tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post7280951370012587824..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: Meetings to Plan MeetingsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-4050489747970159712014-09-26T08:10:36.217-04:002014-09-26T08:10:36.217-04:00We have that "committee on committees" a...We have that "committee on committees" at my institution, whose annual job it is to shuffle the deadwood and chest-thumpers to where they do least damage. Like much in this aspect of academia, it's a shell game.Ogre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-46157578838775031792014-09-25T19:54:17.090-04:002014-09-25T19:54:17.090-04:00I tea partyin' hate committee work at my colle...I tea partyin' hate committee work at my college. I am on five committees (or is it six? seven? hard to keep track) and the amount of busywork is staggering. The planning to plan is ridiculous. The worst are the joint faculty-staff committees, the ones that meet when I'm, like, you know, teaching. Then I'm chastised for not attending the meetings. The lunch meetings? I'm Great Lakes Gretahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08101613060478193833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-91114603508517568022014-09-24T19:13:20.167-04:002014-09-24T19:13:20.167-04:00Ours is called - so beautifully - the committee on...Ours is called - so beautifully - the committee on committees. I got asked to be on it, but happily had my quota already.Darla Keefhttp://www.linfield.edunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-54407389625559383162014-09-23T21:29:28.665-04:002014-09-23T21:29:28.665-04:00Sawyer, you are my hero.Sawyer, you are my hero.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02906546940408742913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-79684877711717294212014-09-23T17:41:35.446-04:002014-09-23T17:41:35.446-04:00I was on that committee. It was the only committe...I was on that committee. It was the only committee I've been a part of that actually accomplished anything:<br />We proposed an end to 80% of all standing committees, including ours, and it actually happened! The remaining 20%, a single-digit amount, are fundamental to the college and really do get things done.Sawyer in Student Serviceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16463333151790071057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-44926848045309446962014-09-23T16:28:13.456-04:002014-09-23T16:28:13.456-04:00At my college, we have a committee that discusses ...At my college, we have a committee that discusses committees. <br />Trish from Texarkanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01537710252663530562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-81923537859236246812014-09-23T16:16:02.262-04:002014-09-23T16:16:02.262-04:00I think maybe one of my rules needs to be "St...I think maybe one of my rules needs to be "Stop going to meetings."The Contemplative Cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02088570661592922436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-44508442681359941872014-09-23T16:15:40.805-04:002014-09-23T16:15:40.805-04:00That seems to be the consensus of this group, as w...That seems to be the consensus of this group, as well. I'm OK with meeting if it's for a purpose. To plan the next meeting, not so much!The Contemplative Cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02088570661592922436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-39892336029144847962014-09-23T16:15:15.368-04:002014-09-23T16:15:15.368-04:00I suppose I grade essays and go to meetings. :)I suppose I grade essays and go to meetings. :)The Contemplative Cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02088570661592922436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-27418632038004282972014-09-23T15:06:03.722-04:002014-09-23T15:06:03.722-04:00When I was an undergraduate, one of my friends gra...When I was an undergraduate, one of my friends graduated and got himself a job as a chemical engineer. I asked him, "What does a chemical engineer do?" He said, "He writes reports and goes to meetings."Froderick Frankenstien from Fresnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11653942918068535424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-11246237929074725532014-09-23T14:21:55.979-04:002014-09-23T14:21:55.979-04:00Meeting on meeting! CC for the win!
Often these ...Meeting on meeting! CC for the win!<br /><br />Often these days, as I am on my way to a meeting, I recall this passage:<br /><br />'I don't think they play at all fairly,' Alice began, in rather a complaining tone, 'and they all quarrel so dreadfully one can't hear oneself speak — and they don't seem to have any rules in particular; at least, if there are, nobody attends TubaPlayingProfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06524484569241433720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-31445845920603973912014-09-23T11:40:45.800-04:002014-09-23T11:40:45.800-04:00Several years later, I worked at a certain militar...Several years later, I worked at a certain military facility. My section chief often often had meetings with government officials, though he often didn't see the point as to why they were held.<br /><br />He summed up the reason with this comment: "I meet, therefore I am."<br />Quarter Wave Verticalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03173446011323023116noreply@blogger.com