I think we should record and play back each meeting. The playback will also include the previous meeting, meaning each meeting is an hour longer than the past. Soon, we'll have nothing but meetings! And then.... erm, profit?
Seriously though, it does make sense in some organizations. Traditionally, we've been anything but formal in our meetings, and I've always resisted attempts to formalize them more (talking stick, some jerk's rules of order, I even stopped posting an agenda because I liked the dynamicness we got from not having one better). That being said, I feel like it would be worthwhile to try it for a few meetings, and see how it goes. I get nothing but eye rolling for spending 30 seconds on getting people to introduce themselves, I can't imagine how the group will feel about actually reading through the previous meeting's minutes. And if it winds up being an eye-rolling thing that nobody wants, and it's in the bylaws, we're outta luck. That my 2 cents. Since I'm not around anymore, I don't have a strong opinion on the topic, but I think it's something that needs to be tried before being formalized, if nothing else. (Also note that we can add/remove bylaws a any time, with a proper notification / waiting period / vote, it doesn't require an AGM) Ron On 2014-01-22 09:15, Nathan Wild wrote: > For my two cents... I actually like the idea of formalizing this in the > by-laws. An important aspect of meetings and minutes are that they: > > 1. Serve to keep all members, and not just those that can attend every > meeting, connected with the day to day business of the organization > 2. Creating a permanent record of group discussions and resolutions. > > Per point #2, reviewing the minutes from previous meetings and ensuring > that the group approves of their accuracy is an important control to ensure > that what gets recorded into our historical record is right. It is also an > important way to ensure that things stay on our radar and that tasks are > acted upon. > > This is standard practice for every other board I sit on. Almost every > agenda starts with 1: Approve agenda; 2: Approve minutes from previous > meeting. > > > > On 21 January 2014 23:36, Ron <[email protected]> wrote: > > > It was never funny. The constant complaints about us trying to evolve > > the rules/policies at we grow only serve to discourage discussion. > > > > Ron > > > > On 2014-01-21 23:27, Colin Stanners wrote: > > > It is funny, which is one of the semi-official sub-purposes of discuss@ > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 11:16 PM, Brian Kulyk <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Bylawspace lives! > > > > > > > > > > > > This kind of comment is really not helpful. > > > > > > > > > > > > Brian Kulyk > > > > 204.887.6988 > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 9:33 PM, Roswyne <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > >> Bylawspace lives! > > > >> On Jan 21, 2014 9:03 PM, "Colin Stanners" <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > >> > > > >>> I agree on that last point, yet another reason for my policy to > > replace > > > >>> all humans with dependable, logical machines. > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 8:57 PM, Ian Trump <[email protected] > > >wrote: > > > >>> > > > >>>> I?d like to see a Bylaw amendment to require: > > > >>>> > > > >>>> "Minutes from previous meeting shall be read out at the beginning > > of > > > >>>> the next meeting.? > > > >>>> > > > >>>> This will ensure continuity of items, we have been missing issues > > due > > > >>>> to human frailty. > > > >>>> > > > >>>> Ian > > > >>>> > > > >>>> _______________________________________________ > > > >>>> SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List > > > >>>> Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss > > > >>>> Archive: > > https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ > > > >>>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> _______________________________________________ > > > >>> SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List > > > >>> Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss > > > >>> Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ > > > >>> > > > >> > > > >> _______________________________________________ > > > >> SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List > > > >> Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss > > > >> Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List > > > > Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss > > > > Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List > > > Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss > > > Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List > > Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss > > Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ > > > > > > -- > *Nathan T. 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