Extensive agendas can lead to problems such as:

• The committee's efforts being directed to day-to-day or urgent issues
• The committee not having time to discuss all of the agenda items and broader or long-term issues
• The committee appearing to be very busy and productive, but actually avoids the hard work or achieve outcomes or
• The committee not facing the real issues.

It is necessary to assess which items are really worth spending time on, where the decisions have direct effects on consumers, both in your preparation, and in committee discussions.