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On Sonntag, 8. Juni 2008, Chuanwen Wu wrote: |
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> Hi, |
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> On Sun, Jun 8, 2008 at 11:32 PM, Philip Webb <purslow@×××××××××.ca> wrote: |
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> > 080608 Chuanwen Wu wrote: |
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> >> We try to translate the GMN to our local language, |
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> >> but I found it was really hard to understand the section |
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> >> of "Council Meeting Summary", for example: |
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> >> "The appeals will *not* be decided then |
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> >> -- it's about figuring out the validity and the process." |
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> >> ----what "validity" and "process" is? |
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> > "What we should be doing in all cases & how it would be best to do it, |
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> > rather than deciding what to do about this particular person, |
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> > who has been disciplined & has appealed to have his case reviewed" : |
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> > it is poorly expressed & not clear even to a native speaker (wry smile). |
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> but I can't still see the relation between your reply and my question? |
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> From the paragraph: |
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> Enforced retirement: After 2.5 hours on the previous topics, people |
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> had to go to sleep and jokey's computer broke. Instead of waiting till |
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> the next regular meeting, because of its urgency, we scheduled a |
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> special session next week at the same time. The appeals will *not* be |
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> decided then -- it's about figuring out the validity and the process. |
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> I know the meeting once stopped and was rescheduled, and then ? |
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It is all about 'how to deal with appeals' |
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and |
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'are the appeals even valid' |
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It got 'rescheduled' and then nothing happened, that is why we have elections |
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of a new council soon . |
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> >> "105 minutes were closed and 57 were open" ----- what is "57"? |
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> > Minutes : what else ?! |
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> You mean the new meeting continued 105 minutes and then 57 minutes again? |
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no. That 105 minutes were 'closed' - only council members could speek. And 57 |
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minutes were 'open' - everybody was allowed to speek. |
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