From: "Madeleine Yeh" <myeh at wap.org>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Last night's meeting
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2005 13:31:51 -0400

    Sorry about that.  It took me a bit longer to pack up
food and drive down.  I'll try to do  better
        Madeleine

On Sat, 18 Jun 2005 13:14:12 -0400 (EDT)
  "Keith F. Lynch" <kfl at KeithLynch.net> wrote:
> I'm hard at work on the meeting minutes.  They may take
>a few days,
> since the meeting lasted nearly an hour.
>
> Part of the reason it lasted so long is that *most* of
>the people
> arrived late. Fifteen people, just barely a quorum, were
>present when
> the meeting began at the usual time, 9:15 pm.
> Thirty-eight people
> were present by the end.  The late arrivals slow
>everything down,
> since business has to be delayed or done over, and
>announcements have
> to be made twice.
>
> Would it be possible for people to arrive on time?  None
>of our hosts
> or hostesses mind people arriving even a full hour
>early, so you don't
> have to time your arrival just right.
>
> Some people come just to socialize, not for the meeting.
> Perhaps they
> could try and arrive after the meeting, not in the
>middle of it.
>
> If it's not possible for a substantial number of people
>to get there
> that early, perhaps the meeting time should be changed.
>