Thirteen seats on the bench and a Chair. Ask a question: the Chair seats the three or four who own it, they answer in turn — disagreeing only where they would decide differently — and the Chair writes the bottom line: the answer, who does what by when, and what is still unknown. Or seat the room yourself, or turn to one seat and ask them alone.
What a bottom line asked for, once you keep it. Ask the board whether an action’s check is met and it reads the console to find out. Nothing is sent to anybody unless you press Tell.
The minutes of every sitting, newest first. Open one to read it and to keep asking in it.
The board reads the staff roster for every question, so it knows who the planners, sales, OFD and admin people are. Add here what the roster cannot say — who decides what, who covers whom, who is new or leaving. An action only ever goes to you or to somebody on this list, never to a seat.
What every seat reads before it speaks. The live numbers and the calendar are read fresh for every question; this is the standing description of the business.