Notes of Winona
Online Democracy Steering Commttee Meeting.. 1/30/03 4-5:45 pm
City Hall Wenonah Room
Submitted by Randy Schenkat, Co Chair of WOD
(If others present care to add, please post and if other members not there had questions, suggestions, additions, please continue the discussion.)
Follow areas:
1) Strong List Mgt Continues
2) Dealing With Local Boards and Councils
3) Reflection on WOD Potential
4) Minnesota E-Democracy
1) STRONG LIST MANAGEMENT CONTINUES.
In a time of uncertainty, when our passionate promoter, vision holder, and general work horse, Steve Kranz announced his stepping down from his founding role-primarily to avoid any perception of conflicts of interest with his role as WAPS Chair, we've emerged very strong.
Craig Brooks stepped forward and accepted the responsibility of managing the technical aspects of WOD; this involves such tasks as dealing with bounced messages, etc. Steve has assured us it's much simpler since we've switched over to the MN E-Democracy system and server. We are also looking for someone to be a back up for Craig when he's out of town for extended periods of time.
Sharon Ropes had graciously accepted the role of list manager which involves facilitating conversation, asking questions, proposing issues in lulls, and occasionally reminding a stray from our extremely civil group about the code of conduct. Sharon will be contacting some of our trained facilitators to encourage their collaboration in facilitating a strong WOD. It was stressed that civility and feeling safe posting is key in participation as we've learned from past surveys and personal sharings. Both Sharon and Craig have made six month commitments; it's incumbent on us users to support their generous, volunteer efforts.
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Randy Schenkat 1358 Skyline Dr. Winona, Mn
55987 507-452-7168
