definiens: shall mean an official act, decision, or ruling of the Alliance Committee, which shall require in each case that at least one of the following applies : 1.10.1 1.10.2 1.10.3 all members of the Alliance Committee present and acting ( but in any event a minimum of four such members ) have consented thereto, where such consent is given either in writing ( signed either collectively or in multiple identical counterparts, the signers being considered for this purpose ) or by vote at a duly convened meeting of the Alliance Committee subsequently entered into the minutes of such meeting ; or at least two members of the Alliance Committee have consented thereto ( in the manner described above ), and have further instituted an Escalation Procedure in which the act, decision, or ruling has received the written approval of the Escalation Officer of each party ; or arbitration pursuant to Section 13 hereof results in the adoption of the act, decision, or ruling as constituting Committee Action . A Committee Action may include the rescinding or amendment of any prior Committee Action