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- From: winsor@geek.NoSubdomain.NoDomain (js)
- Newsgroups: soc.bi
- Subject: Re: crackpots in the bi group
- Date: 21 Nov 1992 17:10:00 GMT
- Organization: Texas Instruments Incorporated, Austin
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- References: <1992Nov20.172408.7219@midway.uchicago.edu> <1ek5g3INNq49@plts.uucp>
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- In article <1ek5g3INNq49@plts.uucp>, tal@plts.uucp (Tom Limoncelli) writes:
- |> Dealing with people who talk too much or dominate a meeting is never
- |> easy. However, we found a solution.
- |>
- |> One thing that we did with Bi Net / NJ was adopt "Koosh Rules" at our
- |> discussion group meeting. You know what a koosh is, right? One of
- |> those colorful rubber-band ball things? Well, Koosh Rules are very
- |> simple.
- I was hoping that this thing was more interesting, the koosh.
-
- |> 1 -- only the person with the koosh can talk.
- What a dull use for such a thing!
- What ever happened to *sharing* your toys?
-
- |> 2 -- when you are done talking, people raise their hand and you throw
- |> the koosh to someone else.
- I agree we should play nicely and take turns...
-
- |> |> 3 -- only the moderator can interupt, and only tell remind people that
- |> they're talking too long. (rarely happens)
- Some people *do* tend to hog the fun stuff.
-
- *HUGS*
- js
-