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From: Judy (BAXTER%EPIHUB![]() |
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Date: Mon, 27 Jun 94 12:59 CDT |
Rob Sandelin <robsan [at] microsoft.com> wrote: In my community half the membership is computer literate. If online was how information was passed on, computer literacy would be a requirement to be "in the loop." . . . . There are several people within my community who do not wish to be involved in any way with computer technology. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I've been thinking about this more, and since we'll be down for 2 weeks, I'll try to squeeze this in. I, too, thought of laptops for minutes. And I could imagine some structured software, if someone (NOT me) could write, to help. But from where I sit, there is just no energy to deal with learning such. Actually, in our group, most folks are somewhat computer literate, but many are not on line/networked/computer owners. I can't see a bulletin board or anything similiar working in the forseeable future. Mostly because getting a copy of minutes in my box is very different for me from signing on to a computer. I sign on to this one at work - but my home one can stay off for days at a time. And it is awkward. Speaking of minutes, we use a wonderful ACTION MINUTES format that we got via the school system (and modified). The essentials are a column at the left for agenda items, then a wide space (column) for discussion of the item, a teeny column for a check mark for items consenssed on, and a final column for names of persons to carry out decisions/actions, and dates for expected completion. It helps to find what you've said you would do. What we are just starting to do, and wish we'd done sooner, is to extract significant policy decisions and actions for ease of finding. The modifications have to do with a "first page" w/ notes on attendees and absent, facilitator, note taker, process observer, handouts, items for next time,etc. 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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