[OSList] Request for Government-sponsored Open Space stories!

[Tricia Chirumbole]

Thanks so much Elwin! This is GREAT! :)

Tricia Chirumbole
US: +1-571-232-0942
Skype: tricia.chirumbole



On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 12:54 PM, Elwin and Joan <elwinandjoan at yahoo.com>wrote:

> Trica,
>
> Go to http://portlandplan.org/
>
> This was a Town-wide Open Space to address the citizen's issues regarding
> Land Use Planning.
> Sponsored by Three civic groups and the Town of Portland, Connecticut
>
> The video was done by high school tech students and so there is a little
> "break in the action" but it picks up at minute four.
>
> Sixty seven townspeople attended the November 3rd  2 1/2 hour event and
> held 10 working sessions.
>
> Elwin Guild
> Future Development International
>
>
>    On Friday, February 14, 2014 4:35 PM, Tricia Chirumbole <
> tricia at mojocollaborative.com> wrote:
>  Hi all!
>
> This is part 2 of a request for fodder for my discussions with the new
> mayor of Pittsburgh, PA re: Open Space inspired civic engagement
> initiatives. They watched the video of the Harrisonburg, VA mayoral Open
> Space summits and said they were, "very cool", but apparently wanted more
> "proof".
>
> *The scoop: *Good news so far! I was in the Mayor's office last week and
> learned that they are very sincere about wanting to develop a civic
> engagement platform, and they even said lovely things like they don't want
> it to be top-down and they want participation in actual community
> development - not just feedback/town halls.
>
> They also mentioned early on that they could use "something like this" for *internal
> work* - citing low morale from the last mayor who left in scandal and the
> fact that some of the people have probably worked there for 30 years and
> never been asked their thoughts on anything.
>
> *Request: *They are interested in more examples of governments sponsoring
> this type of citizen-directed and designed civic engagement.
>
> Three specific questions: 1) How do we make sure people feel safe?; 2) How
> do we ensure that there are no repercussions for people sharing openly? (in
> reference to an internal Open Space); and 3) How do we get a diversity of
> people to participate?
>
> I gave responses to all of these that I think made sense, but *any
> references, videos, examples of government external or internal open space
> work * would be MUCH appreciated! I think any level of government in any
> country would do.
>
>
> Thanks so much for reading this lengthy epistle!  May you share and feel
> the love today and always :)
>
> Tricia Chirumbole
> Open Space Facilitator, Certified Scrum Master
> Mojo Collaborative
> www.mojocollaborative.com
>
> 571-232-0942
> skype: tricia.chirumbole
> twitter: @themojozone
>
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