Posted by gardenergirl on October 1, 2006, at 2:23:52
In reply to Re: what's a private board? » alexandra_k, posted by Jost on October 1, 2006, at 1:17:12
Working teams and groups function well when there is consistent and clear communication between the members and the leader. Issues surrounding processes, policies, areas of concern, etc. can be discussed by the whole group at one time in a meeting. That way, no one misses a memo/email. Some organizations have daily meetings, some weekly, some monthly, quarterly, etc.
We've never done this. The primary method of communication among the team members has been via emails on a listserv. What comes up comes up as it does, and we all try to respond as needed. If there were an agenda of things to review, we might actually make some progress on fixing some of the stuff that needs doing, might become more consistent among ourselves in how we perform our roles, and perhaps most importantly, we might get a block of Dr. Bob's time to discuss with him the various questions and/or concerns that may have come up in the past week or more. Things are less likely to slip through the cracks, imo.
If a team needs to hold a meeting, they need somewhere to meet, right? Dr. Bob could have tried a conference call instead, but this "room" is already "in the building", so to speak.
I suppose seeing admin. in chat might feel similar to seeing all the managers go into the conference room and close the door when there was no meeting scheduled and you don't know what it's about.
gg
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