In the same spirit as what Mr. Brassard said, it is not impossible to invite Dr. Tam again. The committee can still decide to do so.
That said, my comments mainly concern Mr. Fergus's motion.
The idea of having a guide for what we intend to do during this session is excellent. However, I don't think we should adhere to absolute dates. Although the idea of a guide is a good one, I would be more comfortable with setting tentative dates rather than final ones.
In addition, as Mr. Brassard was saying, our study could be fairly lengthy. I don't have enough committee experience to know how much time a study should take. That is why I am in favour of a tentative date and of an objective instead of a set date that cannot be pushed back. However, I would be completely in favour of trying to keep the objective, which does not seem unreasonable to me.