Or eat less cookies. :) Now, seriously. I think in your case, it was just bad luck to chair to meetings one after the other. For the rest, taking punctuality more seriously would help. As you said, time is scarce and I prefer to use it in meetings than in breaks. my 20 cents, as On 8/2/13 10:28 AM, Ulrich Herberg wrote: > Hi, > > I chaired two afternoon sessions on Thursday, and I think that the 10 > minutes break between the sessions were not enough. Not only had I to > rush to the other room to set up my laptop etc., but also the scribes > and minutes takers that have volunteered for the second session were > not yet there (they arrived about 5 minutes after meeting start), so > that I had to find new volunteers at the beginning of the meeting. I > know that the available meeting time is very sparse, but having 20 > minutes between meetings could avoid that. > > Ulrich >