another committee????

 I am not a meeting sort of person.  This statement may surprise those who know me well because I have attended many, many committee meetings in my lifetime.  A conservative estimate would be 1,800.  But my behavior doesn't always match that of my fellow attendees. I almost always arrive early and I do appreciate meetings that begin on time.  I am happy to chitchat with other committee members before the meeting but, once the meeting starts, I want it to be all business.  I don't appreciate people who feel compelled to explain why they're late in excruciating detail, unless it's a really exciting story involving a skunk in their back yard or a bird that got into the house. When I chair a meeting I am almost always able to keep it under an hour, start to finish.  But I think what really sets me apart from my fellow committee members is what happens after the meeting.  I leave.  I don't stand around in the hallway or parking lot hashing over everything that was discussed and decided in the meeting, or engaging in general gossip. I guess I just don't know how to play the 'meeting after the meeting' game. I suppose if someone didn't approve of my possible lack of meeting manners, they could ask me to resign.  No one ever has.