The absurdity of committees (in 140 characters)
Jan.21, 2009 in
Higher Education in General, Twitter
Last week I challenged my followers on Twitter to come up with their most ridiculous committee story in 140 characters. Here is what they came up with:
What’s your favorite story about the absurdity of committees? Leave a comment!
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January 21st, 2009
Who is chairing this research?
January 21st, 2009
WOW. Really not much else to say to that one!
I overheard someone at SEM in Anaheim that they had a committee of more than 70 people. I forget their purpose, but were it not for higher education, the large size of such committees would not be possible. Only in higher ed is there availability of room spaces that could hold 70 people (and more). The corporate world is limited to the size of a boardroom whereas higher ed, the size of a classroom.
See…making classes smaller has student and institutional benefit! ;o)
January 21st, 2009
When I was a Sports Information Director at Chicago State University, I was on a committee for the CoSIDA group (some acronym for SIDs). The name of this committee?
“Committee on Committees.”
January 22nd, 2009
Last year my boss told me I was going to be heading up an ad-hoc committee for faculty recognition policy.
I had no IDEA what that meant! I chaired it anyway!
Turns out this is what it was for: “Should we give a faculty member flowers when they have a baby, get married, or are sick? Maybe only after they’ve been here for 3 years and are considered long-term.” WHAAAA? Waste. Of. Time.
January 22nd, 2009
We all hate committee work but it is a fact of life in higher ed. Instead of complaining I try to work the best I can within the system to do the best for my institution. I make decisions where I can and collaborate when I can to gain consensus.
February 2nd, 2009
[...] doesn’t get a lot done. It’s funny [when I am] reading reading your posts and a post that Karlyn had a while back about committees. One thing I try to do, when going into meetings (even committee meetings) is always come away [...]