Hey Generalistas,
I thought today's meeting went really well for the relatively small number of us that were there. So, I thought I might throw out some changes in procedure and see what people think for the next meeting. I really liked that we were able to discuss works in a little more depth and throw idea around, make connections together, have fun. But obviously, when we're at full strength and holding meetings the way we have been, adding those discussions would bring us to about a 6 hour meeting.
My Options Include:
1) Really limiting people's "presentation" of their handout to just a couple bullet points to start discussion of the work. Really just a couple of minutes to open up discussion. This means an end to going through individual handouts in order to open up discussion.
2) Eliminating presentations altogether and just working from questions people had or thoughts people wanted to share with the handout maker as the local expert.
3) Ignoring these suggestions and keeping things the way they are.
4) Your wonderful idea which you'll provide in the thread below.
What do you think?
dave