Complex decisions lead to alternate solutions, each of which results in another meeting. Participants model complex decisions on the computer via spread sheet, or planning tool. Team is self-facilitating, using the computer and other media to work together. Minutes approved as they are being developed, becomes collaborative process, basis for producing memos, summaries, reports. Participation is not invited.
Meeting is formal and linear.
People bored or anxious for it to be over. Leader, presenter use computer to share information, leadership, responsibility for learning. At best a set of out-dated, questionably thorough, poorly authorized meeting Minutes to file. Distribution of approved results within a day. Questions and comments can be added to and stored with the presentation data, cross-indexed by project.