>>I also think that Thad's idea of controlling the show and tell by having >>folks "sign up" with him will get some better handle on the amount of show >>and tell. I know that it is hit or miss sometimes, but I think that this >>method can help. The amount of business is controlled to below 30 minutes >>by the club rules and we rarely approach that number. I hope that stays the >>truth for years to come. >> >> > >"Thad's idea" is not very different from the way things have been running >for the past 14 years that I've been aware of the meeting's program of >events. It's very seldom that there's a show-n-tell that the president >doesn't know about prior to the start of the meeting. > > Uh, Hello everyone, but "Thad's Idea" was not even his. (I should know, I'm Thad.) Actually it was Peter Argenziano's thought's in a private email after we got totally hammered with Show and Tell my first month as Prez that led me to ask in advance. I wasn't aware that SAC had been doing that previously, at least I've never seen a posting asking for show and tell's/announcements a few days in advance. But that's neither here nor there, and I certainly don't care to argue the point, I just wanted to give proper credit for it to Peter. I do have some thoughts on the membership issue, I just have to gather them and then I'll post. Thad