Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Our New & Improved Meeting Schedule

Trina suggested at the last gathering that during out monthly get-together 7-8:30pm will be the official "book talk time". 8:30pm onward will be designated "socializing time". I think this is a fantastic idea. (When has our dictator ever had a bad one, eh?)
If anyone had questions or concerns about this, please discuss by hitting the comment link below! :o) Kel
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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

I think the allowing time to talk about the book is great. I am up for that for sure.
Are we still saying no to more members? I have 3 people at school that would love to join, and not enough for them to start their own group - maybe we can share our books round more? We have 3 of us at school already and can pass onto the newbies to read as we have 3 weeks to complete each book - just a thought -hate to see people that are interested, not being able to join in.
Clare P

September 21, 2010 at 4:45 PM
Adrienne said...

Hi Ladies,

I am excited about re-focusing on the book discussions. In the beginning, we had a nice balance of intelligent conversation about the book, as well as socializing. It may also inspire me to get my act together and read a bit more thoughtfully :)

As for allowing new members, I feel like our group is already quite big for most of the venues that we are able to find. We also have a couple of women that were invited initially that are now expressing interest in returning, and it seems we should give them precedence. As it is, I often feel like we quickly split into separate conversations, and I miss much of what is discussed.

Having said all that, I would love to find opportunities to socialize with new people (oh -- and the rest of you too), and perhaps we can organize the occasional appetizer and drink get together as an off-shoot. If we held it at someone's house, then the number of people is less of a concern, and if it is a potluck, no one is burdened with a lot of work.

Hope I am not overstepping or offending...

Adrienne

September 25, 2010 at 4:25 PM
Trina said...

Thanks, Kelly, for getting this discussion going. And as much as I would like to claim having the great idea, it was actually Birgitte and Adrienne who suggested the idea of a "book talk" time at the beginning, then open socializing afterwards. We were throwing out ideas on how we could get back to more book talk without losing the fun socializing time we all enjoy.

So, that said: as much as I hate to say no to people, too, I agree with Adrienne that our group is already a little big to have a manageable discussion, not to mention the challenge of finding places that can accommodate such a large group. And since we do have people from the original group either hoping to come back or now feeling ready to join, they should get first "dibs" should we decide we can fit one or two more at some time in the future.

I like Adrienne's idea of the occasional potluck to just hang out and would enjoy meeting new people then too.

I'm glad we are having this discussion, and hope I haven't offended anyone either.

September 26, 2010 at 9:26 AM
fourkidsandthemom said...

What a great idea, a book club blog. I love seeing the power of women.

November 18, 2011 at 9:15 AM

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