Meeting of the minds

everything they do...right or wrong. In my opinion, professional contractors should tell Ed how problems should be fixed and give him a bid. Maybe those guys feel Ed will fire them if they disagree with him, and don't want to ruin their cash flow. In his mind, Ed has to be right and in control at all times. Yes, Patty Mingus lives by you. She was on the Board when Jim served as Treasurer. And, regarding proxies, click here to see how they are counted:…

close friends’ first AA meeting. Alcohol and Narcotics Anonymous meetings are for any addict who wants to recover from the disease of addiction. My close friend was suffering from the addiction of alcohol and marijuana. To help him, I went to the meeting with him to make him feel comfortable. People turn to AA/NA meetings to fulfill their wishes of sobriety, and to open up to people who have similarities to them. The craving for substances has the power to torture one’s mind and body as it…

We will meet October 30th at 9:00 at the BOE for our 1st PBIS meeting. The meeting should only last up to 2 hours. Listed below is a timeline of activities we will discuss to determine our plan of action. Doug, the presenter asked that you are at the meeting because of bus discipline. 1. October 30th- District Leadership Team planning meeting. Creacy and Claudia from RESA will facilitate this. (There is a template for this attached.) You will determine goals and sequence of PBIS…

uncle hosts prayer meeting at his house every wednesday. We put God first in our family. My mom is from a communist country named Romania. Even though it was not allowed, she would go to prayer meetings. If the cops found out about these meetings then everyone there would be put to jail. Though they never got caught they still took a high risk in going to these meetings. The communist government would hire people to pretend to be Christians and go to the secret prayer meetings, then they would…

consuming and stressful but there needs to be open minds at the table. There are no cookie cutter children all have very individual needs and these needs need to be addressed in these meetings. Instead of "1 have already prepared the goals; please sign here," educators should emphasize, "I think we can all agree how important it is to work as a team (Cheatham et al., 2012) It is most important to have all collaborators involved in the IEP meetings. If there are holes in the collaboration there…

all agreed that meeting followed the inquiry process but what was surprising to me was how they saw my role. After some small conversation about the roles, I said I was the facilitator for that the meeting and explained what that meant to the process during the meeting and they laughed a little. I do think it was the right process but based on some respected feedback the big improvement I would make is in my role as facilitator. I initially played the part well but as the meeting went on --…

Time Out - II Just Say “No” - Meeting Moratoriums The fact is health care professionals waste lots of valuable time in unproductive meetings and are not very happy about it. Meetings are a chronic concern that is perceived as disappointing, if not dysfunctional. For this there are both direct costs and opportunity costs. People are looking for a purpose to their work and to their meetings. A purpose that is easily stated, outwardly directed, and has the potential to make a real difference.…

career, such characteristics would include being confident, a risk taker, a critical thinker, and a change agent. In regard to Marshall’s confidence, it should first be said that throughout his career Marshall believed that everyone should speak their mind,…

Most people experience unproductive and ineffective meetings very often, some more than others. While some meetings often produce many valuable results, many meetings are often considered to be a waste of time or ultimately have little value to the staff or participants when the meeting does not go well. Having staff meetings, especially in an educational setting, can often produce many valuable results. Effective meetings provide a chance for discussion, may have the ability to broaden each…

most common one that comes to mind is Alcoholics Anonymous. However, there are a myriad of groups out there that address the need of almost every individual. One such is Narcotics Anonymous (NA). This is a nonprofit fellowship dedicated to help those who are addicted to drugs. I shall recount my experiences and thoughts after attending one of their meetings. On January 13th at 10:30am I visited an NA meeting at St. Bartholomew Catholic Church. It was an open meeting composed of mixed gender…