>people flatly refused to discuss anything that wasn't put on agenda in advance, never mind that it may have taken five minutes and may have involved three guys, instead of having everybody read about it for the next meeting.
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>Have you considered that unscheduled discussions between 3 guys in a meeting with others who have not had an opportunity to prepare but who will be said to have been party to the discussion and its conclusions, is one of the primary tactics used by the sorts of "crooks" to whom you refer in another thread?

If they want the rest to make a decision based on that, sure.

I was referring to discussion between programmers about things most of them know and can talk about right off the bat. Or maybe I was wrong there ;).