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I totally agree with you...

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I totally agree with you...

Submitted by Merlin on September 20, 2005 - 3:19am.

I totally agree with you on summarizing the big points, Jonathan.

When I was doing a lot of project management, I’d send meeting notes that always began—very very first thing—with everyone’s outstanding/changed TODOs:

[ ] - Tina - Call Adrian (555-1212)
[ ] - Chris - 2005-10-01 - Fix snare
[ ] - Jerry - Check on set
[x] - David - Finish bridge

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