Meeting time changes in 2008

Due to a rule change by the city of Euless, we will be required to end our meetings by 9 p.m. in 2008.

This will require some adjustments so we can get in as many critiques as possible. We'll start the meetings at 6:45 p.m. Wednesday instead of 7 p.m. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes members who have to drive across the Metroplex in rush hour traffic to get to the meeting. We'll look the other way if people walk in a few minutes late.

We'll do our utmost to get the business stuff and first break out of the way by 7:15 p.m. and dive right into critiqes. Each person will still have 20 minutes total. With break time and cleanup, this means we'll fit in only four reads per room. So we'll most likely end up splitting into four and sometimes even five rooms instead of the usual two or three.

If we work together and don't dawdle, we should still be able to have very productive meetings in the allotted time. We'll still work to get our old closing time back, but in the meantime let's give this new situation a try.