Most weeks I average three meetings at work. Every seCd week we have a good one. This meeting is focussed on the applications that we actually process, and is a forum to discuss the issues related to each application. That means the meetings can directly help us to do our job. If we have questions, that is place to get input from other advisors, from the managers, the lawyers, the comms people, science, the Maori advisor, everyone. I like them as they are meetings that actually get stuff done, and if anyone disappears into philosophy (which is a place where whole meetings can disappear into frequently) then it is easy to get people back on track, or the philosophy is on track, because it is related to an Actual Problem. I have an incredibly low boredom threshold, and this is a meeting that comes round reguarly where I don't feel disabled. Some meetings I won't let myself speak (which is one hell of a hardship for a person like self) because my frustration levels are so high, I'll say all sorts of things which I may mean, but are better left unsaid... Last week I had to apologise for something I said in one of Those meetings. Behaviour like that will be a major impediment to a Grand and Glorious Career.
Speaking of which, there has been good progress on the Book lately. Tables have been created, and the numbers generated to go in there, and words have been reviewed. I can see some tetchy blog entries in the future though, when I have to put in the references with a rather shakey reference program.
Posted by Toni at June 16, 2003 08:27 PM