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   Tek say resist (tek@freeradical.zone)'s status on Friday, 11-Nov-2022 18:44:47 JST Tek say resist

   How to Hold a Good Meeting: Rusty’s Rules of Order: https://www.iww.org/resources/rustys-rules.pdf

   Angry? Had enough? Ready to organize and make a difference? Here’s a set of well-tested social hacks, brought to you by the IWW, to help you herd a roomful of cats. Make your meetings shorter and more productive so that you can spend your efforts on actions instead of endlessly arguing about them.

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     Fubar (fubar@freeradical.zone)'s status on Friday, 11-Nov-2022 18:44:46 JST Fubar

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     @tek We had consensus minus the twat for meetings, it was pretty effective :P

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     fu (fu@libranet.de)'s status on Friday, 11-Nov-2022 18:45:40 JST fu

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     • Fubar
     @tek @fubar I'd like to see the documentation on this
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     FilesWithThreateningAuras (iaintshootinmis@infosec.exchange)'s status on Friday, 11-Nov-2022 18:46:29 JST FilesWithThreateningAuras

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     • KillerBean ✅

     @tek @KillerBean i like this one a lot as well.

     I saw a toot previously that said something like "stop scheduling meetings to hold me hostage as a rubber duck." Or something to that effect

     https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_duck_debugging

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     Tek say resist (tek@freeradical.zone)'s status on Friday, 11-Nov-2022 18:46:30 JST Tek say resist

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     • KillerBean ✅

     @KillerBean @Iaintshootinmis Also, “what’s the output of this meeting going to be?”

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     FilesWithThreateningAuras (iaintshootinmis@infosec.exchange)'s status on Friday, 11-Nov-2022 18:46:31 JST FilesWithThreateningAuras

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     @KillerBean @tek i do this sometimes by replying Am I expected to provide a deliverable for this meeting? Or, am I being consulted or informed?

     If you can tell me what you need via email, I'll use the meeting time as a working session on my calendar to produce the deliverable. (A report, etc...)

     If I'm being consulted, please provide any foundational information and documentation so i can knowledgeably assist. Along with any direct questions.

     If being informed, please provide the following in one to two sentences each.
     What is happening?
     Why is it happening?
     When is it happening?
     What should I do?

     This is usually enough to convey that I'm not attending nonsense meetings when I could be learning, or building cool stuff, or solving Ops issues, etc...

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     KillerBean ✅ (killerbean@freeradical.zone)'s status on Friday, 11-Nov-2022 18:46:34 JST KillerBean ✅

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     @tek for years I just don't attend meetings without an agenda. If asked why I wasn't there I say, "There was nothing for an agenda. I had more important things to do than nothing." Only asked 2-3 times.