3/25/09 - Group meeting

In class on Wednesday, our group met to discuss goals. We were to talk about if we felt that our group was on track and all on the same page. We talked about the group's structure, our strengths, and what can be improved upon. This way, our group can be that much stronger for the rest of the semester.

We decided that our group structure is currently completely lead by Serena (our group leader) with a few others that have stepped up. We felt like this had been good at the beginning but that now we should all be stepping up. One way to do this is to assign more specific tasks to each person so that everyone feels personally responsible to the group. That way, we will be more efficient and all feel like we are contributing to the group.

Our group is great at communicating. Everyone at the meeting said that this was one of our strengths. We decided that in order to make this strength even stronger, we should remember to send out ideas and other information to the whole group every time. This will let everyone in on the communication of the group and who is asking or suggesting what.

One area we want to work on is getting everyone in the group to do well. Some of the group members are excelling while others are not. This is difficult because none of us can force the others to become motivated to do better. We did decide to have each person in the group submit their work to our group leader and then she would pass it on to someone else in the group to proofread. This will, at least, get another set of eyes on their paper. This will also create more accountability in the group.

Overall, our group has been effective in getting our work done and communicating with each other. There is always room for improvement, however. I believe that it is important to take this analysis of our group in the middle of the semester. This way, we can change things that need to be changed and recognize strengths that have developed.