1. Slide Number1 Group Committee Woodbadge I Nov 30/Dec 1, 2012 Conducting a Meeting

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3. 1-888-SCOUTS-NOW | scouts.ca | 1-888-SCOUTS-OUI Conducting a Meeting Why do we hold meetings? What is the point of a meeting?

4. 1-888-SCOUTS-NOW | scouts.ca | 1-888-SCOUTS-OUI Conducting a Meeting Why do we hold meetings? What is the point of a meeting? Exchange/Share information Determine/Evaluate needs Set Goals Develop plans of Action (includes Action Items) Build the Team Support and encourage our volunteers (Scouts) Good opportunity to focus on program and evaluate same (Scouts)

5. 1-888-SCOUTS-NOW | scouts.ca | 1-888-SCOUTS-OUI Conducting a Meeting What makes for a good, relevant, and productive meeting anyways?

6. 1-888-SCOUTS-NOW | scouts.ca | 1-888-SCOUTS-OUI Conducting a Meeting What makes for a good, relevant, and productive meeting? There are two Key ingredients : An Agenda, and Record Keeping (minutes, or notes, and record any Action Items, etc.) An Agenda keeps the discussion focussed The Records become a key part of the 'paper trail' for your Group, eg. Finances and COAA requests, etc..

7. 1-888-SCOUTS-NOW | scouts.ca | 1-888-SCOUTS-OUI Conducting a Meeting What makes for a good, relevant, and productive meeting?... Other factors... Make sure that only attendees are people who really need to be present (respect everyone's time) Establish objectives for the meeting, especially if not a regular meeting Have the attendees prepare in advance, eg. Treasurer and/or Section Reports Keep it Short. The longer a meeting runs past a certain threshold, the less productive each additional minute becomes. Record Key Points and decisions (record keeping again) Create Action Items and assign them (record keeping again) Report Progress and follow-up... Post-meeting communication is simply another tool to help keep your meeting attendees accountable for implementing the decisions made during the meeting and it also helps eliminate future, unnecessary "progress meetings”

8. 1-888-SCOUTS-NOW | scouts.ca | 1-888-SCOUTS-OUI Conducting a Meeting About that Agenda... It can and should be concise (please see example)

9. 1-888-SCOUTS-NOW | scouts.ca | 1-888-SCOUTS-OUI Conducting a Meeting Minutes and/or meeting notes should likewise be concise No need to be long-winded Just capture the facts (please see example)

10. 1-888-SCOUTS-NOW | scouts.ca | 1-888-SCOUTS-OUI Conducting a Meeting Role of Committee Members - Who needs to attend anyways?

11. 1-888-SCOUTS-NOW | scouts.ca | 1-888-SCOUTS-OUI Conducting a Meeting Role of Committee Members – Who needs to Attend? Group Commissioner Group Committee members, eg. Group Administrator, Group Treasurer, Group Registrar and Group Secretary, etc. Section Representatives – Ideally at least one representative per active section – but only one vote per section Others, eg. Parents, are welcome to attend to keep themselves informed – but they do Not have a vote on any motions during the meeting If a volunteer has more than one role, then their vote is with their senior role

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