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

[Dina Spanbock]

SORRY FOR SO MANY EMAILS. Did not mean to press send.

So yeah, ending what I was saying, I think it's great that we're  
trying to come up with a time when we can all sit together and deal  
with some of these issues, and I think that these issues need to be  
dealt with ASAP, but I also think we need to hold back and slow down  
just a little bit if we actually want to make any progress. I also  
think we really need to try to put this before other commitments we  
have if we do want to do it at a time when some sort of outside  
facilitator could help us. Let's talk about it at our next meeting,  
and keep on our calendars that we have SAGA networking night and/or a  
retreat on Saturday the 26th.

Best,
Dina


Quoting Dina Spanbock <drs09 at hampshire.edu>:

> 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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