[ST] [SA] Debrief Meeting Agenda

[David D'Antonio]

Hi phi,

On Jan 29, 2007, at 3:10 PM, Nicholas Shectman wrote:

> 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 was going by what was written on the big sheet of paper at the  
front of the room. *I* knew about the Dead Dog thing from the DivHead  
meeting that day, where I believe it was also mentioned that staff  
should save their comments for the debrief.
>
> 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.

Then what is the forum/venue for them to do so? Quite a few staff had  
gone home by the time the Dead Dog came around and I'm sure many more  
didn't go to the Gripe and so perhaps didn't get the message.
>
> [snip]

> 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.

What is the value of sitting there while someone tells me something  
they could just as easily tell me via email? I agree we aren't going  
to fix every problem for next year at the debrief but the "just the  
facts, Ma'am" approach seems no better than email.

> 					-/phi

DDA

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DDA
Events DivHead, Arisia '07 (retired)