<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">Just to "weigh in" on the convergence issue. Michael Herman has the best system I've seen to gather priorities. He has participants vote via computer, which weights a persons ten choices in rank order. When all are done entering their picks, the software program quickly tabulates the results, which can then be reported back to the group before the closing circle begins.<BR>
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What I observed, when he did this at an educational OS in Peoria last June, is that the politics were taken out of the process. Having done the dots before, I feel that in using the dot method, many people are influenced by what they see their friends doing.<BR>
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Maybe Michael would be willing to say more about this.<BR>
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Dave Koehler</FONT></HTML>
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