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===Meeting Length===
===Meeting Length===
One suggestion James made was that meetings should be shorter. He suggested that some people had been put off by the sometimes lengthy technical discussions that took place and never returned.  This was certainly a valid point although perhaps no different to what always happens when new members decide how heavily they wish to be involved.  Station meetings in May/June 2004 certainly were sometimes quite long, however this was immediately after the election of a large number of new officers who all had their ideas on how to run the society, and after a couple of terms of fairly short meetings where the [[Gang Of Four]] were largely running the station alone.  There was also no evidence that the length of meetings was doing anything to put off the core of active members who has been with the station all year.  However, suggestions such as stand-up meetings or a rigid 30 minute time limit were rejected by many as too strong a reaction, and contributed (perhaps unfairly) to the image that the new [[Station Director]] was not taking enough issues to the membership and instead taking key decisions himself.     
One suggestion James made was that meetings should be shorter. He suggested that some people had been put off by the sometimes lengthy technical discussions that took place and never returned.  This was certainly a valid point although perhaps no different to what always happens when new members decide how heavily they wish to be involved.  Station meetings in May/June 2004 certainly were sometimes quite long, however this was immediately after the election of a large number of new officers who all had their ideas on how to run the society, and after a couple of terms of fairly short meetings where the [[Gang Of Four]] were largely running the station alone.  There was also no evidence that the length of meetings was doing anything to put off the core of active members who has been with the station all year.  However, suggestions such as stand-up meetings or a rigid 30 minute time limit were rejected by many as too strong a reaction, and contributed (perhaps unfairly) to the image that the new [[Station Director]] was not taking enough issues to the membership and instead taking key decisions himself.     
===Personal Rumours===
At one point, a highly personal rumour appeared about James. I have no idea where it came from, nor the fine details of the rumour itself. It is therefore in no way appropriate at all to discuss it here except to say that it happened, and James sent a people email attacking the unnamed person/people who started it. Some saw this as a bad move as it simply highlighted the existence of the rumour, but James was understandably and justifiably upset. It is a shame that the rumour was brought to the fore, as it seemed that few people actually knew about it.


==Vote of No-Confidence==
==Vote of No-Confidence==
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