I agree with Wrenchbender.  The shows schedule should include the time and place for the board meeting and the general membership meeting.  Copies of things that are to be voted on or discussed at the members meeting should also be provided when you sign in.  A perfect example was the vote at the winter meeting, for the club to donate $10,000 to the new foundation for establishing a museum. I did not feel that I was qualified to vote after the brief explanation that the members received from the president and the limited number of copies of the draft by-laws that were passed around.  Maybe I should have voted no, but instead I just did not vote. 

Now I know that providing copies for the members may be hard to do for some things especially if they are being worked on during the show, e.g. the by-laws at the winter meeting, but for crying out loud they ought to at least have a schedule put together that could be included with the information you get when you sign in.  I'm not talking about the sponsoring club's agenda, I'm talking about the board.  when I got to the winter meeting the president told me he did not know where or the board and membership meetings  were being held.  Now that they have been true, but if it was it is not very professional.  I know members missed the board meeting and the general membership meeting because they were not aware of the time.  However, everybody knew where and when the banquet was being held, the bus tours were leaving and when the various open houses,e.g. Zimmermans, were being held.  Maybe that is because the club was in charge of those things.

Bill Brandt