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Offline veritas

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what does chairperson mean?
« on: October 31, 2015, 04:42:54 PM »
Does it mean CEO ?

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Re: what does chairperson mean?
« Reply #1 on: October 31, 2015, 08:20:35 PM »
I tend to see it as a more transitory title than CEO.   Not set in stone. 
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Re: what does chairperson mean?
« Reply #2 on: November 01, 2015, 03:15:37 PM »
oh ok. I see. seems a wierd title.

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Re: what does chairperson mean?
« Reply #3 on: November 01, 2015, 04:15:56 PM »
If you want to be 'politically correct', instead of using chairman or chairwoman (depending of gender), you use chair or chairperson. Remember some countries  have 3 legally recognized genders - male, female and transgender

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Re: what does chairperson mean?
« Reply #4 on: November 01, 2015, 06:44:22 PM »
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