Human Services Worker


ABOUT MEETINGS

     This is the first of several screens about meetings. There are certain
terms that people use to identify special aspects of meetings. These in-
clude:

     Agenda - a list of topics to be discussed. Providing an agenda helps
those who attend plan how to get the most out of the meeting.
     Minutes - the record of what was decided. It is better not to include
everything that was discussed, but only those things that were ac-
tually decided. It is said that someone "takes" (writes) minutes.
     Chair - the person who is in charge of helping the meeting focus on the
items on the agenda. In some meetings, the chair is supposed to be
impartial; in many others, especially staff meetings, the chair will
retain her or his role as supervisor, and direct the meeting in the way
he or she thinks it should go.
     Adjourn - the meeting is over.

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