Sarah J. Jackson: Don’t ever let anyone tell you that a huge part of being an academic isn’t having meetings about the formation of committees that have meetings to report to other committees in meetings. But also task forces and initiatives, with meetings to report to committees.

Don’t ever let anyone tell you that a huge part of being an academic isn’t having meetings about the formation of committees that have meetings to report to other committees in meetings. But also task forces and initiatives, with meetings to report to committees.

Everyone likes shared governance until they learn about the meetings

You’re forgetting the Boards and Councils

Which will recommend the formation of more committees

Also, that you'll repeat this cycle every few years regarding the exact same issues.

On Thursday, I literally have a 4 hour meeting scheduled to convene the Committee on Committees!

You should open with a motion that discussing the procedure to select the chair and vice-chair should be added to the agenda

Hahahahahaha! I’m retired from research administration in an academic healthcare setting. Did you mention a subcommittee focused on who appoints committee members? If it’s not the Dean, academics won’t care. If it’s not the Chief, physician-researchers won’t care. Mean Girls go to Med School.

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