Editing Committee (section)

=== Special committee<!--'Special committee' redirects here--> ===
{{See also|Select committee (parliamentary system)}}{{Anchor|Special committee|Ad hoc committee|Select committee (parliamentary system)|Working committee}}
A '''special committee'''<!--boldface per WP:R#PLA--> (also working, select, or ad hoc committee) is established to accomplish a particular task or to oversee a specific area in need of control or oversight.<ref name=":2">{{Harvard citation no brackets|Robert|2011|p = 492}}</ref> Many are research or coordination committees in type or purpose and are temporary. Some are a sub-group of a larger society with a particular area of interest which are organized to meet and discuss matters pertaining to their interests. For example; a group of astronomers might be organized to discuss how to get the larger society to address [[near Earth object]]s. A subgroup of engineers and scientists of a large project's development team could be organized to solve some particular issue with offsetting considerations and trade-offs. Once the committee makes its final report to its parent body, the special committee ceases to exist.<ref name=":2" />