If you pull it out, it would leave you open to litigation.

You could wait, but then you would not be acting legally. You can't continue to act illegally.

They can only serve their original term. Once on the board, they get one term and that's it.

I think most fiction writers naturally start by writing short stories, but some of us don't. When I first started writing, I just started writing a novel. It's a hard way to learn to write. I don't recommend it to my students, but it just happens that way for some of us.

We continue to actively evaluate whether to join the protocol.

However, we have settled this litigation to put the matter behind us.