They have consistently attended the meetings and when there has been discussion about alternates, they've rejected them. They volunteered for the job and are serious about the role they play.

Most of the roundtables have been wrapped up in by-laws, but are now moving ahead into substantive stuff and talking about issues. The danger is that the procedural stuff will turn some people off. During the next month or two months, we'll be making the shift from talking about rules and choosing leadership to how we work in a collaborative manner.

Our best accomplishment so far is participation. We had so many competitive elections for the 10 at-large seats.

The most significant thing I've seen has been the level of participation.

The steering committee meetings kind of overlap with the tasks.

The captain has been having meetings with various groups of people, some people have made that point to him, that they will not get off in Rio.