Minutes for January 20, 2009 by Cara
(9:36am – 10:49am)
Due Next Class (Thursday January 22, 2009):
• Read Chapter 1 of Science and Society for Thursday’s class.
➢ Lights were turned off and desks were arranged in a circle before class started.
➢ Class meeting brought to order at 9:36am.
➢ Prof. Wagner brought donut holes to pass.
Class Rules (updated)
• Share food
• Be mindful
• Class minutes
• Be courteous
Robert’s Rules of Order
• “The running of fair and equitable meetings in a way that gives equal consideration to the rights of the majority, of the minority, of individual members, of absentee members, of all of these groups taken together.”
Parliamentary Procedure
o Call meeting to order.
• Minute taking? Arrangement of desks into a circle?
o Take care of business.
• Role call, etc.
o Read minutes from previous meeting.
o Report on new and old business.
• Environmental question of the day, homework, etc.
• Follow Robert’s Rules of Order.
• Motions are opened and closed.
Successful Writing and Editing Techniques
• SLOW DOWN!!!!! – Be here, now.
o Speed Is Relative
• Speed of light: 3.0x108 m/sec
• Speed of sound: 343.14 m/sec
• 1st Observe
o Read everything.
• 2nd Critique
o Judge the use of words and punctuation.
• Incorporate as many of the 5 senses as possible.
• A dash “–“ is a kind of connection between full thoughts and is generally used as bullets in outlines, to make a point, or to show emphasis.
• A hyphen “-“ is shorter in length than a dash and is generally found between words. It is used to either join words or to separate syllables of a single word.
Format of Minutes
• Bulleted – help communicate information quickly
• Symmetric, balanced, simple
• Few full sentences
• Most important items at the top
• Logical
➢ Motion to pass the minutes from last class as they were was passed.
Grade Contracts
• Drafts were handed in after class.
• Discussion of what people wanted to work on and improve included:
• Editing skills
• Smoothly transitioning between different subjects within the same paper.
• Technical scientific writing
• Writing well organized papers while effectively communicating one’s thoughts.
• Resume and cover letter writing
• Grant writing
• Quick & efficient reading and writing
• Effective reading and analytical thinking
Three stages to writing
• Innovative/creative stage.
• Organizing of information
• Revisiting, revising, and re-visioning with an editor’s eye.
➢ Class meeting brought to a close at 10:49am.
Due Next Class (Thursday January 22, 2009):
• Read Chapter 1 of Science and Society for Thursday’s class.
➢ Lights were turned off and desks were arranged in a circle before class started.
➢ Class meeting brought to order at 9:36am.
➢ Prof. Wagner brought donut holes to pass.
Class Rules (updated)
• Share food
• Be mindful
• Class minutes
• Be courteous
Robert’s Rules of Order
• “The running of fair and equitable meetings in a way that gives equal consideration to the rights of the majority, of the minority, of individual members, of absentee members, of all of these groups taken together.”
Parliamentary Procedure
o Call meeting to order.
• Minute taking? Arrangement of desks into a circle?
o Take care of business.
• Role call, etc.
o Read minutes from previous meeting.
o Report on new and old business.
• Environmental question of the day, homework, etc.
• Follow Robert’s Rules of Order.
• Motions are opened and closed.
Successful Writing and Editing Techniques
• SLOW DOWN!!!!! – Be here, now.
o Speed Is Relative
• Speed of light: 3.0x108 m/sec
• Speed of sound: 343.14 m/sec
• 1st Observe
o Read everything.
• 2nd Critique
o Judge the use of words and punctuation.
• Incorporate as many of the 5 senses as possible.
• A dash “–“ is a kind of connection between full thoughts and is generally used as bullets in outlines, to make a point, or to show emphasis.
• A hyphen “-“ is shorter in length than a dash and is generally found between words. It is used to either join words or to separate syllables of a single word.
Format of Minutes
• Bulleted – help communicate information quickly
• Symmetric, balanced, simple
• Few full sentences
• Most important items at the top
• Logical
➢ Motion to pass the minutes from last class as they were was passed.
Grade Contracts
• Drafts were handed in after class.
• Discussion of what people wanted to work on and improve included:
• Editing skills
• Smoothly transitioning between different subjects within the same paper.
• Technical scientific writing
• Writing well organized papers while effectively communicating one’s thoughts.
• Resume and cover letter writing
• Grant writing
• Quick & efficient reading and writing
• Effective reading and analytical thinking
Three stages to writing
• Innovative/creative stage.
• Organizing of information
• Revisiting, revising, and re-visioning with an editor’s eye.
➢ Class meeting brought to a close at 10:49am.
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