[Namron] Populace Meeting

[Doug Copley]

I admit that I noticed that there was a lot more talking and noise 
tonight than I had seen in the last couple of months. Part of that I 
believe was due to all of the background noise.

Also when you have so many of the populace sitting with their back to 
the Baroness it makes it harder to pay attention and I found with the 
noise level that it was hard to hear someone on the other side of the 
room that was trying to make a comment.

To fix the problem, is another problem:-) The library worked really good 
but is not always available and we don't know very far in advance if it 
will not be available. Just an open area like we had tonight is not 
ideal either. So, I guess, just as it was suggested in the meeting it 
would be great if we can find a better place so everyone is encouraged 
to see if they can locate a place that is better.

In the meantime we will have to do the best we can and try to work at 
keeping the noise down.

Vincenti

William Herron wrote:
> I'd like some feedback from the list.  I think there's a problem here,
> but it may just be in my delusional mind.
> 
> I was going to speak this evening about the open officer positions and
> encourage people who *haven't* done offices in the past to get
> involved.  By the time it came around to me to speak I was unhappy
> enough that if I had gotten up I would have said things and probably
> pissed people off, personally.  So I kept my mouth shut.
> 
> One of the things that I've been doing in the populace meetings is
> taking notes.  I then send them to our seneschal, who reviews them
> (and corrects my spelling) before I publish them to this list.
> 
> Quite frankly, I had trouble doing notes tonight because of the noise
> level.  I don't mean the fact that we were having our meeting at a
> restaurant...I mean because there is so much talk amongst the
> populace, especially while officers are trying to give their reports
> and conduct their business.  (By the way, if you're trying to take
> notes, you really can't talk much yourself.  My parents always slapped
> me with "you can't hear while you're talking" when I was growing up,
> so they'd be pleased to say "I told you so" about now.)
> 
> In addition, the people that I could identify as being the ones
> generating the noise are not new people who don't understand how this
> works.  I saw people who have been around for years and years, who
> have held offices and know how hard it is to get up there and conduct
> their business while the populace (effectively) ignores them and talks
> among themselves.
> 
> So, the first part of my question for the list is:
> 
> Do we have a problem with too much conversation amongst the populace
> during the "business" portion of the populace meeting?
> 
> And, if you answer "yes", then the second part is:
> 
> What do we do about the people who are talking during the "business"
> portion of the populace meeting?
> 
> I'm not saying we start grabbing people by the collar and physically
> throwing them out of the meeting.  We may want to agree, as a
> populace, to have some sort of sergeant-at-arms that goes around and
> quietly "suggest" that people take their private conversations outside
> of the meeting area.  (Or I can get one of those inflatable mallets
> with a squeaky-sound inside of it and smack people on the head to get
> them to shut up.)
> 
> Again, if you don't think there's a problem here, don't hesitate to
> tell me so.  I fully admit to being in the "grumpy old man" mode, and
> it may be that I'm going to just have to start wearing some sort of
> directional headset so I can hear better when I'm taking notes.
> 
> Care,
> Bubba
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