Day 265 - 19 Jun 96 - Page 67
1 kept silent or said something indicating approval of what
2 was going on?
3 A. I do not recall but I would have responded to that, so
4 as not to have caused basically alarm or been out of place.
5
6 Q. It would not be right out of place, would it, to just sit
7 there and say nothing?
8 A. No, it would not.
9
10 Q. Right. Not everybody would always participate in all the
11 discussions?
12 A. Yes. That would be fair.
13
14 Q. It is fair to say that not everybody who was attending the
15 group would have equal interest in each of the subjects
16 that would come up for discussion?
17 A. Yes, that would be fair to say, not necessarily.
18
19 Q. Right. And indeed some people might be completely
20 uninterested in some of the subjects up for discussion but
21 they would just sit there quietly and wait for the next
22 section they were interested in?
23 A. That might be the case. I would not know.
24
25 Q. Right. The general practice at these meetings was that
26 somebody would get a piece of paper and write the word
27 "agenda" at the top. Then there would be a section,
28 "introductions", a section "letters and office". A
29 section "events" from the previous week. "Reports and
30 events from the previous week" and a section of"coming
31 events in", well, any events that were coming up?
32 A. That sounds fact.
33
34 Q. Sorry. In the middle between those two things there would
35 be a section where anybody who was present at the meeting
36 would write down anything on the agenda, any subject that
37 they wanted to discuss?
38 A. That is correct. I remember something along those
39 lines, yes.
40
41 Q. And it was all pretty informal and people did not have to,
42 like submit things that they wanted to discuss or anything
43 like that?
44 A. From recollection, the agenda would be headed up as
45 you have said. It would be passed around to those present
46 and if they wanted to raise an issue or have an issue
47 discussed, it would be discussed.
48
49 Q. Right, and the meetings were very informal?
50 A. Well --
51
52 Q. There was not a formal Chair?
53 A. No. There was not a formal Chair but somebody would
54 have to take some sort of control to move on to other
55 business. Somebody would write the minutes and you would
56 move on.
57
58 Q. Right. So when you say somebody taking control you mean
59 somebody announces the next item that is on the agenda so
60 people can move on to that?
