Notes from the Open Space Event at Highland Lake 4-26-09

Hello ~

Our April 26th Community Gathering was done using Open Space (www.openspacemeetings.com), a large group dialogue tool that enables every person attending to set the agenda and only talk about the things they find important.

Throughout an Open Space gathering, people take Notes on each of the conversations that took place so that people who did not take part can catch up and connect after the event.

Attached as a PDF files are the Notes, the name of the person who posted each topic, and the list of people who participated in each conversation.

Here are some of the topic names and the people who posted them:
Building Community at Highland Lake — Mary Silva
Joint Venture Group — Rich and Linda
Living Radical Trust Despite Circumstances — Carol Pimentel
Dancing with Nature — Christopher
Building Organic Community Gardens / Compost Anyone? — Dan Watson and Treska Lindsey
Women Wanting to Live in Community NOW! — Marianne Kilkenny
Are There New Rules for the Next Economy? — Terry
Necessity Is the Mother of Invention, How is This True for You? — Pamela
How Can We Live Simply in This Complex World? — Brad Swift
Pick a Direction, How? — Jennifer Broom ( no notes turned in, does anyone have them?)
Pooling Resources — Christopher (merged with another group)

Take a look at the attached PDF file...
CiC HL OpenSpaceNotes 4-26-09.pdf
Maureen McCarthy and Zelle Nelson