As a result of our recent Executive Committee meeting, I am issuing the following Executive Orders to staff: 1) All publications submitted to the APRC will be submitted ONLY to the APRC (and myself). 2) No "emergency" submissions to the APRC will be published until all APRC members have been informed by a phone call that there is an "emergency" submission to be reviewed. Attempts to circumvent full APRC review by things such as "middle of the night" submissions will be viewed harshly by the Chair. 3) Staff will note objections from the APRC as to the advisability of publications, and communicate the concern of APRC members to me. In cases where two or more of the APRC advise against the publication, I will decide. Please note that the current Policy Manual does not give the APRC the authority to stop a publication of this sort, but I do have the authority. I am hereby asking, but cannot mandate, that the APRC members raise concerns such as this. 4) Staff will prepare and present to the LNC no later than two weeks before the next LNC on our current branding. Staff will also recommend the scope of oversight appropriate to ensure LNC involvement with the branding process. From this document, the LNC will decide an effective policy for our branding. The term branding here should be construed to be any and all uses of images, color schemes, formats, logos, slogans, etc. 5) Staff will make no branding changes without my explicit approval until a formal branding policy is in place. I will decide if such changes warrant LNC review until a policy is in place. Geoffrey Neale PS: Since this document has NOT been reviewed by anyone, I reserve the right to change it once smarter people have told me where and how to improve it.