Meg, Your situation sounds painfully familiar. I'm co-chair of the Chicago OD Network and work with other regionals at our national conference. We've heard or experienced similar problems all across the nation.
While everything you want to do sounds great, there may be other pieces missing that I continue to discover in my current role. One year at our national, we produced a skit called "Herding Cats: Growing a Regional OD Network." The title proved more apt than we knew. The majority of our participants agreed that OD consultants and academics are NOT team players...so making groups work in the long term for people like us seems to be a particular challenge. I think I have figured some things out...not sure...but would be happy to talk privately, email privately or post on the listserve, depending upon what you want. I like your ideas, I just think there is more to be done around on-going structure, leadership, etc. I'm also in the midst of making a move back to Chicago, so my communications may be erratic for awhile. Best of luck, Maggie Shreve 513/381-6848 till August 21st [email protected] (forever...at least it feels that way) * * ========================================================== [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected] Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html =========================================================== [email protected] To subscribe, 1. Visit: http://www.egroups.com/group/oslist 2. Sign up -- provide an email address, and choose a login ID and password 3. Click on "Subscribe" and follow the instructions To unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected]: 1. Visit: http://www.egroups.com/group/oslist 2. Sign in and Proceed
