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Originally Posted by numbskull
It is scheduled for a week day to ensure only those with sufficient economic interest can justify giving up a day of work to attend. If recreational opinion mattered they would schedule the meeting at a time when such opinion could be fairly sampled.
Because the decision will be made with economic interest as a foremost priority, and because there is no accountability at stake for any decision made, it is hard to believe this process will be anything close to "democratic".
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All of the ASMFC boards meetings, spring, summer, fall and winter are held for three weekdays. The sampling of opionion is what takes place at the hearings that were held in all states, most of them were held in the evenings.
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