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Originally posted by lyrelyre
Are the meetings so long because of speeches? We have a "primary" before final elections to narrow down to two candidates.
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Yes and no: We only had at the max 3 canidates running for each office, mostly 2. They would each make 5 minute speeches, then we would get a question answer part for each canidate. After that, we'd discuss with all the canidates out of the room, every brother getting a minute if they wanted it. Speeches/Q&A took about 30-45 minutes, and with 32 men in the chapter, it took another 20 at least to go around the room.
Giving everyone a minute sounds like it adds on time, but I really like it, cause that way everyone gets their chance to speak, we have some quieter guys who really need that opportunity to speak up, and some louder guys who need that minute to contain themselves.