[Magdalen] Private-ish repository for vestry documents?

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

I think a record of the summary of the discussion is not a bad idea. It is
important to know how one gets to a decision almost as much as the content
of the decision itself. Whoever updates Roberts' dropped the ball on that
one, imho.

I can see the reasoning: the all-business attitude is indeed just the
facts: what was actually done.  However, some people want to know what
actually happened in the meeting. What to do? Write up two different
reports?

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 12:46 PM, 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
>