"We are not Free Council." Her words were not said loudly, but there was no give or apology in them as her gaze flickered to Philip.
"Seeking the everyone's agreement on acknowledging someone seeking it worked when there were only 3 of us. There are now 5. It grows prohibitive as has been noted."
She turned her attention to Chambers, "I appreciate your attempt to soothe concerns about power being housed in a single role with rotating it but," a slight smile as she called back to their conversation some days back, "I'm always a proponent of simple."
"I suggest picking path or order and letting the respective set up of those acknowledge. For those who arrive where there is no representative of whichever we choose - whoever they speak with first gets the honors. I would suggest Path."
It was after all what she had pushed already with Walker. Leaning on Philip to declare or not declare.
Though. Then again.
That could have been just because no one else had been willing.
She paused for a second to let her suggestion be considered before continuing.
"As far as criteria, again, as already noted, we've all done it. So far the standard has been a name, a confirmation that they seek acknowledgment, an agreement to support-slash-defend-slash-etc our city, and then a question on if they bring any risk with them. A yes to the last doesn't result in a denial of acknowledgment, but we do need to know that if acknowledgment is granted, that we can be ready for whatever is on their heels."