On "Meetings"

In the interest of all-inclusiveness, we should reconsider what we call "meetings". The term "meetings" has an authoritarian, top-down feel. When we have "meetings", whether they be team meetings or IEP meetings, there is not a feeling of equality and value. The meetings are usually called by the person in "charge". The reality is that someone has to call it. Why don't we change what we call the "meeting" itself? The gathering of the team should be called a "union" or a "re-union". If we want to create a culture of inclusiveness, we need to take command of the language we use. All words have implications. Our intent with our gatherings should reflect what we call them. Re-union is a wonderful word that implies unity, and a return to unity. Everyone being on the same page holding the same weight.