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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You have a meeting once a month for 30 minutes. Is 8:30 the absolute only time you can have that meeting? It's a very annoying time. Or maybe they don't benefit in anyway from the meeting and you have created a situation where they don't care what you think if they come in late. [/quote]

I work in a school that starts at 9:00, so other than having a meeting at 4:30, 8:30 is the latest.  Trust me, I am a mom and have to get kids out of the house too which is why I moved the meeting from 8:15 to 8:30.  I thought I was being nice by giving them an extra 15.[/quote]

Hmmm, this makes things more challenging.  The meeting is outside of their normal work hours, so it does involve a change in people's daily schedule's attend.  I agree with the PP about either presenting the information in another format or having two meeting times and letting them pick which one to attend.  From what you've described, it doesn't sound like this is an interactive meeting but rather a format for disseminating information.  While the information itself may be important, if they aren't active participants in the meeting they may feel like they can get the information some other way and deprioritize getting there on time.

And FWIW, I think it is nice of you to try to accommodate your employees' schedules and needs, so I'm not trying to pile on.  But the change you've made hasn't fixed the problem, so your only options are to find a solution that works better or to start penalizing people for being late (which will likely help but is still not a guarantee).  You might have better luck by just polling people to find out what they think will work for them and designing your solution based on the results.[/quote]

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