It is notable how much the "taking of notes" comes up throughout these proceedings

[gristy]

The takeaway for all those paying attention is that taking notes is a good idea. Talking to your doctor, to your accountant, to your handyman, not to mention to POTUS. Always a good idea.

[Nevilledog]

1. Or perhaps during meetings with Putin.

[at140]

2. No wonder government is so complex!

As I listen to the impeachment hearing, what I am learning is how complex our government system is. Too many people take time to write down too many notes. Then their staff has to perform the library function to maintain all those notes. And it requires storage infrastructure and software to maintain it all on electronic media. And I am sorry but there are simply too many cooks in the kitchen. Too many ambassadors, too many intelligence agencies, too many staff members in the white house, too much travel abroad, too many meetings....to the point of indigestion.

Then trying to dis-entangle all this mess in hearings....boggles my mind.

[tanyev]

3. And there are numerous reports that DOTUS hates it when people are taking notes.

[2naSalit]

4. Note taking is a serious way to CYA...nt

[handmade34]

5. Sondland

is a hotelier that paid to play ambassador... he is not serious

[at140]

7. Yeah, he is smirking all the time...eom

[backtoblue]

8. +1

[lunatica]

6. Every college student knows they had better take notes.

You can’t rely solely on your memory, nor should you, if you want to retain facts. Very few people have photographic memories.

Even meetings have notes taken. If there is ever a dispute the notes are referenced. And everyone agrees to accept the notes as the final determination.

Notes are proof of corroboration of what someone claims is something that happened.

[at140]

9. College students have a different objective

They are trying to get good grades in return for the huge money and effort they are putting in.
These ambassador types, all they do is chat with numerous elected politicians. And they are not working for a degree.
If they took notes of all the chatter, it is almost impossible, due to lack of energy, lack of staff, lack of reward.

[lunatica]

10. Plotting Constitutional crimes is not just chatting it up.

Being an ex college student my education meant much more than getting good grades. I actually learned a great deal and it has made all the difference in my life.

[at140]

11. You wuz lucky! I got my master's in Mechanical Engineering from Univ of Iowa

and when I began working in an industrial firm, I soon found out I knew very little how machines are designed and manufactured in the real world. But my master's degree in a field with highest student drop out rate did give me one thing..ability to learn quickly. That was the only real benefit and it did propel me towards success.

[lunatica]

14. Funny that. I worked in Administration in

The College of Engineering in UC Berkeley for years. It consistently rated in the top 2 or 3 university spots in the world, up there with the Ivy League Universities.

[at140]

15. Funny my best college friend from undergraduate college

in India went to UC Berkley for his graduate degree. I chose Iowa because it was the least expensive school even though due to my superb grades (haha) from engineering college in India, all 5 universities I had applied to had given me admission. (Perdue, Michigan U, Univ of Illinois, Ohio), I guess I was bucking for a mid-western location lol...that was eons ago back in the 1960's.

[Johnny2X2X]

12. Any professional takes notes

It's just part of your job no matter what it is, when you reach a certain level it's expected to having meeting minutes of everything.

[at140]

13. In my job, never had time to write down notes of what was said

in meetings. I relied on a memo coming through summarizing the conclusions.