Sunday, December 11, 2005
MAPA Convening Board September 12, 2005
Our local priests' union leadership met September 12, 2005. Their Treasurer is our former pastor. He couldn't attend but emailed in.
Which causes me to laugh nostalgically. It goes on
Fr. Dick must not yet have mastered search engines.
The annual meeting of the full membership was coming up.
[The only local reference I found for a Dr. Manelli was with regard to a psychotherapy called induced after-death communication (IADC), which appears to claim to have replaced seance with science. Perhaps he'll talk about a promise to consult with the dead.]
Returning to another topic
Planning for that went on the agenda for their next meeting set for October 10, 2005, the minutes of which are not yet posted. ¶ 12/11/2005 08:05:00 AM
[Fr.] Dick Aiken also requested a consideration of increasing dues from $25.00 to $30.00 ...
Which causes me to laugh nostalgically. It goes on
...we decided that at this time, the dues amount should remain at $25.00.
Fr. Dick must not yet have mastered search engines.
Dick Aiken also inquired as to our website address ...
The annual meeting of the full membership was coming up.
We finalized the Agenda for the General Meeting on September 29th. Chuck Schramm will be in touch with Dr. Mannelli about his presentation The Promise to Consult, a Reciprocal Agreement.
[The only local reference I found for a Dr. Manelli was with regard to a psychotherapy called induced after-death communication (IADC), which appears to claim to have replaced seance with science. Perhaps he'll talk about a promise to consult with the dead.]
The "Focus Group" reports includes this confession.
Peace Group -- since we don't have clear leadership, we will continue to cooperate and monitor the activities of the group started by Mark Peters.
Returning to another topic
[Fr.] Dave Cooper sent email to Fr. Donald Cozzens to pursue his interest in meeting with the priests of the Archdiocese for discussion on Friday, November 4 while he is in town for the Call to Action Convention.
Planning for that went on the agenda for their next meeting set for October 10, 2005, the minutes of which are not yet posted. ¶ 12/11/2005 08:05:00 AM
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I am amused with the delayed time-warp in which the priest’s union meeting minutes are being posted on the MAPA site. Perhaps they are following a protocol advanced by their new secretary.
While at his prior parish, despite noted absence at school committee meetings, he reviewed and edited meeting minutes before they could be released for publication.
This process served to mask the growing “consensus” of discontent among the school families who, year after year, found the principal’s performance to be unacceptable.
As the school’s enrollment continued a downward spiral, the principal was repeatedly cited as the primary reason for families leaving the school; any references and discussions to that effect were severely sanitized from meeting minutes.
It makes me wonder if any significant content and dialogue disappears from MAPA minutes while the delay occurs...
While at his prior parish, despite noted absence at school committee meetings, he reviewed and edited meeting minutes before they could be released for publication.
This process served to mask the growing “consensus” of discontent among the school families who, year after year, found the principal’s performance to be unacceptable.
As the school’s enrollment continued a downward spiral, the principal was repeatedly cited as the primary reason for families leaving the school; any references and discussions to that effect were severely sanitized from meeting minutes.
It makes me wonder if any significant content and dialogue disappears from MAPA minutes while the delay occurs...
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: 11:44 PM
The time lag probably results from the need to approve the minutes at the next meeting, and then the webmaster having to convert them to a pdf file and post them on the web site. Far be it from me to criticize for slow posting another unpaid volunteer webmaster.
My experience from our parish council was that minutes were "edited" by going "off the record" during the meeting, rather than later editing out anything of substance. The MAPA leadership might not even read its minutes. After all, Fr. Aiken asked for the web site address at the September 12th meeting, even though it was in the minutes of the March 18th meeting at which he was "discerned" as Secretary.
On the other hand, the June 13, 2005 minutes refer to minutes of a May 9, 2005 meeting, and the May 9 meeting minutes are not posted on the MAPA web site. I can remember a time when we'd all assume an innocent explanation because they're priests.
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My experience from our parish council was that minutes were "edited" by going "off the record" during the meeting, rather than later editing out anything of substance. The MAPA leadership might not even read its minutes. After all, Fr. Aiken asked for the web site address at the September 12th meeting, even though it was in the minutes of the March 18th meeting at which he was "discerned" as Secretary.
On the other hand, the June 13, 2005 minutes refer to minutes of a May 9, 2005 meeting, and the May 9 meeting minutes are not posted on the MAPA web site. I can remember a time when we'd all assume an innocent explanation because they're priests.
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