The Sangha has appointed monk so-and-so as the designator of meals. The Sangha approves and is therefore silent. I will remember it thus.’” The monks who were designators of meals thought, “How should we designate the meals?” “You should mark tickets, make a heap of them, and then designate the meals.”

25. The appointment of an assigner of dwellings, etc. At that time there was no assigner of dwellings … no storeman … no receiver of robe-cloth … no distributor of robe-cloth … no distributor of congee … no distributor of fruit … no distributor of fresh food. Because it was not distributed, the fresh food perished. “You should appoint a monk who has five qualities as the distributor of fresh food: he’s not biased by favoritism, ill will, confusion, or fear, and he knows what has and has not been distributed. And he should be appointed like this. First a monk should be asked, and then a competent and capable monk should inform the Sangha: ‘Please, venerables, I ask the Sangha to listen. If the Sangha is ready, it should appoint monk so-and-so as the distributor of fresh food. This is the motion.