080608 Chuanwen Wu wrote:
> We try to translate the GMN to our local language,
> but I found it was really hard to understand the section
> of  "Council Meeting Summary", for example:
> "The appeals will *not* be decided then
> -- it's about figuring out the validity and the process."
> ----what "validity" and "process" is?

"What we should be doing in all cases & how it would be best to do it,
rather than deciding what to do about this particular person,
who has been disciplined & has appealed to have his case reviewed" :
it is poorly expressed & not clear even to a native speaker (wry smile).

> "105 minutes were closed and 57 were open" ----- what is "57"?

Minutes : what else ?!

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