Spokescouncil
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 An assembly of people, each representing a group of activists, who meet to discuss and coordinate their activities and make decisions by consensus.
"Local organizers will come together on Presidents' Day weekend in February 1989, to share skills and report on their progress. At that meeting they will also set the agenda for the first Peace Army spokescouncil (for the Peace Army affinity groups), which will be held in Las Vegas, Nevada on April 5-6, immediately before American Peace Test's Reclaim the Test Site II action."
Example
More examples"Local organizers will come together on Presidents' Day weekend in February 1989, to share skills and report on their progress. At that meeting they will also set the agenda for the first Peace Army spokescouncil (for the Peace Army affinity groups), which will be held in Las Vegas, Nevada on April 5-6, immediately before American Peace Test's Reclaim the Test Site II action."
Etymology
From spokes + council, from the model of the spokes of a wheel meeting in the hub, while also being influenced by its constituents serving as spokespersons for their groups.
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