Meeting Reflection

Date: Tuesday 19th March/ 2012

Present:

•  Ghaith Al-Muhairbi - H00234997 - Chairman
• Naser Al-Malood - H00210315 - Minute Taker
• Abdulaziz Mundhir - H00209831 - Secretary

Reflection:

We started the meeting by Ghaith who talked about house maids and their problems. First, we discussed the problem that maids commit many crimes and raise our kids. I (Abdulaziz) said: maids don't care about the houses they work in because they are not theirs and they have bad thoughts about family members. Then Ghaith said: maids are teaching our kids their attitudes and cultures. After that, Naser said: some maids commit crimes like murders, steeling and running away.Next, Ghaith started to talk about the agenda and then I said that treating maids politely will decrease their bad attitudes and it's the best way to prevent their problems. Naser talked about awareness of parents and most parents don't know anything about their maids and their work; we should do a campaign to raise awareness. Ghaith gave us a great solution that we can put hidden cameras to be aware about every thing maids do. Finally, we ended our meeting after we agreed on a point that said maids raise our children and are a huge part of their lives, we should be wise when picking them, and we need to take these precautions to prevent any harm to the family or anything.

Meeting Agenda

Minutes:

                                                                                                                                           

·         Started meeting about house maids

·         Ghaith talked about the problems that come with hiring maids

·         Abdulaziz said that maids don’t care about the houses they work in because they’re not theirs

·         Naser stated that food poisoning occurs, because most of them didn’t have professional training

·         Ghaith said, theft, kidnapping and murder are some of the crimes that maids commit

·         Ghaith started talking about their agenda, and their solutions to these problems

·         Abdulaziz said that, treating the maids in a polite way will decrease their bad attitudes

·         Ghaith stated, setting up surveillance cameras around the house to monitor the maids

·         Abdulaziz said to increase penalties on maids that run away

·         Naser added that we should raise awareness in parents

·         Ghaith said, family members should do their own work without the help of the maids

·         Abdulaziz said that we shouldn’t give them cell phones, because they forget their jobs

·         Meeting ended

Recommendations: 

1)      Treating maids politely to let them feel as part of the family.

2)      Begin relying on family members for house chores and babysitting.

3)      Set surveillance cameras around the house to monitor the maids.

4)      Give free parenting lessons to newlyweds to help them raise the kids properly.

5)      Letting the maids use the house phone to contact their families once a week.

Meeting Agenda

Problem: Maid Problems in the UAE

Date of meeting: 2012-03-08

Venue: T001

Group members:

-          Chairman: Ghaith

-          Minute taker: Nasser

-          Participant: Abdulaziz

Venue preparation:

Grouping of chairs round tables

Agenda:

-          Raise awareness in parents to let them start raising their kids properly

-          Surveillance cameras, to detect improper behavior inside the house

-          Increase penalties on runaway maids

-          Give family members chores for them to start relying on themselves and to help the maids

-          Treating maids in a polite way to rid them of some of their bad attitudes and thoughts