[Namron] Populace Meeting

Wed Jan 21 16:04:01 PST 2009

Oh...I need to elaborate. Making officer reports shorter and more concise
may cause people to be less distracted and pay better attention....thus
fewer side conversations.

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On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 6:01 PM, Lord Orlando Di Gilead <
orlando at agilejedi.com> wrote:

> So far I prefer the timer rule...I think 5 minutes is too long. The
> benediction at the recent Inauguration was limited to 2 MINUTES! If you
> believe you will need more than 2 minutes then arrange it with the seneschal
> prior to the meeting.
> Limiting the time allocated may force officers to really think about what
> it is they need to say. We may even get more concise and meaningful
> information this way.
>
> Lord Orlando Di' Jabber-Jaw
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> On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 3:58 PM, Rob <rob at mummersguild.com> wrote:
>
>> Or, better, we could put one of those orange traffic warning things on the
>> head of the designated speaker.  When it is not warn it's ok to kibitz, when
>> it is warn all will respect the...
>>
>> ... wait for it...
>>
>>
>> Cone of Silence!
>>
>>
>> Sorry, couldn't resist... I tried, but I really couldn't.
>> On Jan 21, 2009, at 1:59 PM, Lawrence wrote:
>>
>> *Ok serious now..... Instead of a gavel to get peoples attention we could
>> have a bell and we could even call it.... the Baroness's Bell of Blessed
>> Silence!*
>>
>> ------------------------------
>> *From:* namron-bounces at lists.ansteorra.org [
>> mailto:namron-bounces at lists.ansteorra.org<namron-bounces at lists.ansteorra.org>
>> ] *On Behalf Of *Lawrence
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, January 21, 2009 1:36 PM
>> *To:* 'Barony of Namron Mailing List'
>> *Subject:* Re: [Namron] Populace Meeting
>>
>> *awww man and i really liked the idea of the nerf gun!!! : )*
>>
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>> *From:* namron-bounces at lists.ansteorra.org [
>> mailto:namron-bounces at lists.ansteorra.org<namron-bounces at lists.ansteorra.org>
>> ] *On Behalf Of *Shalon Reynolds
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, January 21, 2009 1:31 PM
>> *To:* Barony of Namron Mailing List
>> *Subject:* Re: [Namron] Populace Meeting
>>
>> Bubba:
>>
>>     I think Veronique has an excellent idea.  I love the idea of a
>> business meeting and a social meeting.  Do we really need to re-hear topics
>> discussed just two weeks earlier, especially with the meeting minutes being
>> taken by Bubba, approved by the seneschal and posted to the list after each
>> meeting? A social meeting with a quick re-cap and quick opportunity for new
>> business, then socializing at the second meeting sounds fabulous.  I also
>> love the idea of allowing 5 minutes per speaker.  I even have an egg timer.
>>
>>
>>      I also think there should be a time limit on open discussion.  From
>> the Herald's point of view, I noticed, last night in particular, that the
>> times I was forced to say "attend" was when someone was trying to give a
>> report and other persons  in the barony were trying to interject witty or
>> not so witty commentary on what was being said (I too have been guilty, so
>> the finger is pointing at me as well).  This "class clown" type behavior
>> (yes, in the mundane I am a school teacher) is not necessary during a
>> business meeting.  I would hate for our business meetings to become stale
>> and uninteresting, but if we could just get through the reports expediently
>> and kept commentary to relevant questions (i.e. time, place, interests,
>> etc... instead of which living person we could enter into a contest as a
>> primary source, among other things) we could run an efficient and timely
>> meeting. Giving ample times for socializing afterwards.
>>
>>      As the herald, if this responsibility falls on me, I will step up and
>> use my evil teacher eye and finger snapping discipline techniques to deal
>> with behavior issues, but I hope this discussion helps us to realize that we
>> are all adults and that business meeting should be for business.  I will
>> also try very hard to make it to more populace meetings as my son seems to
>> now be at a stage where he can sit through a meeting (at least he was able
>> to last night).  This should help establish a routine for the populace.
>>
>> YIS,
>> Lady Adelheid Lilje
>> Namron Herald
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 12:35:12 -0600
>> From: mrsjacq at gmail.com
>> To: namron at lists.ansteorra.org
>> Subject: Re: [Namron] Populace Meeting
>>
>> Bubba,
>>  I think there are a couple of issues here. As one of the officers and
>> occasionally one of the talkers during report I am frustrated and
>> occasionally guilty.
>> We have two meetings a month that are treated as business meetings with
>> officers giving report at both meetings only a few weeks apart. It has been
>> observed that our having two meetings helps to make us a stronger more close
>> knit group. In my opinion the cross talk is caused by our members desire to
>> chat with those they haven't seen in a few weeks, and lack of interest  in
>> hearing the same news that was presented the previous week. One way of
>> addressing this issue is to continue having to meetings but have a business
>> meeting and a social meeting. the social meeting could be opened with the
>> herald, or B&B recaping the information from the business meeting. Another
>> option would be to set a specific time limit say  5 minutes (tracked on an
>> egg timer) for each speaker and having the herald call the meeting to order
>> when the chatting gets out of hand. These are just my suggestions and there
>> may be better ideas out there. There is a solvable  problem and you are not
>> delusional. With constructive  discussion  and collaboration we can  resolve
>> the problem.
>> --
>> "Do, or do not. There is no 'try.'"
>> Monica
>> aka Veronique de Mont Saint Michel
>>
>>
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