Afleitch, if you don't mind answering this question as the vote proceeds:
What role to you envision/want for the SoIA in the budget process? I realize the budget process itself is still unsettled, but surely you can give a reasonably specific idea of how active/passive a role you would like to play, and doing what exactly?
This is definately something I am interested in hereing. And for the record, only the last question was a joke, Mr. Leitch. The others were meant to "extract" in a free response manner your "vision" and "idea" of what the SoIA is and should be doing. By "office" I meant the position or institution.
When the budget process is completed, I will be sure to appropriate a old shack in _________ (insert any place where a scotsman wouldn't want to be) for your physical office.
