[yrhasc] minutes

[Sscheurman at aol.com]

All:
 
Wow, that email address is convenient!
 
I have been thinking....  Brenda is doing a great job juggling  being a 
contributing member of the committee, and, recording contributing  members of the 
committee at the same time.  Personally, I have a difficult  enough time just 
trying to listen, understand, formulate an idea, and, express  that idea 
without having any responsibility for recording what goes on during a  meeting.  I 
just don't know how she could do all that AND document it  all at the same 
time.  I don't believe this is fair to her.  I think  important ideas are being 
discussed, and are not being recorded along the way  because it is impossible to 
talk and record at the same time.  My fear is  that a valuable idea could 
easily fall by the wayside without further  consideration if we are not reminded 
later about what all we  discussed.  I would like Brenda to maintain the 
Secretary's position,  and I believe the minutes she prepares are appropriate for 
public  consumption.  However, I would like you all to consider having  Alden 
or someone else take notes of the meetings so Brenda can dedicate her  
attention SOLELY to being a contributing member like the rest of us while  attending 
the meetings, and have someone else record her ideas too.  Then  the note 
taker's notes can be used as working documents for our committee use  only.  What 
do you all think about this?
 
Sandie



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