[HSU-CoordBoardInternal] CoordBoard Retreat: Date and time according to doodle.

[Dina Spanbock]

That being said, we need to think more about how this retreat is going  
to go exactly. To be honest, I think it isn't a great idea for us all  
to just sit around and try to hash out these problems because we will  
wind up having another meeting far too similar to any other CoordBoard  
meeting where we waste time and argue rather than getting things done.  
I also think that dealing with our meeting issues like structure and  
facilitation are best done when we have met with some professionals  
who can actually help us (like Stephen Butler and the UMass folks).

Thus, I think the issues to discuss at the retreat goes beyond what is  
on the proposed agenda, and I think it is unrealistic for us to solve  
all these issues in one meeting. If we try to make a meeting too long,  
we will get restless and even less efficient. I was hoping to bring  
this up at our CoordBoard meeting on Thursday (and am happy to discuss  
it more then), but a number of people, myself included, went to  
Josiah's office hours for us this past Friday and he had some helpful  
things to say. First, I think we need to figure out what is really  
wrong. We need to each come up with a list of what we want to improve  
and get done at this or any other retreat. Then, we need to decide  
together which of these things are most urgent to deal with. Then, we  
need to deal with those things, and in my opinion, we need help to do  
so. Having a time when Josiah or Stephen or UMass folks or anyone can  
help to facilitate, keep us efficient, on track, and productive, and  
maybe even give us suggestions would be infinitely helpful, in my  
opinion. We clearly are unable to do this on our own, and an outside  
perspective, and one with training and background in dealing with  
groups, with students, with governance systems, with meetings, etc.  
would be a benefit to all of us.



Quoting Dina Spanbock <drs09 at hampshire.edu>:

> I think this is way more important than SAGA night, assuming we  
> could just switch SAGA night to another night and have the money  
> spent then. That is if we even ever got money for it. Someone should  
> probably talk to Xavier, since I think he was the one planning that  
> and dealing with the funding of it.
>
>
> Quoting Brittany Wilson <bnicolewilson at gmail.com>:
>
>> I think we need to double check those plans. If SAGA night is still
>> scheduled to happen we really need to be there, money will have already
>> been shelled out.
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 3:15 PM, Ethan Warshow <erw11 at hampshire.edu> wrote:
>>
>>> It was my and other member's understanding that that might not even be
>>> happening anymore, because we had heard nothing about it and Xavier left.
>>>
>>> It was also the consensus that this was more important.
>>>
>>> -Ethan
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 3:07 PM, Jesse Ide <jci12 at hampshire.edu> wrote:
>>>
>>>> **
>>>>
>>>> Did we all forget that that's the same time as the SAGA networking night?
>>>> because that's the same time as SAGA networking night
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 2013-10-20 23:07, Ethan Warshow wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Thanks all for filling out the Doodle!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> It looks like we'll be meeting on Satuday the 26th starting at 4pm, and
>>>> continuing until we finish or perish in the attempt.
>>>>
>>>> I'll try and get lots of food (8$/person) and we can have a good 'ol time!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Tentative agenda:
>>>>
>>>> ***Make our meetings not chaos - address issue of facilitation,
>>>> structure, quorum, purpose.
>>>>
>>>> ***Draft founding documents RE CoordBoard - and hold ourselves to them
>>>> until they are approved by whoever we decide has to approve them.
>>>>
>>>> Other topics:
>>>>
>>>> ***Townmeeting - what to change
>>>>
>>>> ***Founding documents RE HSU - (topic for discussion not necessarily
>>>> action)
>>>>
>>>> Please prepare accordingly!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -Ethan Warshow, at large member.
>>>>
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