Hi,
Reading your request reminded me of a workshop presented at the recent conference of the National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation (visit http://www.thataway.org/conference/index.html for more info) in Denver, Colorado, USA. I didn't attend that particular workshop, but I've pasted the description of it below along with the contact info for one of the presenters. It may prove interesting/useful if you choose to follow up. Good luck, -Laurence Designing the D&D City Kenoli Oleari and W. Marc Tognotti, The Global Democracy Institute and San Francisco Neighborhood Assemblies Network What would a city designed around D&D principles look like? Cities regularly talk about developing physical infrastructure. But how about participatory infrastructure? How can we develop institutions and processes to bring neighborhoods together in regular and ongoing dialogue? We'll talk about how a number of cities are already moving in this direction, creating innovative citizen-participation systems. We'll discuss the work we are doing in San Francisco, legislatively and with communities, to create a citywide network of neighborhood assemblies that are independent from but recognized by city hall, and integrated into city decision-making processes. Participants in the session will be asked to use their knowledge of D&D tools and processes and their collective imagination to design model "neighborhood constitutions" instituting D&D practices into the ongoing routine of community life. Our meeting will use processes borrowed from Future Search and The World Cafe, among others. Kenoli Oleari Principal Consultant, Horizons of Change Berkeley, CA ken...@igc.org <mailto:ken...@igc.org> A little about myself... I work with large and small groups to build individual and organizational capacity through group interaction. I'm especially interested in public participation. I've worked with groups and communities worldwide. I'm currently focused on large group interactive meeting designs. --- ________________________________ From: kerry napuk [mailto:k...@napuk.demon.co.uk] Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 11:27 AM Subject: help needed Dear List We are discussing a major visioning exercise with a think tank for a city with a population of one million people. Our proposal would be to hold OS events in natural geographical communities (micro focus) followed by a city wide event (macro focus) to pull together the strands from these building blocks into an agreed agenda for the city's future. The sponsors hope an agreed agenda would become a framework for future decisions by major institutions within the city. We ask your help on the following question: do you know any examples where cities have been re-invented by a bottom-up process or any large community using the micro building blocks approach proposed above? Any help with exemplars is greatly appreciated. Thanking you in advance, we remain Eddie & Kerry Open Futures Ltd. Edinburgh Scotland k...@napuk.demon.co.uk www.openfutures.com * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ----------------------------- To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist
