[H-GEN] agm agenda

[Robert Brockway]

On Thu, 31 Aug 2006, Elspeth Thorne wrote:

> Can you also arrive early? There's currently a dual requirement there, not 
> only for set up, but for exec meetings, which are traditionally held either 
> at the start or just before the humbug meetings. You've stated previously 
> that your usual arrival time is late, much later than the arrival time of 
> many members (from personal observation). This obviously disqualifies you 
> from being able to fufil exec duties, unless you are willing to arrive early 
> ... and see above comment about subsequent length of meeting.

IMHO this gets to the core of the problem.  So much is expected of the 
executive - a mere 5 humans.  I've never seen the need to restrict opening 
and closing of meetings to elected members.  Before about 7 or 8 years ago 
appointed members fulfilled this task without any problems.

Rob

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