Project: Interview a Committee Member
In this project, you'll interview a member of a committee that was responsible for planning a major event or purchase. A church committee that is conducting a search for a new minister would be a fine example. So would a planning committee for a union trying to decide whether its members should strike, or a neighborhood holding a big summer party.

The only limitation is that the goal needs to have been a committee-accomplished action, not an individual one, and that the committee needs to have met a number of times, not be a single meeting committee. You may interview your committee member in person, by phone, or virtually, though it's hardest to get good details virtually.

This project has two parts. In your interview, you'll communicate with the committee member to determine what went well in working with the group members and what went badly. You should be as specific in this matter as you can.

In the second part, you want to learn from this person's experience: what action would you to try to avoid the negative experiences and make the committee work better? Here again, you must be specific.

Write a 300-word essay that summarizes what you learned. Upload your essay below for your instructor to review.

Submit your essay summarizing what you have learned from your interview with a member of a committee that was responsible for planning a major event or purchase.