Y esterday was the final departmental meeting for Spring 2026. Hallelujah! Our current chair has gradually increased the frequency of these meetings during the two years since he took over the position from our previous chair who was, mercifully, a bit less hands-on. These sessions always go on twice as long as is necessary. Mind numbing is an apt term. My apparently contrarian view is that if a group of people can't get through what needs to be covered in an hour or less, then there is some serious trimming of "business" to do. Sadly, said chair -- someone I genuinely like as a person, so I play along -- has deemed it necessary to add to these sessions come the fall semester/term additional mandatory in-person meetings. Plus several optional online meetings during the 15-weeks for the fall and spring. Optional, but "strongly encouraged" nonetheless. I don't know about you, but I don't need quite that much Friday ...
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