Nancy said: > I believe that understanding how meetings should run, > which includes knowing how to take minutes, is a > valuable tool to have I apologise to any who misunderstood me. How to run meetings and maximise their benefit is rare, useful and valuable knowledge. The John Cleese video will be fun and informative, and I'm sure Brian will be an interesting speaker and do justice to the topic. I was just railing against the unstated suggestion that some poor technical writer might be railroaded into secretarial duties because a perceived ability to make notes and type from them equates secretaries and technical writers. Perish the thought. Secretaries type. Writers stare out windows in contemplation. :-) Allan ----------------------------------------------------- This message is intended for the addressee named and may contain confidential/privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete it and notify the sender. Views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, and are not necessarily the views of the Department. You should scan any attached files for viruses. ----------------------------------------------------- ************************************************** To post a message to austechwriter, send the message to austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe to austechwriter, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject field. To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field. To search the austechwriter archives, go to www.freelists.org/archives/austechwriter To contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx **************************************************