Sorry everyone… I’m going happily mad here… John Engle is in Haiti… not Hawaii !!
> On 13 Jun 2019, at 15:37, Romy Shovelton <[email protected]> wrote: > > Eric, > > Open Space has been used for many decades in Hawaii - directly with the > community and in running the amazing organisation that has been running the > most extraordinary education and other community support. John Engle is the > absolutely amazing human who has made all this happen. > > So sorry to John… I’ve forgotten the name of his organisation in Hawaii. > There are so many people who will know - including Harrison. I can ask others > if needed. > > Romy > Tyddyn Retreat Mid Wales Venue & Holiday Cottages > + Wikima Ltd > Wales, UK > > > > ____________________________________________ > Aloha all, > I’m looking for references to a similar situation (more below) where OS was > the contributing factor of success, in particular to communicate to > government and community leaders here why OS will get the results they need. > > The context is the community engagement piece of recovery efforts from the > 2018 volcano eruption in Hawaii. I’m consulting with the County Recovery > Manager, who has been convening other types of gatherings much of this year. > Now that disaster relief funding is closer to being on the ground, the County > wants to convene a larger, multi-sector event, to encourage development of > community-based recovery actions. The County is also planning to have a > Disaster Recovery Fund setup, which would field a competitive process for > proposed projects, some of which may have convened in the larger event and > decided there to collaborate on a proposal. > > As with other parts of the recovery effort, this event would be under public > scrutiny. It may be the largest event they’ve held, and County leadership is > worried of perceptions and actual results coming from the event. In other > words, there may be tendencies to have more control over the design/outcome > of the day, in which case OS wouldn’t be the chosen organizing framework, but > something else they’re more at ease with or accustomed to. I do believe, > however, those community-based recovery actions are what they want most. > > Do you have links or references to similar public sector gatherings using OS, > under scrutiny, and producing anticipated results satisfactory to government > and community, that I might share with County leadership? > > Mahalo! > ~Eric > > Eric M. Kapono, CPF > Advancement Services > for Native Nonprofits > Hilo, Hawaii > 808.969.3991 > www.advancementservices.org <http://www.advancementservices.org/> > IAF Certified™ Professional Facilitator > <https://www.iaf-world.org/site/facilitators>
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