It was chaired by P. J. Patterson, formerly Prime Minister of Jamaica, and consisted of seven other members.
[3] It issued its report on 24 October 2007, and presented it to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2007, in Kampala, Uganda.
The committee was also attended by the Commonwealth Secretary-General Don McKinnon, Commonwealth Deputy Secretary-General Florence Mugasha, and Head of the Political Affairs Division, Matthew Neuhaus.
[4] The report supported the prevailing and existing requirements as established by the Edinburgh Declaration.
It dictated that the core criteria for membership should be that countries: The Committee also recommended that new members be 'encouraged' to join the Commonwealth Foundation and engage in the Commonwealth Family, but that they would not be required to do so.