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%ENCOURAGE POSITIVE AFFIRMATION COOPERATION LOVES+990607
%MEETING PROCESS PROCEDURE CONSENSUS BUILDING JOYS+990607
%NEGATIVE CONTENTIOUS ARGUMENTATION CONFLICTS FAIL+990607
%ROBERTS RULES DICHOTOMOUS MOTIONS VOTES CONTESTED 990607
The following is a suggestion of a way in which a
group of people can encourage positive affirmations and
cooperation within a meeting.
1. Agree that it is desirable to focus upon
statements which are positive --- making affirmations ---
while seeking to avoid negative statements, and behaviors
which are contentious.
2. Have a meeting "moderator" or "chairperson" to
recognize members of the meeting to rise and make only
statements which are positive, affirmations; for the
consideration of the other members of the meeting.
3. Allow each speaker to continue speaking for up to
five minutes, so long as the speaker --- in the view of a
majority of the members in the meeting --- has not made
more than three negative statements and/or acted in ways
which are contentious.
4. Have each member of the meeting hold up a red
card so that the moderator can see it when in each
member's view the current speaker has made three or more
(negative statements and/or acted in contentious ways).
5. When a speaker has spoken for five minutes or
when half of the participants in the meeting have lifted
their red cards; the moderator shall ask the speaker to
sit down and be quiet.
6. Participants shall not defend or argue over their
votes.
7. After one hour participants shall similarly
take turns telling each other what three affirmations
were their favorites; until all have done so a first time
around.
8. On the completion of the first time around, the
participants shall repeat the process, but tell only what
two affirmations were their favorites; until all have done
so a second time around.
9. On a third time around participants shall tell
just one favorite affirmation.
10. Finally participants shall discuss what they have
learned from the overall process.
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