[BCN] ideas re meeting

[Joshua Laskin]

Hey,
  I like this idea, that everyone at the meeting
would be there as a Member--thus equal, in
Membership.
  However, Jeff's original proposal was a forum
where we could question a Board-member or two.

  A middle path might be, that during open
discussions, any Member could participate, as a
Member--but, when we're *working* on something,
then Directors and Managers should be
excluded--unless specifically invited AS
Directors and Managers.

  Also, upon further thought, I wonder if we
might be able to draft a list of questions
*on-line* through emails--so that we won't need
to spend meeting-time on it.
  Some people don't write very easily, which is
why I originally proposed we do it when we're
together--but, we could try doing it online. 

  In which case, our meeting might look something
like this:

                 [Agenda B:]

  Introductions                     20 minutes

  Overview (Jeff)                   10

  Answers to Our Questions          20
    (Directors, General Manager)
    Followup Questions & Answers    10  

  General Discussion                30

    [Directors & GM depart]

  Strategy Discussion               20

  Plan Another Meeting?              5

  Evaluation                         5
                                   -----
                                   2 hrs


  Any thoughts on Agenda A -vs- Agenda B?

Joshua



--- traderjoanne <traderjoanne at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> ...I'd feel more comfortable with the idea
> that we wouldn't invite Board members or
> staff as such, that is, to represent those
> roles, but if they want to come as members
> of Harvest we wouldn't exclude them either.
>    
>   Joanne T
>
>   
> Joshua Laskin <joshualaskin at yahoo.com> wrote:
>   
> I'm thinking that maybe we shouldn't invite
> Board-members to our first meeting, but rather
> should use part of our meeting to draw up a
> list of questions--then invite a Board-Member
> or two, and maybe also the General-Manager,
> to our *second* meeting.  That way, they'll
> know beforehand what we want to know from
> them, so they can prepare and won't feel
> ambushed. 
> 
> 
> 
> --- Jeff Rosenblum 
> wrote:
> > 
> > Is someone is interested enough to set up
> > some sort of workshop session regarding
> > Harvest?  Invite a current board member
> > (I know many of them), invite me (former
> > board president), Josh who has been
> > following Harvest issues for years, and I
> > can recommend others.  ...  
> > 
> > This will allow anyone to ask any questions
> > they want and begin learning about what
> > Harvest Coop is all about. There are many
> > many many many things that people don't know
> > about Harvest. 
> > ...






 
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