Chuck, thanks for the quick reply. I agree with both points
but I am worried about setting up detailed rules that are then ignored. That
is why the discretion of the chair phrase is there on interventions. The
follow-on from prescribing the length of interventions is that they are
actually measured by the chairman. Can he/she really be expected to click a
stop watch for each speaker or will he/she more likely have a sense that Phil
or Chuck have spoken quite enough now and tell us to shut-up?? And if there is
domination, we can always add in time limits later. Glad for other views on
this.
I will add the point about seating - thanks for the
reminder
Philip