2019-Feb-2. Life intervened for Steve and Mike. Fortunately, new member Susan Tipton, an experienced discussion leader from her professional life, agreed to lead the meeting. It was a smashing success.

   Even more eye-opening, Susan made extensive notes about the discussion highlights and generated a report for us. While Steve and I try to do this, we fail to follow up as much as we would like. There are relevant time constraints, not to mention our active involvement (i.e., we both sometimes talk too much to take good notes).

    Here are a few of her observations:

• We should have a meeting about hearing loss and aids. Lots of dissatisfaction expressed.
• Turmeric interferes with blood thinner Coumadin. Turmeric is not always magic
• People much prefer canes and walking sticks that FOLD!
• People would like recommendations for doctors

Note: We encourage discussions of experience, but it is our policy to avoid endorsements by the group

• A smaller group (12 with 3 new) was just right to allow everyone to talk.

• Robert was very helpful soliciting comments from the new people. A new job for him?
• Max returned. We are so glad for his return after the death of his wonderful wife.
• A lot of endorsements for B12 [Note: only useful if tests show B12 levels are too low]
• Great interest in article “Do you know where your feet are?” brought by Tom Pasco

–Mike’s Takeaway:

1. At every meeting we should try to recruit a “recording secretary” to take notes and write them up. We need a way to incorporate such notes into our contact data. 
   
   
2. We need a “tickler file” and a volunteer to check that it’s followed up.  Currently Steve & Mike email each other for that. Not always reliable.

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