From:
Tim Erickson
Date:
2006 Apr 26 04:03 UTC
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Friends:
I'll be in the UK from May 7-17th offering workshops and meeting with local
councils and community organizations interested in launching local Issues
Forums in their communities. Please note the following opportunities:
#1) FREE WORKSHOP: Building & Sustaining a Local Issues Forum.
This will be a 3 hour workshop that will cover the details of
how to plan, build, and sustain a local Issues Forum - drawing
extensively on my 5 years of personal experiences with the
St. Paul Issues Forum (in the US) as well as lessons from
the UK pilot projects in Newham and Brighton & Hove. This workshop
will go beyond the introductory information and provide participants
with specific tools and skills to launch or sustain a
local Issues Forum.
May 11th at 1:00 PM - Newham Council Chambers
Contact Tim Erickson if you wish to participate
(NOTE: We are looking for someone to host this workshop somewhere
in the north, if there is sufficient interest. Please, contact me
if you are interested in attending or even hosting such a workshop
anywhere in the Leeds/Manchester region)
Contact me at: <email obscured>
#2) Host an INTRODUCTION to Issues Forum workshop in your community.
The best way to launch a local Issues Forum is to schedule a
meeting and invite local voluntary organizations and council staff
to attend. E-Democracy.Org can do a 30 minute presentation on
what local Issues Forums are and then find out who is interested in
participating on the necessary steering committee to launch one in
your community.
If you provide the space and invite 15 - 20 possible local partners
to attend, I'll show up with a presentation and help facilitate the
meeting.
Again, contact me at: <email obscured>
Dates currently available:
May 8, May 10, May 15, and May 16.
#3) I'm also scheduling visits (as time permits) with local council
officers who are in the exploratory stages of thinking about
Issues Forums. Let me know if you are interested - <email obscured>
#4) Finally, you can always visit our UK Issues Forum web page for lots
of valuable information and to download our 60 page Issues Forum
Guidebook.
http://www.e-democracy.org/uk/
http://www.e-democracy.org/uk/guide.pdf
Best wishes,
Tim Erickson
Project Manager
E-Democracy.Org
+1-651-246-5045