Comments on: Meetings, Meetings Everywhere and Not a Decision in Sight

By: lauren’s library blog » tethered technology

lauren’s library blog » tethered technology — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 21:04:23 +0000

[...] be more along the lines of how do we run a meeting, who really needs to be in the meeting, and is an in-person meeting the best way to work on the project? Which, of course, is something we’re hearing about a lot these days, laptops or [...]

By: face to face meetings = printed books « Jenica P. Rogers-Urbanek

face to face meetings = printed books « Jenica P. Rogers-Urbanek — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 17:27:23 +0000

[...] used to obfuscate processes, stall decision making, and generally stymie good work, all of which Michelle points out and I cannot argue [...]

By: No more f2f meetings… EVER! | Information Wants To Be Free

No more f2f meetings… EVER! | Information Wants To Be Free — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 20:49:48 +0000

[...] amazing the girl gets anything done with all those meetings! So I can completely understand her intense dislike for in-person meetings. I think everyone has been to meetings where they feel like they just lost an hour or two of their [...]

By: ranger

ranger — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 17:06:23 +0000

Ahha! So I am feeling good right now that I’m leaving for a place where meetings happen regularly but are short (like 15 minutes). No more grueling 1 1/2 hour surf or snoozefests!

By: ACPL’s Innovation through Technology » Blog Archive » An interesting post on meetings

Sat, 21 Jul 2007 16:19:09 +0000

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By: Free Range Librarian » Blog Archive » The Veil and This Blog

Free Range Librarian » Blog Archive » The Veil and This Blog — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 14:17:43 +0000

[...] as the source of dysfunction for most meetings. In this I disagree (though mildly) with Jane of A Wandering Eyre (online meetings can be dysfunctional, too; as one friend says, “the sickness does not lie in [...]

By: T. Scott

T. Scott — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 13:04:19 +0000

On connecting……

Despite the never-ending angst in the biblioblogosphere over the sad state of the culture of librarianship, I remain optimistic about the state of my profession. It’s still hard for me to believe that things are really as dire as some…

By: Daily Bookmarks 07/19/2007 « Experiencing E-Learning

Daily Bookmarks 07/19/2007 « Experiencing E-Learning — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 02:08:43 +0000

[...] A Wandering Eyre Â» Archive Â» Meetings, Meetings Everywhere and Not a Decision in Sight Annotated [...]

By: Beth

Beth — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 21:16:56 +0000

I have to admit, as the secretary of a section of a division of a large professional organization, I came darn close to submitting a version of the minutes to the listserv that looked like this:
“Lots of stuff said. Nothing done.”

But I was good and actually submitted the real minutes.

I cringe when someone sends me a meeting invite these days and always try to move as much online as possible.

By: GeekChic

GeekChic — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 17:56:03 +0000

I used to be a library administrator (assistant director at a public library) and I didn’t evaluate people on whether they attended meetings. Meetings were kept to 30 minutes or less and were held as rarely as possible (one on one meetings were another matter) so I didn’t see the point in evaluating the participants. I would evaluate the person chairing the meeting and I was evaluated by my boss as a meeting chair.

As well, all our meetings were taped as per city policy. Notes were taken from the recordings, but they were expected to be word-for-word. I think that you can be transparent in f2f meetings and opaque in chat, it’s all about attitude.