John S Veitch is on permanent record as saying: : :It's untidy guys. It won't get better if we avoid thinking about it. : You know what happens to a programme that's convoluted and confused, :it becomes useless and impossible to maintain. We can do better.
I agree that the meeting was messy. It was simply a case of off-topic points coming up over and over again. However, an organised meeting has nothing to do with the need for an executive body beyond a chairman. One person must be able to contain the flow of points towards the topic. The use of the executive body (in this case, the committee of 4, no 5.) is to organise the meeting beforehand. I feel that the 5 individuals chosen can adequately perform that task. What I'm not certain of is whether planning ahead will be enough to keep meetings on topic. There may still need to be application of Roberts's Rules of Order (http://www.constitution.org/rror/rror--00.htm) by a specific chairman. (more likely, a subset of the rules) Whether this means adding another formal position, I can't say. I suggest seeing how well the next meeting goes (with proper planning and an agenda). Greg --- -
