[ST] [SA] Debrief Meeting Agenda

[Nicholas Shectman]

David D'Antonio wrote:

> At this year's Gripe, it was made  
> very clear that this wasn't the place for staff to air their  
> concerns; that would occur at the debrief.

What I was trying to say at the beginning of the Gripe Session was that 
staff who were going to be around that evening should please find Ben or 
Tem or Joel or their div head at the *Dead Dog* and gripe personally. 
And then I proceeded to take questions from staffers as well as the 
general public.  Did I really communicate that poorly?  I know I 
misspoke once, but I thought I corrected myself quickly.

I certainly agree that we need a way for staff to gripe.  I don't think 
we need scores of people sitting around watching them do it.

And while we're on the topic of miscommunication, I thought Chris 
Amshey's description of a debrief was quite clear and level-headed.  Of 
course we want staff to be able to air their concerns.  If the debrief 
consisted only of people presenting reports there would be no value to 
doing it in person instead of by email.  What we do not have time for is 
figuring out *at the debrief* how to fix those concerns.  We have a 
whole year to do that.  It's not reasonable to expect the convention 
committee to do their entire job in only four hours.

					-/phi