Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Meeting attendance and proxies

[Sharon Villines (sharon]

On 2/20/04 1:46 PM, "Rob Sandelin" <floriferous [at] msn.com> wrote:

> IF YOU MAKE MEETINGS FUN, PEOPLE WILL COME. If meetings leave you with a
> stomach ache, people will stay away. If 80% of your membership comes to
> parties, but only 40% comes to meetings, then make your meetings into
> parties.

I know many people advise this but I'm on the other end. Business meetings
are about business. That doesn't mean they have to be grim or stomach
wrenching but I go to meetings with focused discussion and active decision
making. If people don¹t want to attend business meetings, I'm not sure why
they should as long as they agree to abide by the decisions made.

I wouldn't like to be required to attend parties anymore than "they" like to
attend business meetings.

Puppet making is fun and drama is a good way to work out feelings, but they
are not business meetings. I find the mix to end up being neither productive
or interesting.

The other side speaking,

Sharon
-- 
Sharon Villines, Washington DC
Where all roads lead to Casablanca

_______________________________________________
Cohousing-L mailing list
Cohousing-L [at] cohousing.org  Unsubscribe  and other info:
http://www.cohousing.org/cohousing-L