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Committee of Conundrums: A Timeline of Unending Deliberation
Committee of Conundrums: A Timeline of Unending Deliberation
1987: The Committee of Conundrums forms in response to the pressing need for more meetings in the world.
1990: The first meeting is called, and 17 members attend, all of whom forget what they came for.
1992: The committee adopts the motto "We have a problem, let's talk about it for 3 hours."
1995: The first committee member gets a coffee addiction.
1998: The committee starts keeping minutes, but only because they can't remember who said what.
2000: The committee decides to take a 5-year break, citing "burnout."
2002: The committee returns, but this time with an email address. See the email list.
2005: The committee decides to start taking notes, but only on paper because they hate typing.
2010: The committee realizes it's been meeting for 20 years and has accomplished nothing.
2015: The committee adopts the hashtag #ConundrumsForChange.
2018: The committee starts a podcast.
2022: The committee is still meeting, still deliberating, still getting nowhere.