There’s nothing like a bureaucracy! Just take a look at this piece of a Herald-Sun story:

The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education is looking at ways to make its meetings shorter and more efficient.
Board members have held two special meetings to discuss “board operations,” including hashing out ways to shorten meetings.

I have a no muss, no fuss solution: Do your homework, move things along, and stop holding meetings to discuss having shorter meetings.