Raw: Battistelli's Stacking of the General Advisory Committee Not Legal, Asserted Staff Representatives

Dr. Roy Schestowitz

2018-01-01 20:36:09 UTC
Modified: 2018-01-01 20:36:09 UTC

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VP1 in GAC

Summary: The EPO's General Advisory Committee (GAC), preceding the GCC, was almost entirely compromised nearly 6 years ago; this is how many controversial and at times illegal proposals have made it through, causing considerable angst and unrest

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