transitionnorthfield Mailing List: Re: And more thoughts

[Angel Dobrow (adobrow]

I feel Paul is on the money: we had hoped and assumed new people would be 
getting up to speed and not requiring alot of explanation. At the pre-meet we 
can discuss how to deal with this and develop our agenda accordingly. Paul's 
minimum reading/undestanding level makes sense to me. 

On the other hand, I have received three notices about this meeting from 
"other" sources and methinks our own initial electrification is being 
replicated around town. (As it should be.) So, it is possible there will be a 
range of understanding represented, which at this point we may have no control 
over. The task then, as Karen spoke to, will be our thoughtful attention to how 
we conduct this meeting.

Also, really looking forward to the work we do together.

Peace--Angel

  

> From: psebby [at] well.com
> Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2009 20:01:17 -0500
> Subject: [transitionnorthfield] Thoughts
> CC: transitionnorthfield [at] centerforsustainableliving.org
> To: adobrow [at] hotmail.com
> 
> My two cents...
> 
> First, I appreciate Christine and Karen offering to host the next two  
> meetings; those locations work for me if they work for others.
> 
> Second, I have mixed feelings about how firm the requirement should be  
> for people at Saturday's meeting to have read the book.  My  
> understanding is that we wanted people to read the book before that  
> meeting and we pushed the meeting out a ways in order to accomodate  
> that, and I think there is a lot to be said for people talking from a  
> shared context.
> 
> On the other hand, I myself would be ok if people who feel called to  
> do this Transition work come to Saturday's meeting if:
> - they have a commitment to read The Transition Handbook soon and
> - they have read the 12 Transition steps either in chapter 11 or  
> online here:
> Introduction:  http://transitiontowns.org
> Twelve Steps: http://transitiontowns.org/TransitionNetwork/12Steps
> 
> I would feel disappointed if Saturday's meeting requires an hourlong  
> overview of "what is this Transition stuff?".  As long as we avoid  
> that, it's not critical to me that everyone has read the book.
> 
> This is going to be very exciting!
> 
>     Paul
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