At 05:07 AM 1/15/2015, t.p. wrote: >I have scribed for other organisations and doing it well means being >transparent to what everyone else is saying, that is, you set yourself >aside and really concentrate on and listen to others. In doing so, you >pick up everyone else's point of view and learn a lot too about the >organisation and how that part of it works. > >By contrast, a participant has their own agenda which will always get in >the way of hearing others properly. (Chairmen should never write I-Ds:-) > >So scribing is difficult, requires self-discipline but can teach a lot. > >I do not however see it as particularly relevant to NonCom except in so >far as the person is present and engaged. I would *kill* for a Nomcom member that is present and engaged... :-) Mike