Panel

Don't you mean "panel"?
I don't see why it should be wrong, although in some cases, a panel's work is not to make any decision, but rather to give hints as to which/what decision should be made.

Another option is to use 'jury' instead.

Yes, but a panel can also be "a group of people gathered for a special purpose as to plan or discuss an issue or judge a contest etc ", or to test drugs, whatever... In that case it's not a jury...

Another use: in 'question and answer' programmes on tv and radio, the people who answer the questions are called 'the panel'.

MrP

Also a wall section and a comic strip, but neither of them are decision-making bodies, to my knowledge.


I wish there were more unanswered posts.

Hello, Mr M.
I'm afraid I don't get what you mean here...

This seems to be a thread for defining 'panel', Pieanne, so I added a couple of definitions. Business was a little slow today, so I had nothing else to do at the time.

A panel is also

noun: sheet that forms a distinct (usually flat) section or component of something.
noun: a pad placed under a saddle.
noun: (law) a group of people summoned for jury service (fro

Thank you, but I meant your sentence about the unanswered posts!

Ah. There were no virgin posts to answer, and I had some free time, so I thought I would **** into this thread and add some superfluous information.

Idle hands are the Devil's tools.

Your information is never superfluous