At a meeting of the POA on 29 August 2012 it was noted that the composition of the Joint Whips Forum, as proposed in the Governance Model, was too large and could prove unworkable. The Executive Committee had therefore agreed that, as an interim measure, the composition of the Joint Whips Forum should be as follows: i) the Chief Whip of the Majority Party in the National Assembly ii) the Chief Whip of the NCOP iii) the Chief Whip of the largest Opposition Party; and iv) a designated senior whip of each political party or group of smaller parties represented in Parliament, irrespective of which House this representative came from.