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?

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