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<DIV><SPAN class=244425903-31072008><FONT face=Verdana color=#000080 size=2>Dear
Open Space, World Cafe and Appreciative
Inquiry friends,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=244425903-31072008><FONT face=Verdana color=#000080
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=244425903-31072008><FONT face=Verdana color=#000080 size=2>The
2008 Girl Scout Convention website was launched yesterday - <A
href="http://www.girlscouts.org/convention/default.asp">http://www.girlscouts.org/convention/default.asp</A>. Girl
Scouts of the USA National Board Chair, Patricia Dias-Dennis (brunette) and
GSUSA CEO, Kathy Cloninger (blonde), invite Girl Scouts to build on
the Open Space and Strategy Cafe conversations that were initiated at the 2005
GS convention by sharing their leadership stories. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=244425903-31072008><FONT face=Verdana color=#000080
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=244425903-31072008><FONT face=Verdana color=#000080 size=2>This
year, during the corporate business meeting, up to 15,000 Girl
Scouts will engage in a series of large-scale conversations, to which
all members are invited: Open Space on Successful Council Practices,
Appreciative StorySharing, Stewardship Report Cafe Conversations,
Self-organizing for Success, and Action Commitment sessions.
<SPAN class=244425903-31072008><FONT size=2><FONT color=#000080><FONT
face=Verdana>We've been thinking about this project as <EM>Robert's Rules meets
Conversations that Matter.</EM></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=244425903-31072008><FONT face=Verdana color=#000080
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=244425903-31072008><FONT face=Verdana color=#000080
size=2>Throughout the convention Digital StoryWeavers, girls from 12-14 years
old, will be capturing and producing leadership stories from the
members of the Girl Scout Movement. We are calling this culture change
initiative "StoryWeaving". </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=244425903-31072008><FONT face=Verdana color=#000080
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=244425903-31072008><SPAN class=244425903-31072008><FONT
face=Verdana color=#000080 size=2>The vision of the StoryWeaving Design Team
is: Members ARE the Movement: Our Stories ARE the Girl Scout
Story. </FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=244425903-31072008><FONT face=Verdana color=#000080
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=244425903-31072008><SPAN class=244425903-31072008><FONT
face=Verdana color=#000080 size=2>Girl Scouting is the largest "girl only"
movement in the world with 3 million girls and 1 million adults
registered. Just imagine the potential for feminine
leadership. </FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=244425903-31072008><FONT face=Verdana color=#000080
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=244425903-31072008><FONT face=Verdana color=#000080 size=2>We
anticipate 1,000 Girl Scout volunteers will staff the StoryWeaving activities at
the convention. The primary harvesting method will be text messaging - a natural
opportunity for the girls to take the lead. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=244425903-31072008><FONT face=Verdana color=#000080
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=244425903-31072008><FONT face=Verdana color=#000080
size=2>Please hold the space with us - Girl Scouts model participatory democracy
and embody the theme of the convention: Girl Scouts can lead
anywhere.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=244425903-31072008><FONT face=Verdana color=#000080
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=244425903-31072008><FONT face=Verdana color=#000080 size=2>Warm
wishes from toasty Phoenix,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><EM><FONT face="Lucida Handwriting" color=#000080
size=2>Christine</FONT></EM></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Verdana color=#000080 size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Calibri color=#000080 size=2>Christine Whitney
Sanchez</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Calibri color=#000080 size=2><EM><STRONG>CWS -
Collaborative Wisdom & Strategy</STRONG></EM></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Calibri color=#000080 size=2>2717 E. Mountain Sky
Avenue</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Calibri color=#000080 size=2>Phoenix, AZ
85048-8990</FONT></DIV>
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