A couple of weeks ago the hosta society I belong to well we had our annual meeting. We are a group that in the past have had an agenda but not a real formal meeting.
We have a new president how also had an agenda but all of a sudden we are using the format of Roberts Rules of order which we haven't really strictly followed in the past.
To me this seems a pretty formal way to have a meeting and I'm wondering if there is a less formal method of having a meeting.
We have officers and "nominations" which of course no one wants to hold these positions. So people (like me) are suggested for these positions. I always seems that any group I join no one wants to hold these positions but the people I know always want be to run for president of these groups. I've done that in the past and don't want to do so again!
Also a treasurer's report but we are not taking sums of money either.
It just adds to the confusion of our meetings as most people are not familiar with the above mentioned method of holding a meeting. If someone states we are not doing it "correctly" how are we to know?
Any thoughts??
We have a new president how also had an agenda but all of a sudden we are using the format of Roberts Rules of order which we haven't really strictly followed in the past.
To me this seems a pretty formal way to have a meeting and I'm wondering if there is a less formal method of having a meeting.
We have officers and "nominations" which of course no one wants to hold these positions. So people (like me) are suggested for these positions. I always seems that any group I join no one wants to hold these positions but the people I know always want be to run for president of these groups. I've done that in the past and don't want to do so again!
Also a treasurer's report but we are not taking sums of money either.
It just adds to the confusion of our meetings as most people are not familiar with the above mentioned method of holding a meeting. If someone states we are not doing it "correctly" how are we to know?
Any thoughts??