American Summer Festival
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A proposed agenda for the first organizing call: (Feel free to edit it here, or contact John Abbe to offer input.)
- Silence
- Check-in:
- whatever you need to say to help you be present, and
- briefly why you're excited about this
- The vision/invitation: An American NVC Summer Festival, in a different part of the Americas each year, with a culture that is leaderful - using Open Space, no formal/paid NVC teachers, with people taking turns facilitating after the organizers 'hold' the first couple of days - and family-friendly, inviting both individuals and families to reach across nuclear family boundaries for community-building, support and connection.
- Questions and Answers about the vision, and people's experience at the European NVC Summer Festivals
- Who, Where & When:
- find out if any of us are interested to be the main organizer(s) for a 2009 or 2010 summer festival
- if not, explore and decide on next steps toward finding such people
- What else?
- other next steps if there's time & interest: money, outreach, etc.
- Scheduling next call(s)
- Check-out - celebration/mourning
Related past/future gatherings:
Next European Summer Festival is Sweden, August 9-16, 2009
