Saturday 'Tension-based agenda' meeting (new meeting time!)

A chance to catch up and ease into the session together, and arrive in time for meeting to start on time.

Quick review and alignment on how we want to engage during this session.

• Why meeting agreements? S3 Pattern: "Contract for Successful Collaboration"

• Artful Particiaption

• Who will monitor chat?

• Who will receive the transcript and produce and distribute a meeting summary, by when?

• Consent to Agenda?

• Consent to facilitation?

Let's identify one or two agreements from the charter we'd like to form habits around.
This becomes a opportunity to quickly reflect on how this is going.

Share important updates that you believe are necessary.
Ideally you already shared this info asynchronously prior to the meeting.

*"No theatre" is an acknowledgement that this activity can incentivize well-intentioned yet performative behaviour with little actual benefit to the group.

How to create and format an Agenda Item:

Structure your agenda item as though you are getting a need met. You should be able to identify what 'complete' looks like for now and assess how long you think it will take, and how important it is (on a scale of 1-3, 1 being most important).

Examples:

• Nominate a person to attend a conference (2, Alice, 4 min)

• I am experiencing a tension around _____ and need a brief discussion to help find direction (1, Michael, 10 min)

• [Describe your agenda item] ([priority level], [your name], [estimated time box])

Quick reflection on what you noticed, what you’re  celebrating, and potential actionable improvements.