Orpen regrets is unable to serve [on the Selection and Hanging Committee], as he is now booked up for all April. He presumes it might be 10 or 20 years before he gets on again. The RA's new rule seems far too new. He would like the Council to go into the matter: members should get more notice. Secretary's note states that because of the absence of the Secretary in December and January, the new method has been put into operation rather late. Could Orpen and
Sir D.Y. Cameron, who would have liked to serve if the notice had been longer, be given another appointment next year?