Too Short? I can tell you how to make them longer if you will tell me how to make them shorter!!! Our meetings come in at just about an hour and a half and I would do anything, and I mean ANYTHING to get them down to an hour.
Our meetings run very long for several reasons. I think the main one is because it is hard to get everyone to agree on things. Everyone has an idea of how something should be done. I'm already called "The Dictator", so I try to let everyone have their say. And that of course leads right into the "My Idea Is Better Than Yours" game.
Another reason ours runs long is because I load the agenda with business. A typical agenda begins with an open forum. This is where anyone can speak their mind, be it compliments, problems, ideas, etc. We do not respond to this and it is recorded seperately from the minutes. At the next officers meeting, we discuss putting open forum suggestions, comments, etc. on to the business agenda. We follow open forum with an introduction of officers, the principal, asst. principal, any district office bigwigs, and guests. I usually give the principal a few minutes to speak, as well as the asst. principal.
We then read the prior month's minutes and do the treasury report. Next, I have the various Chairs give one or two minutes reports on their committees. Then we discuss fundraising as a separate issue, as I handle the fundraising on a day to day basis. Following this, is Teacher's Forum, where teachers get to ask for stuff they need. Followed by Old Business and then New Business. We usually play the "Can't Agree On This" game for a while, ending up with me getting ticked off, calling 5 minutes to finish before I shelve the dang thing. The only reason our meetings are getting shorter is because we are completing our events. We fill that time with working on the bylaws, or coming up, making gifts for our various Staff Appreciation Day's. Believe me when I say that this will eat up your time and you'll be wondering why the words Guest Speaker ever entered your mind...lol...