I am just reading-through historic AGM minutes for one of the newer Associations in the West Kent Group. It's helpful to know a bit of the internal politics and history. I have just come across the following gem:
Honesty in minutes can be tricky, especially when you end up sending reams of paperwork off to the records office!
A couple of years ago after a particularly disturbing debate about gay marriage that went on for about an hour at an AGM I decided the best course of action was to summarise the whole sorry episode as "A debate on gay marriage was held"
I don't even go that far in case reading it triggers memories and they kick off again. I only ever record decisions. A 40 minute speech on world affairs by the MP appears as "Sir Bufton Tufton addressed the meeting."
Honesty in minutes can be tricky, especially when you end up sending reams of paperwork off to the records office!
ReplyDeleteA couple of years ago after a particularly disturbing debate about gay marriage that went on for about an hour at an AGM I decided the best course of action was to summarise the whole sorry episode as "A debate on gay marriage was held"
I don't even go that far in case reading it triggers memories and they kick off again. I only ever record decisions. A 40 minute speech on world affairs by the MP appears as "Sir Bufton Tufton addressed the meeting."
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