The word 'convener' is a perfectly correct and usable word in English writing.
It is a noun which means someone who organizes or presides over a meeting or gathering. For example: "The convener of the forum welcomed everyone to the event."
It was announced in June that Gavin Grant, Burson-Marsteller's European head of public affairs, is to act as convener of a new Lib Dem shadow communications agency.
Lanka is the organ of the Marxist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna, or JVP, one of the three main parties that backed Mr Fonseka.Chulawansa Sirilal, convener of the Free Media Movement, an NGO, says the government is accusing journalists of taking part in a conspiracy to defeat it, and is waging a concerted campaign against the press.
Both Mr Tai and Joseph Cheng, convener of the pro-democracy alliance, believe that a candidate whom Chinese leaders excoriated as unacceptable would have little chance of winning an election.
"A different country with different priorities!" proclaims Mary McCabe, their convener, fists clenched against the cold.
Henry Wilson, a convener at BAE Systems, a defence firm, warned that naval shipbuilding in Scotland would be "finished" if Mr Salmond got his way.Before the ship sailsIn the ex-servicemen's club on Admiralty Road most agree with Mr Wilson.
This week's talks made little progress, however.If the wider talks don't resume soon, China, as convener, will have egg on its face.
Noting its use of advisory committees of outside academics, Mrs Gates describes the foundation as a convener, concentrating on finding the best people and projects.A particular feature of this approach is the foundation's prolific use of partnerships, something that is unfortunately done rarely if at all by other foundations, says Greg Dees of Duke University.
Henry Tang, the territory's top civil servant, is a possible candidate, as is Leung Chun Ying, the convener of Mr Tsang's cabinet.
The convener of a teachers' union, the delightfully named Joseph Stalin, says teachers are refusing to mark exam papers.
In 1977 Jaitley became the national convener of the Loktantrik Yova Morcha youth organization, which campaigned for Janata Party candidates that year.
After a decade as the SNP's "national convener," the party leader, Alex Salmond, resigned in July 2000 in a dispute over party finances.
