Good points Elizabeth,
I too agree with you that there was not enough time to just relax and
catch up with people. For me it has been a nearly 3 year break from the
Homebirth Movement and it would have been nice to chat a bit more.
However great in other ways. Venue was beautiful and the food was great
and there were some intereting talks. For me , it was a highlight to see a
talk for the men. I was most impressed to see the men voicing how it is
for them....
Dierdre Bowman
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> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Conference feedback
> Date: Thursday, September 16, 1999 9:45 AM
>
> Dear All,
>
> Now that I have returned to the real world after the very special place
the
> homebirth conference provided, I would like to offer some thoughts about
the
> conference.
>
> I was a little disappointed that there was no opportunity for evaluation
of
> the conference at the time. Although analysis of the evaluations adds a
> degree of work to the organisers after they thought everything was over
and
> they could relax, they are in fact a useful tool. Not just for the
> organisers themselves, but if the information is passed on to the next
> conference organisers then it continues to be useful into the future.
Some
> groups I have been involved with create something they call a
'Grandmother's
> Book' in which the information is kept from one gathering to the next and
> helps each new group to a) avoid making the same mistakes and b) find out
> what has worked for others and build on that.
>
> Having said all that, let me give some feedback about this most recent
> conference.
> 1) Venue - excellent!
> 2) Food - absoulutley wonderful, plenty of it, good and wholesome and
tasty,
> and catered to peoples' needs.
> 3) Organisation - very well done.
> 4) Scheduling - not enough free time. When people travel so far to a
> beautiful part of the country, and get to see friends they have made at
> previous conferences only once every year or less, then 15 minutes for
> morning and afternoon breaks and very short lunch breaks are not such a
good
> idea. Perhaps if the optional sessions had been offered 3 at a time,
instead
> of 2, then this would have allowed more time for either
> socialising/networking or for a bit of sightseeing. (In my own case,
having
> no car I travelled all the way from Melbourne only to see the lighthouse
for
> 5 mins, and walk around the town for 10 mins because a friend was able to
> drive me in when she was going on an errand. This was a bit
disappointing.)
> 5) No message board - these are always really useful at conferences for
> people to comminucate with one another in a busy and hectic environment.
>
> I hope that by offering these comments that I have not offended anyone,
but
> I really did miss the opportunity of doing so at the conclusion of the
> conference itself.
>
> With love and blessings
>
> Elisabeth Speller
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