Observation I went to observe a meeting of the This is an organization of select craftsmen who try and get there handcrafted wares to the public. The purpose of the meeting is to plan and organize craft shows and how they are going to get the people to come to the shows. The main topics of the meeting was craft shows and different items the members were going to try and sell to the public. The organization meets once a month to discuss any new business. This month the meeting was held on November second at six-thirty in.There were four members on the cabinet who get together to plan and schedule the meetings. They asked me not to reveal any of their names. The four members of the cabinet are the president, vice president, secretary, and the treasurer. The secretary was the newest member of the cabinet. The meeting that I observed was the first meeting that the secretary was able to fulfill her duties. There were also three other new members in the group that decided to join the organization. In order to be in the organization, all the regular members have to do is pay a membership fee but the cabinet members must be elected by the other cabinet members and by the other members of the group. When all of the members arrived at the meeting, the president asked the older members to stay outside and all of the new members to come in and sit down. The president passed out little booklets. She gave one to me. It was the agenda of what the group was going to discuss at the meeting. After she passed out the agenda the president explained all of the rules and regulations the members are asked to follow. When she was done talking with the new members, she asked the older members in the group to come in. She passed the agendas out to the rest of the members. I can tell there was primary tension between the new members because they just sat there at the beginning of the meeting and ...
