<div dir="ltr"><div>Christine,</div>
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<div>The Girl Scouts of the USA has to be the most enlightened membership organisaton on the planet!</div>
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<div>I'm looking forward to hearing how this unfolds.</div>
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<div>Wishing you massive success,</div>
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<div>Jack</div>
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<div>Jack Martin Leith<br>Now-to-New activist<br>Bristol, United Kingdom<br>Mobile: 07831 840541 (+44 7831 840541)<br>Skype: jackmartinleith<br>email: <a href="mailto:jack@jackmartinleith.com">jack@jackmartinleith.com</a><br>
<a href="http://www.jackmartinleith.com/">www.jackmartinleith.com</a><br><br></div>
<div class="gmail_quote">2008/7/31 Christine Whitney Sanchez <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:milagro27@cox.net">milagro27@cox.net</a>></span><br>
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<div><span><font face="Verdana" color="#000080" size="2">Dear Open Space, World Cafe and Appreciative Inquiry friends,</font></span></div>
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<div><span><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" target="_blank">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>
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<div><span><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><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>
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<div><span><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>
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<div><span><span><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>
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<div><span><span><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>
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<div><span><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>
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<div><span><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>
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<div><span><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>
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<div align="left"><font face="Calibri" color="#000080" size="2">Christine Whitney Sanchez</font></div>
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