Hi! Sorry I missed your comment Miss Aloha, but in answer to your questions: everything that is accepted as 'study' answers at any meeting....from TMS,service meeting, book study, WT, even mtgs for field service are all in the printed material from which the discussion is taking place. If you care to go beyond what is stated in that literature, it may or may not be appreciated by the conductor. Long time conductors (as I was) often get so bored that presiding over the meeting is rote. If a conductor can rouse himself from the mind-numbing repitition that comes after a few years, he may actually appreciate comments from beyond the material at hand. Others are dyed-in-the-wool-party-line people who go into caniption fits if someone makes a comment other than the assigned material. It really quite individual. Miss Aloha, yes, I am from Maui. Left the organization about 4 years ago to the dismay of my family after having been a 'dub' for well over 45 yrs, and an elder/ms for longer than I care to think about. I've done pretty much all the duties an elder can do: funerals, public talks, conducting meetings, sitting on judicial committees, df'ing people (to whom I ask forgiveness for my upsetting your life), and whatever else comes to mind that a well-reputed elder or ministerial servant can do. I'd like to post a bit of a biograhy, but being technologically challenged I haven't figured out how to do that yet. If anyone knows and cares to educate me thru a PM, it would be appreciated. Many alohas to all on the forum. So far it seems to be an excellent group. Miss Aloha feel free to PM me if you want to chit-chat a bit.