[Noisebridge-discuss] Meeting Optimization

[jim]

+1 for the sentiment. 

   can we improve integrating the wiki with the 
meeting? 
   e.g. agenda for the coming meeting is posted 
on the wiki. the evening's meeting runner is 
mostly in robot mode and figures time allotments 
for topics and enforces cut-offs (hopefully 
zealots will have previously organized). 
   no decision is made at a meeting that 
introduces an issue. 
   for any issue, a page exists on the wiki and 
the community, if it's smart and wants to do 
things other than listen and talk, promotes the 
use of the wiki, maybe even requires it, to 
flush and flesh out the issue. 
   all objections must be recorded on the wiki; 
the issue reaches decision after all objections 
are satisfactorily met per wiki discussion. 
   at the following meeting the issue discussion 
is, hopefully, a formality (and therefore brief): 
"objections are not yet met, next topic" or "it 
seems all objections are met, are there any last-
minute new points?". 
   if so, continue the issue for more 
wiki-wrangling, if not, decide: cherished brevity 
in either case. 




On Wed, 2009-04-08 at 16:23 -0700, Al Billings wrote:
> I know I always seem to be posting to bitch lately. Sorry about that
> but... 
> 
> After the last Tuesday meeting I attended and some of the marathon
> sessions that I heard about following weeks, I've actually avoided
> coming to Tuesday meetings. 
> 
> Time is a precious commodity. I think that is the case for everyone
> but I find is especially true for me. When I know ahead of times that
> meetings are largely going to be two or more hours of anarchist
> consensus decision making, I decide that I'd rather spend my time
> reading a book or working on projects at home. 
> 
> So, any calls to set time limits or to control the madness will be met
> with my hearty approval. 
> 
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