So.... Everyone should just show up at 7:00? :D Cameron Carver Lubbock, TX Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 4, 2014, at 15:51, Aveline Hewetson <aveline8@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi, > This is becoming ridiculous. > At our June board meeting we discussed and voted on our quarterly meetings > being held at 7pm on the first Tues of each of these four months. Our > president changed the time for the August public meeting to 6:30pm, without a > vote. When questioned he stated several reasons: to give people time to chit > chat etc before the presentation, and to enable the speaker to start on time > (7pm) since he was driving in from Abilene and driving back to Abilene the > same night. > At our August board meeting the 6:30/7pm start time was discussed and the > vice-president stated that the president would start the meeting at 6:30pm > and say a few words and that we might start early, ie before 7pm. > My points are: you cannot run public meetings like this ( two start times), > you cannot change the time without a vote, you simply cannot be disrespectful > of anybody's time. We are all busy and we need accurate information in order > to plan our days. > I know my tenure on the board is over, and I don't have a horse in this race, > but really? > Aveline > Field Trip Chair >> On Aug 4, 2014 9:07 AM, "Dolan, Tom" <tom@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> <LEAS-Logo-square.jpg> >> Hi everyone - don't forget our quarterly meeting tomorrow (Tue., Aug5, 2014) >> at 6:30pm at the Garden & Arts Center, 44th and University Avenue, Lubbock, >> Texas. Professional Photographer John English from Abilene will present on >> wildlife (plants and animals) and take questions from the audience. See >> examples of John's work at http://www.johnenglishphoto.com/birds.htm >> YES! - the meeting starts at 6:30pm (since several of you asked...) >> Tom Dolan