TPPM (9): "Symposium" and "Task Force" (part 1)

[Tim Strzechowski]

[...] "Writers of course are considered the mavens of Sloth. They are approached all the time on the subject, not only for free advice, but also to speak at Sloth Symposia, head up Sloth Task Forces, testify as expert witnesses at Sloth Hearings." [...]

On "symposium":

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=symposium

http://www.bartleby.com/61/16/S0961600.html


On "task force":
  A legislative committee authorized by legislative leadership to study a specific subject for a specified period of time. A task force may contain lay members and is different from a committee in that it typically considers a narrow subject within a broader topic area: a task force would consider mental health in Oregon rather than health issues in Oregon. 
  www.leg.state.or.us/glossary.html 


  a group of people brought together to work as a team for a limited period of time in order to accomplish a specific objective or task 
  www.ideels.uni-bremen.de/glossary.html 


  A legislative committee authorized by legislative leadership to study a specific subject for a specified period of time. A task force may contain lay members, and is different from a committee in that it typically considers a narrow subject within a broader topic area: a task force would consider mental health in Oregon rather than health issues in Oregon. 
  www.osba.org/leginfo/advocacy/glossary.htm 


  A temporary grouping of units, under one commander, formed to carry out a specific operation or mission; a semi-permanent organization of units, under one commander, formed to carry out a continuing specific task.[136] 
  www.gulflink.osd.mil/asp_orch_ii/asp_orch_ii_taba.htm 


  a temporary grouping of individuals or representatives of groups, usually with a specific deadline, which is established for the purpose of accomplishing a definite objective and which reports its findings to a larger group or legislative body 
  www.elca.org/wo/glossary.html 


  1 A group of employees given the responsibility to research some aspect of a firm's business 
  www.geocities.com/Athens/Styx/8877/mj/mj.html 


  1. A temporary grouping of units under one commander formed to carry out a specific operation or mission, or a semi-permanent organization of units under one commander to carry out a specific task. 2. A battalion-sized unit of the combat arms consisting of a battalion control headquarters, with at least one of its major subordinate elements (a company), and the attachment of a least one company-sized element of another combat or combat support arm. 
  www.adtdl.army.mil/cgi-bin/atdl.dll/fm/16-1/Gloss.htm 

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