Three naval oil fields, Elk Hills and Buena Vista Hills in California and Teapot Dome in Wyoming, was public land that were reserved by previous presidents to be emergency underground oil supplies to be used by navy only when regular oil supplies diminished.

The Teapot Dome oil field received its name because of a rock resembling a teapot that was located above oil-bearing land.

In June, 1920, Congress passed a bill that stated that Secretary of Navy would have power "to conserve, develop, use and operate same in his discretion, directly or by contract, lease, or otherwise, and to use, store, exchange, or sell oil and gas products thereof, and those from all royalty oil from lands in naval reserves, for benefit of United States."

In 1921 Albert Fall was appointed as Secretary of Interior by President Warren Harding.

"To get something done a meeting should consist of no more than three people, two of whom are absent." ~author unknown

One of complaints I hear most often is about number of meetings people attend during any given week. It isn't only quantity, but duration and ineffectiveness that seem to cause problems. Conducting effective meetings is part of practicing effective time management and something we cover during my workshop so I thought a recap of some meeting guidelines would be helpful:

Before meeting… Create and distribute an agenda. If others are involved, get their contributions by asking them to provide 3 things: topic, time needed to discuss it and purpose. Create a level of expectation that without this information, item won't be placed on Agenda. Identify specific actions and outcomes for Agenda inclusion because this will determine who should be attend. Try to keep number of participants between 4 and 7. State when meeting will begin and end and try to honor those times.