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40 THE RURAL VOICE
ADVICE
MAKING THE MOST
OF MEETINGS
I have often heard it said that all
winter long a farmer could have free
noon meals Monday to Friday by
attending the various winter meetings.
The original intent of winter
meetings was to pass on new infor-
mation. But sometimes I think this
idea has been surpassed by the idea that
"whoever gets the most people to their
meeting wins."
From this later notion came the
big noon luncheons with two pieces of
pie, the door prizes, the big -name
speakers, and the odd free drink after
the meeting. Now, Lest I get every
catering group in southern Ontario
upset at me for making these com-
ments, I'd better suggest to you how
to make the most of these meetings.
One of the first suggestions is that
you be choosy about whom you spend
time listening to. If there is only one
speaker at a meeting who you are
interested in hearing, you should not
feel obligated to sit through the rest of
the meeting. If you must spend time
at a meeting waiting for the speaker
you want to hear, make use of that
time. Take reading material with you.
Or make lists of things you must do.
If somebody else wastes my time, I
can complain, but if I waste my own
time, I can only blame myself.
If there is a speaker of high profile,
a politician, for example, or a uni-
versity professor, go prepared. They
are not apt to make any policy state-
ments or tell you anything new, but
they are there to meet the fanners.
Take advantage of this opportunity to
ask questions. Make the questions pos-
itive and constructive. Often, ideas for
policy change come from good ques-
tions that were left unanswered at a
meeting. Politicians in particular do
not like to leave questions unanswered.
If you ask them a good question, they
will go back to their office and ask the
same question there.
Looking at "data" is a favourite
item on the agendas of winter meet-
ings. Quite often these data consist of
numbers 30 lines deep and 8 or 10
lines across. I have often noticed far-
mers nodding as if in agreement as
slide after slide fills the screen.
Typically, the person presenting this