I like the idea of the "talking stick " on the list.
I heard a similiar story re a parent group at a school in Canberra,
Australia. i must be honest and say I do not remember it clearly but the
gist of it was that the roles of president, secretary etc. changed randomly.
In effect the current president would turn up at your house and advise
you that you were the office holder for the next period of time.
If anyone is interested I may be able to track down some more info.
I will be out of town for the next 2 weeks so will be signing off until
mid novemebr
Regards
denis