we20 meeting

[Allison & Jim Baensch]

Hi All,
Yesterday I attended the we20 gathering organised by Viv and Geoff.
(Details in Viv's email, below.)
It was most enjoyable to link in with the community to discuss what  
might be done locally towards sustainable living.

As a group, we had lots of thoughts, which I didn't write down, but 2  
jumped out:
One was to consider the opportunity of setting up a simple gathering,  
linked to we20 in our local communities.
Anyone can do it.
Another was to begin to 'infect' others through viral conversations  
about possible futures.
So far I have begun the latter with people near me.

Thanks, Viv and Geoff, for setting up yesterday's meeting and letting  
me know about it via this list!
Allison.

On 29/03/2009, at 11:18 AM, Viv McWaters wrote:

> Hi all
>
> Thought you might be interested to know about we20 (www.we20.org)
>
> we20 is a grass roots gathering of small groups all over the globe
> around the time of the G20 Summit in London in early April. The idea
> came from a group of friends in London (probably having a chat over a
> beer - but I might have made that bit up ;-) Johnnie Moore who is a
> London-based facilitator using Open Space influenced some of the
> thinking around the way to conduct we20 meetings by suggesting Open
> Space (OK - I might have made that up too, but he's certainly
> involved).
>
> We can’t afford to leave this global mess to just 20 ’suits’ in London
> can we? Globally we face a huge challenge. A global economic crisis. 7
> billion mouths to feed. Uncertain futures. How does that translate to
> our region? So Geoff Brown and I will facilitate we20 gathering
> locally this coming Friday using Open Space to explore the GFC as an
> ‘offer’ to help us build resilient local communities.
>
> Check out this film for a quick intro: http://www.youtube.com/ 
> we20media
>
> we20.org will act as a hub for we20 meetings, a place to organise
> meetings, discuss plans and vote on the issues that matter. we20 are
> not aligned with any particular interests and will try to help
> implement ideas from we20 meetings.
>
> we20 meetings are being held by people like us across the world to
> create ideas for improving our lives.
>
> The G20 leaders meet in London on 2 April. 20 world leaders. 20 people
> together making plans that will affect our future.
>
> You may have ideas to change your neighbourhood or ideas to change the
> world. Whatever change you want to create - it matters to we20.
>
> Cheers
>
> Viv
>
> On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 1:35 AM, JL Walker <jlwalker at terra.cl> wrote:
>> In some way, in my metaphorically host condition of this summit,  
>> there are a
>> few questions that seems impossible for me don’t asking it to all  
>> of you now
>> (and of course also applies with the G20 next week):
>>
>> What could happen if all this stuff goes around in an Open Space  
>> format?
>>
>> Don´t you think that its most profound purpose clearly deserve it?
>>
>> What could be the difference in the results?
>>
>>
>>
>> Appreciatively,
>>
>>
>>
>> Juan Luis
>>
>>
>>
>> PS: For more details about this event go to:
>>
>>
>>
>> http://www.policy-network.net/index.aspx?id=1930
>>
>>
>>
>> http://pgc09.wordpress.com/
>>
>>
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