Reflection 4

Date of meeting: June 17th, 2009
Location of meeting: Group 3 Chatroom on D2L
Time of meeting: 5:18pm - 8:30pm
Names of members present: Kevin Jack, Nate Anderson, Kristen Underhill, Jason Nesler & Amy Sanders
Names of members absent: No one absent
Names of any guests attending: No Guests

Some of us had had some computer problems at this meeting. One couldn't watch episodes 3 & 4 and one had severe computer problems. Part of the reason for this was D2L wasn't functioning properly. Several times I had to leave the chat to refresh the D2L page but at times, I kept getting error messages.

Throughout the entire meeting, we talked Survivor. We talked about the tribes and the individuals in the tribes. We agreed on most individuals and their personalities. We really didn't disagree on any of the individuals on the tribes since we all saw the same thing coming from the tribes. In the middle of the chat (again), we switched topics. This is starting to be the norm of the group - switching topics and going back.


We determined that we needed to meet again. We picked 12:00pm on Sunday, 6/21. I told the group that I maybe late by a couple minutes since I was attending the meeting from the library and the library didn't open until 12:00pm on the dot. Then we went back to discussion the characters on Survivor (back to our regularly scheduled chat).


Back to Survivor. While discussing the characters or actors, we seemed to agree on mostly everyone. We went in order based on the actor's first name. After discussing someone for a little bit, someone decided to move on to the next person. And agreed... and agreed... and agreed. No one really took the "devil's advocate" role and disagreed with the other group member (meaning enrolled in the class, not the tribe).


Amy & Jason left the meeting early since both had to get ready for work; therefore leaving Kristen, Nate & myself discussing what to do next. Due to the fact that the project was due on Monday and that left us with very little time, I thought that meeting Sunday might be crunching it a little bit and I suggested an optional meeting on Saturday to discuss part 2. Kristen mentioned in the chat that her sister was getting married and was in the wedding itself and wouldn't be available to attend. Sunday we would finalize part 3 & the paper.


After the meeting, I sent out an e-mail that stated:

All,

We decided to split Part 1 in groups of 3s or 4s. According to the description of the assignment, we're supposed to: Describe roles, values, needs, behaviors, types of messages sent, and so forth. Below is what we decided on who should cover who.
1 - Ace, Bob, Charlie (Kristen)
2 - Corinne, Crystal, Dan (Nate)
3 - Danny/GC, Gillian, Jacquie (Amy)
4 - Kelly, Ken, Marcus, Matty (Jason)
5 - Michelle, Paloma, Randy, Susie (Kevin)

Amy and Jason, can you please e-mail the group by Friday on your thoughts and ideas about Parts 2 & 3?

This is just a reminder that we will meet in the D2L chat room Sunday, 6/21 (the first day of summer and Father's Day!!!) at noon. There will be an optional meeting on Saturday, 6/20 at 11:00am. Amy & Jason, can you join Nate & myself? We'll be discussing part 2 on Saturday and finalizing part 2 & discuss part 3 on Sunday. Kristen won't be joining us on Saturday since she has a wedding to attend.

Remember to post your discussions on the board, especially 8a, the case study question.

Thanks and have a great rest of the week and "see" you this weekend!!!! :)

Kevin

We didn't have time to discuss the case study since it was getting to be too late. It was easier to discussion on the boards instead of wasting more time.

This meeting went a little too long. Almost a 3 hour meeting, when in previous meetings, they lasted an hour to an hour and a half. While I don't mind these types of meetings, I can't be starring into a computer screen (and sitting for 3 hours straight). I start to get a little antsy sitting down for an extended amount of time, without some type of break.