CallAgendaAug102004/TedsNotes

Present: TedErnst, SusanKerr, CliffAdams, RuthannPrange, JulieEvansCaldwell, SallyProuty, GerryGleason, MichaelHerman

1. Julie read introduction that she's working on which frames question of what are the principles and purpose?
2. Check-ins
   1. Sally told us about her work with http://www.nascc.org
   2. Ted is feeling lots more connections between different parts of life and people all doing good stuff in the world.
   3. Cliff is interested in helping with any technical stuff that's needed, wants to learn organizational stuff from non-profit or other people-stuff.
   4. Susan feels like an observer
   5. Ruthann reminded us about Facilitating for Common Good from the conference, gestalt institute in Cleveland, society for organizational learning - wants to stay connected with the spirit and intention from the conference
   6. Gerry doing lots of work but nothing for money - blueoxen's wiki is using Cliff's code - interested in Ruth Ann's organizational stuff
   7. Julie is in Santa Barbara for daughter's wedding - connected with Valerie from Journey to Peace project - coming to Chicago to explore using documentary as fundraiser for youth development projects or any project - how to sustain and replicate excellent youth development stuff - lots of big stuff about building conversation about peace in community w/DVD and discussion guides (I'm missing most of this)
3. Campaign for Youth is a clear name, for example - Julie doesn't know if we want to name our space yet b/c then we become a sector and other groups don't know how to partner with us - reads intro again
   1. What is that purpose?
      1. examples: build a world with human being as central value, a giving community
      2. Michael told us about history of conference theme - polarities, competition, philatropy, civil society, activists, bloggers - cut through divisions and pull out common language
      3. Back and forth with Julie/Michael? and Gerry about purpose of purpose
      4. Seems to be much confusion about what Julie's trying to do - is it the whole conference or is it just her project - she wants it to be big but people are interpreting that to mean that they are necessarily involved when in fact they are not
      5. sorry, I got frustrated at people talking over one another and dropped the call at 3:30