Committee splits nominee vetting and plans juror thank-you notes

To speed verification, the committee agreed to split the nominee list alphabetically and assign blocks of names to members for vetting rather than have everyone research every nominee. "So what I'll do is we'll just go alpha by our last names," the Chair said as members accepted four-name splits and volunteer pairings.

Members also discussed juror logistics: jurors will do the final selection, the committee will invite jurors and send thank-you notes, and one member volunteered to handwrite thank-you cards. The group set a brief working meet-up for Monday at 3 p.m. at the chamber to finalize juror materials and the nominee packet.