Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: approval of plenary minutes

[Richard L Kohlhaas (rlkohl]

 I recall a quote attributed to Adlai Stevenson in the 1956 US presidential 
campaign:

"The problem with Americans is that NOBODY has read the minutes of the last 
meeting."

Dick Kohlhaas
Member of Casa Verde Commons, Colorado Springs, CO
34 households on 4 acres    Built in 2002-3.
 www.casaverde.us



From:                   "Maraiah (Lynn) Nadeau" <welcome [at] olympus.net>
Date sent:              Tue, 9 Aug 2022 09:04:28 -0700
To:                     cohousing l <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org>
Subject:                Re: [C-L]_ approval of plenary minutes
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> I´ve been secretary of RoseWind Cohousing for most of our 30+ years.
> Prior to publishing minutes I send a draft to several who were at the
> meeting, typically including those who facilitated and those
> presenting  a proposal, or holding divergent opinions, for comment. I
> then use their suggestions to finish writing the minutes. At the head
> of minutes, just after the list of those present, I put "SUMMARY"
> and put any decisions we made. At the end of the full minutes, I put
> "Notes by Maraiah, reviewed by [Helen, Pete, and Kathy]." I then
> publish the minutes via email, post also on google docs, and put a
> paper copy in a notebook in the common house.
>
> At the following plenary meeting, the minutes are "reviewed" by
> reading just the Summary. Having already gotten input from some key
> people, and it being a month later, it is very rare that there are any
> corrections at this point. Just listed as "Minutes from June were
> reviewed."
>
> Miscellaneous note: I take copious notes during the meeting. I copy
> and paste this, becoming my working draft. But I still have the raw
> notes to help me sort out any questions later, if needed.
>
> Maraiah Lynn Nadeau
> www.rosewind.org
> Port Townsend WA
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