Fernwood Wisdom Council Information Session - January 28, 2008

- Setup 6:30pm
- Seating arrangement - semicircle of chairs
- Put up banner
- Put up two (2) flip-charts (Philip bringing one, Dan bringing the other?)
- Set up Sign in table (to be attended by Wendy, Philip, Sonya…) with name tags (Wendy), pens (Philip), two clip-boards (Philip), sheets ruled and ready (Jan: one sheet for people who are willing to join conveners, 2nd sheet for attendees who may want further information).
- Set up Information table (to be attended by Wendy, Philip, Sonya…)
- one pager on Wisdom Councils, 20 copies (George)
- one pager on Dynamic Facilitation, 20 copies (Colin)
- January Village Vibe, 20 copies (Colin)
- One-page description of what Conveners do, 10 copies (George)
- Info. on Saanich Civic League (if avail.; not high priority)

Introduction - 5 Minutes (Dan, Brigitte or Anke, George)
- Why, What, How of Wisdom Council
- History and future
- Kindling, Match, Ripples
- Climate Setting
- Settling In

Wisdom Council Demonstration (Dan, Brigitte, Caspar, ...) - 45 Minutes
- Identify issues of interest
- Invite members to identify one issue that they feel is important and on which they could
take immediate action. This could potentially address the question of "where do we get the
energy to deal with the issues."
- Ask "What would you say about this issue to the public, politicians and business leaders if
given free access to the media?" and record list.

Continue with the session.
- Identify that in a proper Wisdom Council, the group would have been randomly selected
from the community, and they would have had at least a day and a half to select and explore their issues. Finally, they would collaboratively craft a unanimous statement to symbolically represent the collective voice of the community.

TBD - 70 Minutes
- Announce Wisdom Council - Either March 28-29 or April 4-5 at ?
- Invite attendees to become WC Convenors
- Explain what conveners do (Who?) & direct to information table
- Check-In & follow the energy:
- debrief
- Q&A
- take a break
- continue WC Demonstration (further explore issues)
- Emphasize tools and procedures of WC and DF
- Review streams of activity - Targeted DF, Periodic/Scheduled DF, Creative Insight, WC