We began a discussion at the last Moving Train meeting on how to improve the quality of our meetings in order to keep focused on the book, to keep all members involved and active in the discussion, and how to prepare for leading a discussion when it is one's turn.
I think that we can improve our meetings by agreeing to some kinds of consideration of politeness and focus.
I think that when no one has provided a process for discussion, we could find some kind of generic questions that could appy to any non fiction book.
I would suggest looking here:
http://www.thereadingclub.co.uk/GoodQuestionsDiscussionTopics.html and here:
http://www.thereadingclub.co.uk/book-club-rules-and-standards.html
As I said I am not just speaking for myself, people have mentionned their frustrations to me.
Thanks, Dianne