[CIMC-work] Re: meeting, facilitator, other

[Mitchell Szczepanczyk]

I followed the email correspondence this morning, so I changed plans and
didn't go to the meeting since there was no meeting to be held.

Thanks for the alert.
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On Sun, 4 May 2003, Emily Lonigro wrote:

> meeting during the week: i can only meet tomorrow or tuesday. the rest of the week is already packed. 
> 
> the facilitator sounds like a good one. a step in the right direction, anyway. see how it goes, i guess.
> 
> so we're not meeting today. could someone please call chris & dick & mitchell? they might still be planning on meeting. 
> 
> i also have the list of emails and names we collected at the video night. what should i do with them? 
> 
> mle
> 
> 
> On Sun, 04 May 2003 12:53:53  
>  Garth Liebhaber wrote:
> >
> >yikes! forgot about today.  I won't be able to make it in time.
> >
> >I would like to propose meeting during the week (it it's not too 
> >problematic), more importantly, I propose we get an agenda going on our 
> >listserve so we have a clearer purpose when do we meet.
> >
> >To  extend this proposal, I would like to suggest having a Facilitator, or 
> >Clerk.  Someone that follows up on proposals and other discussion items that 
> >come up.  Not to add beauracracy, but to clarify vagueness and give a 
> >stronger sense of what we're doing.
> >
> >In a nutshell:
> >     *Make calls for "Go Around: subject"  and all should respond even if 
> >it's an I Don't Care.  Responses
> >      shouldn't be painfully long, but as elegantly concise as possible.
> >
> >     *Facilitate Discussion in a supportive way, if it's not making 
> >progress, to help mold decisions (tricky).
> >
> >     *Finalize Proposals.  "Final Proposal: subject" Take up responsibility 
> >to put into Final Proposal, to which
> >       everyone ought to respond so we know there are no serious objections 
> >b someone unaware, of course
> >       we all try to follow the list anyway.  To expedite our email process, 
> >one can simply put "Yes: no
> >       comment" in the subject box and we won't even have to open mail.  
> >Slick, huh?
> >
> >     *Follow Up on decisions.  "Follow Up: subject, responsible person's 
> >name".  Maybe someone forgot or
> >       misunderstood they said they would do something.  Or if they don't 
> >care anymore, we need to know so
> >       someone else can do it.
> >
> >
> >Of course anyone can do these things, throw up a suggestion and make a call 
> >for a go around.  Ideally we wouldn't need a facilitator but I think at this 
> >point it would help.  Can we see how it goes?  If there's no objections I 
> >can be the first facilitator.
> >
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