Good to see all of you here at Austin Java; I'm glad to see everyone made it by eight… well, except for Steve… who was 20 minutes late. That's OK; I'm sure everyone will make note of that in his or her group evaluation.

Ok, well let's get started, shall we? First of all, let me just say that I spent the past semester interning for an active State Representative, so I know a little bit about staff meetings, workplace relations, and upper-level management. Basically, whenever I've been placed in a group setting and given a task to complete, I usually defer to my natural leadership tendencies to get the job done quickly and thoroughly. Trust me guys, leading group projects is in my blood. And I bleed leadership yellow.

First, I thought we could outline strategies for optimizing our time spent on the project. I think that we should schedule several rehearsals for our presentation, so I went ahead and booked a local community theatre for the next three Friday nights of the month. I also took the liberty of moving up the day of our presentation so we can set the bar high for everyone else. You can thank me later when we get an A. I'm sorry, A+.

Guys, let me tell you, I've been in group projects so bad that I had to do ALL of the work by myself. But I don't think that will be the case for this group; you guys seem very responsible and very open to criticism. For example, if Jenny's job is to make a 15-slide PowerPoint presentation with checkerboard down transitions, and she comes back with vertical blinds transitions, then she shouldn't have any problem when I e-mail her, asking her for both an explanation and a correction.

And if Rob comes to presentation day dressed in non-creased khaki slacks, I don't think he would have any problem going to Comet Cleaners immediately for an emergency creasing. Guys, we can do this! The right attitude means everything in a group project.

Ok, I need to get everyone's e-mail addresses, Twitter accounts, and instant messaging screen names so I can give you updates and progress reports. We only have 6 weeks left to finish the project so we really can't afford to get behind. And Rob, I see you texting on that cell phone… if you're going to tell your mom that you love her, you need to do it on your own time.

Well then, I think it's about time to wrap things up, so here, take one of these group meeting review forms and fill it out, front and back. I hope that you guys will give me 5 out of 5 on the group leader portion; I think we've had a very productive time in this casual dining establishment. Also, if you don't have anything to do this weekend, I'm having a little cookout at my apartment on Saturday. I'll have some drinks, and we can watch NUMB3RS on CBS. We could do all kinds of crazy things! You know, if you're bored or something, you should come out. Really.