Roles of communication

Our UU fellowship held a town hall today, organized by its Committee on Ministry, having to do with growth, I think. Two thoughts and one piece of feedback filtered through my sugar-imbued brain during the meeting.

The two thoughts were:

1. Unless an exchange has taken place verbally, people don't feel that they've been fully communicated with. People were saying things like, "that phonecall I received last night on the phone chain is why I'm here. I also heard, "I miss having the announcements at the beginning of services; I wish that we didn't have to cut that piece short."

2. An important part of communication is leaving people with the feeling that they've had their say. Venue is important to inclusion...different people feel comfortable in different types of settings when trying to communicate.

The one piece of feedback was that someone out there thought our board was not doing a good job communicating with the fellowship. Whether this is a matter of not communicating fully, or not providing a sounding board for opinion, I can't say.