103 - Meeting

According to the guidelines presented in the textbook, when is the best time to address important and difficult issues?

• At the beginning of the meeting

• During the middle portion of the meeting

• During the last third of the meeting

• At the end of the meeting

• These times do not need to be placed on the agenda

The written record of a group's discussion and activities is referred to as

• The minutes

• An action item

• An agenda

• A report

• A call to order

The person appointed or elected to conduct a meeting is the

• Group leader

• Dominator

• Chairperson

• Nonparticipant

• Recorder

The Committee to Save the Park began a discussion of plans to organize a park clean-up day. There was not enough time during the meeting to finish the discussion. In what part of the agenda for the next meeting should this issue appear?

• Call to order

• Reports from individuals and subcommittees

• Unfinished business

• New businesses

• Announcements

All of the following statements about the minutes of a meeting are true EXCEPT

• The format of the minutes should follow the format of the agenda

• The more formal the meeting, the more information should be included in the minutes

• The minutes should be accurate and impartial

• The minutes should be a word for word record of everything that members say

• The chair person should delegate the task of tasking minutes to other member

When members are late to a meeting, the chairperson should

• Wait to start until all members have arrived

• Review what has been accomplished whenever a latecomer arrives

• Let latecomers sit without participating until they have observed enough to be able to contribute

• Publicly reprimand latecomers

• Assign latecomers tasks that no one else wants to do

The elections committee of the Student Government Council is making preparations for the upcoming campus elections. During what part of the agenda should the elections committee chairperson report on the status of the committee's work?

• Call to order

• Unfinished business

• New business

• Announcements

• Reports from individuals and subcommittees

In order to keep a meeting moving at a comfortable pace, the chairperson should

• Review the agenda with all members

• Distribute materials needed for discussion of issues

• Ask members to evaluate the meeting at the end of the meeting

• Begin on time without waiting for latecomers

• Avoid placing a time limit on each agenda item

A sentence such as "Let Debbie finish her point first, and then we'll hear other viewpoints" can help a group deal with a member whose disruptive behavior fits the description of a

• Loudmouth

• Interrupter

• Whisperer

• Latecomer

• Tension releaser

______ is the outline of items to be discussed and the tasks to be accomplished at a meeting.

• A set of minutes

• An action item

• An agenda

• A report

• A call to order