Hello Bikram,
Thank you for your reply.
I appreciate that the Chairs have a limited schedule to work with based on the
Conference program. Having said this, it does not address how the Chairs
determined that the proposals currently being discussed were considered a
"greater priority". The PDP is very clear in the sense that it says "The Chair
may decide that a proposal is not suitable for discussion at the forthcoming
OPM if ... the agenda has already been filled by topics of greater priority".
There is no provision for proposals to be rejected from the PDP based on
conference scheduling alone, and it does not prevent the Chairs from accepting
proposals for mailing list discussion, and then presentation/consensus at a
future OPM.
Noting that it was a collective decision by the Chairs based primarily on
advice from the Secretariat regarding scheduling, if time was not of a concern,
how many proposals would have been accepted by the Chairs for discussion?
In my opinion (and what is also consistent with the PDP as it is currently
written), what should be taking place is that any proposals submitted (at any
time of the year) which are within scope and are sufficiently developed to be
the basis for a useful discussion are published to the mailing list. At a
suitable time before the next OPM the Chairs and the community make a decision
as to what proposals should be progressing for in-person discussion and what
will remain on the mailing list.
Regards,Christopher Hawker
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