RF - Re:meetings

[AMH/DBLJ]

All we would have to do is put the Officer's reports first and make sure they
don't take too long.  It worked for years and years and years.  No complaints
from anyone.  Why did we change ???  When someone talks about their event, I
would like to have the chance to say, "I'll help you with that".  There really
isn't any reason at all for me to show up at populace meeting if all I'm going
to hear is the same Officer's report that I hear at Officer's meeting.  I could
just meet y'all at the restaurant.

Pax,
Marius

charlotte epps wrote:

> Hurray for minute takers!!!
> thank you Ladies for all the hard work you are about to embrace.
> I am sorry if I sounded harsh on my last post but the theme of "we are kept
> in the dark" is one I have heard too many times.  I still say that no one is
> kept intentionally in the dark.  And I know that as an officer I have never
> "snubbed" the South, nor do I think that any officer of this Barony has
> intentionally done so.
> As an officer I try to always provide our Chronicler with a report on the
> next month's activities and I regularly post on the RF net when we have
> something A&S related going on.  I make most meetings and I am always
> available(well, almost, not on Tuesdays!!)if anyone has questions.  I don't
> call that "keeping people in the dark".
> Yes, some cannot make it on time to the meetings.  But changing the order of
> things is not going to help much.  If we start with the officers' reports we
> do not have enough time for the events and other Baronial activities.  If we
> start with the events etc, we run out of time for the officers.  It's a
> catch 22 situation.  If someone is late they are going to miss something.
> We could try to have a longer meeting to accomodate all that needs to be
> discussed but I don't think that anybody is ready to sit in a meeting room
> for three hours.  I certainly am not!!  Or we could try to have the meeting
> start at 8pm.  But that makes it late for a lot of people.  Not to forget
> the fact that it would leave no time for dinner afterwards....
> Or maybe we could all try not to be so long winded....  Which I am guilty of
> with this post.
> So, on that note, I'll once again step off the soap box.
> See you all at populace!
> Gwynn the Lizardkeeper
>
> >From: iris2 at onramp.net
> >Reply-To: Ravensfort at ansteorra.org
> >To: Ravensfort at ansteorra.org
> >Subject: Re: RF - re: tavern & water for early spring event
> >Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2000 17:22:32 -0500
> >
> >I must agree.  Many times we get the "well, if you can't make a meeting,
> >you don't
> >care, so why bother to tell you " routine.  That just simply isn't so.  A
> >lot of us
> >who can't make every meeting in RF DO CARE, but because of the above listed
> >pervasive attitude, we are treated as if we don't care, so we don't need to
> >know and
> >generally aren't told much.  The facts are:  We do care. We do need to
> >know. And
> >gee, some of us work for a living and can't always make the physical
> >meeting. And
> >don't forget, some of us who can't make all of the various meetings
> >comprise the
> >core work force of the group.  I'm all for having the minutes of meetings
> >timely
> >published.  Now, is there anyone there who is able to attend most of the
> >meetings
> >willing to attempt this?
> >
> >Jalali, whodoesn'talwaysrantlikethisbutfelttheneedthistime
> >
> >AMH/DBLJ wrote:
> >
> > > Until someone prints the minuets of the meetings (a month after the
> >fact) we are
> > > still left in the dark.
> > >
> > > Pax,
> > > Marius
> >
>
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