four meetings between now and June with a small committee to learn about the school and our infrastructure and strategic goals and to plan the one - week residential program for 50 students for the Summer of 2018.

Attend four meetings between now and June with a small committee to learn about the school and our infrastructure and strategic goals and to plan the one week residential program for 50 students for the Summer of 2018.

Sen. Bruce Dammeier, a Republican from Puyallup who has worked on several plans to address the teacher salary issue this year, said he too thinks the best course of action right now is to designate a small committee of lawmakers to work on the problem.

In some cases, proposed legislation will go to a small committee for review.

The convention room is equipped with state of the art communication kit and a smaller committee rooms.

We are a small committee of volunteers, who work much of the year planning Roslindale Open Studios.

The Venice Biennale's Secretary General Antonio Fradeletto was very supportive of plans for a British Pavilion, which had been proposed by a small committee of British art enthusiasts who wanted to showcase the best artwork from the UK.

[UPDATE: A Republican Senate staffer has challenged the value of the statement in a comment below, saying it was done by a small committee and doesn't reflect the views of the broader membership of the AGU.

unfortunately, it seems that so do most of the recommendations on actions to be taken to thwart global warming stem from these «small committees.»

I'm sure some will say this was a decision made by a small committee of the organization's leaders and doesn't reflect the views of the A.M.S. membership.

In doing so, he is part of a small committee that selects a group of students to be honored with the Thomas Alva Edison Undergraduate Design Award, in which the named Edison Scholars are recognized as the most outstanding Senior Design Day project and given scholarship awards.

Someone - a single lawyer or administrator, or a small committee - must be accountable for seeing that your plan is carried out.

For example, have them coordinate a major client event, lead a small committee, etc..

And the underlying anti-advertising critics at many state levels are simply attorneys who just do not like it — and get on a small committee that can do something about it.