Re: Meeting strategies--check-out/Check in | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Judy (BAXTER%EPIHUB![]() |
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Date: Fri, 3 Jun 94 10:48 CDT |
Rob Sandelin <robsan [at] microsoft.com> wrote: the most often cause of conflicts expressed in meetings is that the person or persons initiating the conflict has some other issue or thing to discuss which is not "business" and therefore is not on the agenda and is being ignored.. . . . . .Although I recognize that the details and decisions in designing and creating a housing development are an enormous task, I also would say that if you ignore the interpersonal bonding needs of the group, it will very likely come back and bite you when you least expect it. check in and check out are EQUALLY as important as the business of the meeting, and sometimes, more so. When the people in the group know and trust each other, feel secure and part of the group, the business is usually free from distractions. ------------------------------------------------------------ Rob - I agree completely with everything you say, but . . . . Our group has been meeting for 2 1/2 years now. After much struggle and rebellion, we are down to one, large group business meeting, 3 hours, per month, plus some undetermined number (1? 2?) of design/development meetings per month, plus a residents meeting, 1 evening (1 1/2-2 hours) per month, plus lots of committee meetings. We do write autobiographies, and other stuff to get to know each other. And with a <3 hours including break> meeting, checking in and out can take an inordinate amount of time. We had 29 adults at our last design meeting. I think check in/out is important, and needs more control. What happens now is a lot of people check out with "I'm done", and I sense resentment at doing it at all. And some ramble on. I wonder about something like - take a minute of silence at end - then have people say something if it feels important. Or would that be a barriar - By the way, how does your group do meetings? judy Judy Baxter, Monterey Cohousing Community, (MoCoCo) Twin Cities Area, Minneapolis/St.Paul Minnesota e-mail: baxter [at] epivax.epi.umn.edu
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