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When does a Council publish its report?

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Might be more of a question for the Guide, but, we ran into this situation:

  1. Two FOs were received against a publication submitted for AC approval.
  2. The Council deliberated and completed its Report on the two FOs.
  3. Since edits were made to the document in response to AC Review, there was another consensus poll on those changes, with a closing date after the completion of the Report.
  4. Another FO was filed subsequently.

By the time we got to step 3, there was already some confusion: should the Council Report be published yet, or did we need to wait for the close of the poll?

It's clear that all three FOs need to be handled by the same Council, but should a completed Report be published (and then updated if necessary), or should the Report be withheld until all steps are completed?

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