[DM-MUG] Meetings...

[Bill Davis]

That's a good idea.

Also, speaking as one who has run groups like this before....the  
members also need to not only express what they want, but express  
what they are willing to DO and PRESENT rather than just leave it to  
the officers to do all the work.

If not, then you won't get many topical meetings as the officers  
can't do it all themselves nor are they experts in all areas.   
Present something you've learned, or a question you had and found out  
the answer to.  Or go the extra step and present something on which  
you are knowledgeable or even just interested.  Tell the officers  
your areas of expertise and interest.  Bring up topics you'd like to  
hear about and see if anyone knows something.

  - Bill


On Jul 25, 2006, at 8:15 AM, Victoria L. Herring wrote:

> I don't want to seem unduly critical, but it's difficult when lives  
> are so busy to make meetings a priority which have no focus, no  
> agenda, no reason to be there.  A general meeting occasionally is  
> fine, but a program is a good idea since it gives people  
> information that allows them to decide whether to go, or not.
>
> It might be a good idea to poll the membership and ask them what  
> topics, programs etc. they would like to see and then design the  
> meetings around them.  For instance, if there were a program on  
> Aperture, then people who wanted help with Word could stay away,  
> but people who wanted to know more could decide to attend.  But  
> just holding meetings for the sake of meetings, given all the work,  
> groups and family responsibilities we have [esp. in summer] means  
> these meetings take the lowest priority.
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