Recorder

In a group modelling workshop, writing down or sketching the important parts of the group proceedings is the task of the recorder. Together with the notes of the modeller/reflector and the transparencies or the notes of the facilitator, the notes, drawings and maps made by the recorder should allow a reconstruction of the thinking of the group. This person must be experienced enough as a systems thinker and modeller to know what to record and what to ignore (Richardson and Andersen, 1995: 113-137). The approach advocated in this book involves a focal group working together in a workshop situation developing and recording their own models, representations of problem situations and proposed risk mitigation strategies. A separate recorder still may be used to make the process more reliable and to speed it up. Also see process coach, modeller/reflector, modelling gatekeeper, facilitator/elicitor.