[Namron] Populace Meeting

Matthias the Brewer matthiasthebrewer at cox.net
Wed Jan 21 12:55:14 PST 2009


You want to bell the cat?

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From: namron-bounces at lists.ansteorra.org
[mailto:namron-bounces at lists.ansteorra.org] On Behalf Of Lawrence
Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 2:00 PM
To: 'Barony of Namron Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [Namron] Populace Meeting


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!

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From: namron-bounces at lists.ansteorra.org
[mailto: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] 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

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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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