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that the signing ceremony is not something that can be

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accomplished in a few minutes. You will remember how long

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it took to sign the attest book when you took your oath.

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In this situation, the actual signing is going

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to take a little longer. You will sign several. You

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have to come up, sit down, etc. It is going to be

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necessary we have the delegates and only the delegates

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on the floor to prevent confusion.

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Do not plan to have your pen that you will have

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as a keepsake. The signing must be done in special ink

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that will be readable a hundred years from now. We cannot

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take the chance that somebody has a ballpoint pen or some

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other type of pen, with some kind of ink that fades out or

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turns brown or disappears or something of that sort.

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Special pens will be provided, and I do not think there

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will be enough pens to be able to give out souvenirs.

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Are there any other questions?

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If not, Delegate Powers.

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Delegate Penniman, I am sorry.

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DELEGATE PENNIMAN: A bit anticlimatic at this

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point, but would the members of the Committee on Style meet