[Peace-discuss] news of the week discussion

[Karen Medina]

Thanks Randall for writing down your proposal for the News of the Week.

Thanks to those who are discussing it more online.

Good points Bob.

Also, I promised Linda Weber that the decision by the group would not be made until she is back in town. She is currently out of town, and she is very interested in the outcome of this discussion.

-karen medina

---- Original message ----
>Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 17:32:15 -0500
>From: Bob Illyes <illyes at uiuc.edu>  
>Subject: [Peace-discuss] Randall's news proposals  
>To: peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net
>
>I'm concentrating on the Public i, and will only occasionally be at AWARE 
>meetings. I wanted to make a few comments regarding Randall's proposals, 
>since I may not be able to make this Sunday's meeting.
>
>I don't find Carl's "News of the Week" useful. I already keep up with the 
>news, and the speculation largely seems to assume conspiracies. There are 
>members who feel otherwise, however.
>
>The simplest solution is to start meetings on time. Those who don't find 
>the presentation useful can then show up 15 minutes late. Holding the 
>meeting till everyone shows up short-circuits this simple option.
>
>If the meeting format is changed so that everyone contributes, as proposed, 
>I don't think Randall's limit of 10 minutes per person makes sense in a 15 
>minute segment of a meeting with maybe 20 people. A minute or two per 
>person makes a lot more sense, with remaining time allocated as the 
>facilitator sees fit.
>
>Bob
>
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