Meeting Notes - December 15, 2007

Attendees: George, Dan, Sonya, Colin, Anke, Diane, Jan, Philip, Wendy, Caspar

Facilitator: Philip; Notes: Colin

1. Attendees checked-in.

2. George provided an overview of the previous few meetings, and referred the group to the notes on the WDV wiki (http://wisedemocracyvictoria.wetpaint.com/page/2007-Dec-1+Meeting+Notes) showing the potential "streams" of activity (WC, targetted DF, drop-in DF, etc).

3. Points were raised regarding random selection for the Wisdom Council. Dan will check with the Village Vibe to see if the paper is distributed to all households in Fernwood.

4. Caspar and Philip provided a World Feds update. Sonya referred to George's comments on the WFMV-Exec./WC-Conveners meeting notes in her check-in, and comments are requested regarding general interest in developing a shared vision for WDV as we move forward, including any comments on the following statement as a potential starting point:

"Our vision for WDV is to help engender wise democracy locally and globally by:

- continued experimentation with processes that create high-quality conversations, such as WCs (empowering citizens),

- working with communities to "grow" these processes from within (empowering communities)

- communicating replicable models to communities everywhere (further empowering global civil society)"

5. Dan and George provided observations regarding meetings with Fernwood residents.

6. Dan distributed Gantt charts with a preliminary time line for the next Wisdom Council, plus task sheets for the info meetings and activities.

- It was generally suggested that the Wisdom Council be held no later than April 2008.

- Dan will send out an article regarding a previous presentation to the World Feds for potential inclusion in the Fernwood News, and send out the Gantt Charts electronically.

7. The info session on Wisdom Councils will be held January 28, 2008 in the Fernwood Inn, 7 – 9 pm. The session is to include a mock Wisdom Council using Dynamic Facilitation (about 30 minutes), with Q & A following.

- An invitation to the event is included in the article to be included in the January issue of the Village Vibe. It was suggested that an ad could be placed in the Village Vibe.

- Jan is to send information to Sonya for inclusion in the Victoria News.

- A suggestion was made for anyone to personally contact previous Wisdom Council members or any others they think would be interested in attending the session.

- Philip identified that $100 was available for food and refreshments, and it was suggested that the Fernwood Inn may be willing to contribute $100 as well.

- Dan and Colin are to meet to talk about facilitating the mock Wisdom Council and list/distribute potential tasks. Any others that would like to participate or provide suggestions including any to inspire people to attend the event please contact Colin or Dan.

8. Next meeting on January 12, 2008 will be a Poster Party for creating advertising for the info session.

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