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   clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Friday, 17-May-2024 13:40:39 JST clacke

   I was in a particularly contentious meeting last week. It was a one hour meeting, it took two hours, and in the first hour we discussed nothing about the points I thought the meeting would be about. Voices were raised, people were interrupting each other.

   I suggested that I should write the meeting minutes. I took several days to do so and I had a high level of anxiety while alternating between procrastinating (doing other tasks) and staring at the screen. I lost one whole night of sleep. In the end though, I had produced a document that I felt captured everyone's concerns and was a fair representation of what was really being discussed.

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     clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Friday, 17-May-2024 13:40:39 JST clacke

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     I am pleased to say that while I dreaded the followup meeting today, it turned out to go very smoothly, was productive, and brought up several points we hadn't previously considered. We have a clear way forward that satisfies everyone.

     The most agitated party of last week had read my notes thoroughly, was happy that their points had been considered and validated, and had constructive and valid input to today's meeting.

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     clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Friday, 17-May-2024 13:40:44 JST clacke

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     This will all make sure that we are working on the right things, solving the right problems and genuinely improving how the various teams do their work, rather than imposing some tools on them that just add to their daily frustrations.

     It's not even lunch yet, but I am already satisfied with my contribution today.

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     clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Friday, 17-May-2024 13:40:59 JST clacke

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     • wraptile
     @wraptile Four years ago I had no idea I was good at this kind of thing!
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     wraptile (wraptile@fosstodon.org)'s status on Friday, 17-May-2024 13:41:00 JST wraptile

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     @clacke I find these tasks incredibly rewarding too to the point where I'm running our internal docs now 🫣

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