Define our meeting formats

Define our options for meeting formats:

If a speaker or discussion leader is unavailable, consider the following:

1. Label one end of the room ‘Bulls’, the other end ‘Bears’, and the center of the room ‘unsure’.
2. Ask people to declare their expectation of the S&P for the next month by locating themselves in the room.
3. Ask each person to state why they take their current position.
4. Ask people to relocate themselves based on the comments from 3.
5. If everyone is in one location and all people are representative of the whole market then do they want to change their location to be a contrary to the group.

Note: Variations on the above might be to change the labels in #1 to ‘Technical vs Fundamental’.
Option B:

1. Ask each person to introduce themselves to someone they do not know well in the group.
2. Ask each person to summarize the type of investing OR what they want from the group.
3. After 15 minutes, ask each group of two to join with another group of two and repeat #1 & #2.
4. After 15 minutes, ask each group of FOUR to join with another group of FOUR and repeat #1 & #2.
5. Continue to repeat the pattern in #1, 2, 3, & 4 until the group has joined into one large group.
6. Ask each person to sum-up new tips or insights they may discover as a result of the process.