Thanks so much Elwin! This is GREAT! :) Tricia Chirumbole US: +1-571-232-0942 Skype: tricia.chirumbole
On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 12:54 PM, Elwin and Joan <[email protected]>wrote: > Trica, > > Go to http://portlandplan.org/ > > This was a Town-wide Open Space to address the citizen's issues regarding > Land Use Planning. > Sponsored by Three civic groups and the Town of Portland, Connecticut > > The video was done by high school tech students and so there is a little > "break in the action" but it picks up at minute four. > > Sixty seven townspeople attended the November 3rd 2 1/2 hour event and > held 10 working sessions. > > Elwin Guild > Future Development International > > > On Friday, February 14, 2014 4:35 PM, Tricia Chirumbole < > [email protected]> wrote: > Hi all! > > This is part 2 of a request for fodder for my discussions with the new > mayor of Pittsburgh, PA re: Open Space inspired civic engagement > initiatives. They watched the video of the Harrisonburg, VA mayoral Open > Space summits and said they were, "very cool", but apparently wanted more > "proof". > > *The scoop: *Good news so far! I was in the Mayor's office last week and > learned that they are very sincere about wanting to develop a civic > engagement platform, and they even said lovely things like they don't want > it to be top-down and they want participation in actual community > development - not just feedback/town halls. > > They also mentioned early on that they could use "something like this" for > *internal > work* - citing low morale from the last mayor who left in scandal and the > fact that some of the people have probably worked there for 30 years and > never been asked their thoughts on anything. > > *Request: *They are interested in more examples of governments sponsoring > this type of citizen-directed and designed civic engagement. > > Three specific questions: 1) How do we make sure people feel safe?; 2) How > do we ensure that there are no repercussions for people sharing openly? (in > reference to an internal Open Space); and 3) How do we get a diversity of > people to participate? > > I gave responses to all of these that I think made sense, but *any > references, videos, examples of government external or internal open space > work * would be MUCH appreciated! I think any level of government in any > country would do. > > > Thanks so much for reading this lengthy epistle! May you share and feel > the love today and always :) > > Tricia Chirumbole > Open Space Facilitator, Certified Scrum Master > Mojo Collaborative > www.mojocollaborative.com > > 571-232-0942 > skype: tricia.chirumbole > twitter: @themojozone > > _______________________________________________ > OSList mailing list > To post send emails to [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > OSList mailing list > To post send emails to [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > >
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