[Magdalen] Private-ish repository for vestry documents?

[Jo Craddock]

I agree and disagree. In most close, communal groups I believe a concise report including what was considered or issues raised and tabled can be valuable in transparency and historical context. How many times have I heard, reviewing previous minutes or needing to re-consider something from the past, "What were they thinking?" (Or not!)

That can be accomplished without a rendering of dialogue, or assignment to personalities.

Our current clerk loves to include, "Report attached," in what she sends me to share with the parish in our monthly newsletter. Only she attaches nothing...

Peace,
Jo

Peace,
Jo

> On Mar 18, 2016, at 11:46 AM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Regarding Vestry minutes:
> 
> I contend they should follow Robert's Rules and be not a transcript of
> what was said but a concise record of the meeting and actions taken:
> 
> "The most frequent mistakes are trying to summarize the reports
> offered and arguments made in debate, and including all of the
> amendments and other secondary motions, In fact, in standard form, the
> minutes should generally include only what was *done*, not what was
> *said*."
> 
> I tried this when I was appointed clerk of the vestry in a previous
> parish; this was deemed not acceptable, and I had to add notes on the
> content of discussions.
> 
> 
>> On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 9:49 AM, Jo Craddock <jocraddock at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I can understand not plastering a front page with them; most are boring and
>> very poorly written.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Scott R. Knitter
> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA