ANST - Proposition: a Kingdom Business Meeting

[James Crouchet]

> I have a question about this.  Suppose you are in an order that
> does not typically have a long meeting; say, the White Scarfs.  Do
> you want to travel 4 to 8 hours for a 30 minute meeting and nothing
> else?  No music, no dancing, no tournament, no feast?  It seems to
> me that almost anything would be preferable to that.

1. The WS meetings are not short. Neither are any others. That is why 
they kill events.

2. This is a trade. Those of us who have to do this stuff go to one 
or two of these a reign and then we have fewer other meetings at 
other events. To have my Candlemas and Twelfth Night free from 
meetings? Damn strait I would go. I would cheer!

> If you are determined to move meetings away from events, then how
> about a group conference call instead?  Sure that would be
> expensive, but not as expensive as dozens of tanks of gas, motel
> fees, and the cost of putting on a mini event for the meetings.  You
> might even get better participation, since travel would no longer be
> a restriction.  I know the old argument about phones not being the
> same as face-to-face, and it is a valid point. It really is not as
> good.  But is it good enough?

1. The cost would be massive.

2. This just won't substitute for fact to face. I run a discussion 
list for the White Scarves and it really helps, but it does not get 
the job done. The phone thing is halfway between, but it is still 
only the next best thing to being there.

Dore
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