THE STANDING COMMITTEE

> Eight roles, listed. The chair remains intentionally vacant. The vacancy is the discipline.

M-001

M. ALMQUIST

COUNT KEEPER

"counts em-dashes by hand. refuses tooling."

TENURE > since founding

M-002

N. VEEN

INTERROGATOR

"asks: what is the noun. asks again."

TENURE > since transmission 003

M-003

P. SARRAF

ARCHIVIST

"logs the exhibits. signs nothing else."

TENURE > since founding

M-004

L. OBARA

CORRESPONDENT

"covers the wild slop. writes from the field."

TENURE > since transmission 011

M-005

R. WIESS

SHAPE WARDEN

"decides the form. rarely speaks."

TENURE > since founding

M-006

T. KAUR

INSTRUMENTS

"wrote the counting script. refuses to publish it."

TENURE > since transmission 019

M-007

H. DEFFAUX

COUNTER-EDITOR

"edits the editor. carries the red pen."

TENURE > since founding

M-008

E. PRZEWORSKI

CHAIR-EMERITUS

"declined the chair. position remains vacant."

TENURE > since founding

// ON THE CHAIR

> The chair is vacant by design. The chair was offered. The chair was declined. The vacancy reminds the council that no one speaks for the council. The council speaks line by line.