[Peace-discuss] AWAREcare

[Al Kagan]

Thanks for all for a good discussion on these guidelines.  I have made 
all the changes and clarifications discussed by the AWAREcare group and 
the larger AWARE meeting.


AWARE Care Notes, Jan. 11, 2005, rev. Jan. 23, 2005

The group included Carol, Al, Durl, Jan, Bob I., Janet, Randall, Rob, 
Dave Berliner (briefly)


1. Try new agenda order: News of the week, introductions, new ideas, 
working group reports.  Invite new people (only) to say why they have 
come during their introductions, and see if they have possible agenda 
items.

2. Develop handout and post card for new people giving basic info on 
AWARE and how meetings work.  New people can send the post card back 
with their contact information and comments.  Carol, Rob and Bob will 
work on this.

3. Do educational segments about once a month or as needed. These 
replace the new ideas section of the agenda for those meetings.  Topics 
will be approved at AWARE meetings.

4. Bring snacks to meetings. A sign-up sheet was sent around at the 
Jan. 23rd meeting.

5.  Working groups are encouraged to post their updates to the listserv.

6. Develop handout for facilitators giving the ground rules and 
information that Durl provided at a recent meeting.  Durl has already 
done this and it was distributed for comments at the Jan. 23rd meeting.

7. Develop a list of rotating pool of facilitators that either have 
experience or want to get the experience.  If no meeting facilitator 
volunteers come forward for upcoming meetings, use the rotating list.  
We began the list with names in the following order: Carol, Al, 
Randall, Bob, and Durl.  A  sign-up sheet was sent around at the Jan. 
23rd  meeting.

8. If at any time the facilitator should feel uncomfortable or wish to 
withdraw, simply ask for a back-up facilitator to step forward.  At 
that point, the facilitation would be passed to the next person in the 
rotating pool.

9. Have once a month social events outside of meetings, such as pot 
lucks or lunches.  This can foster a sense of community and provide 
inspiration. Jan and Durl will do the first one on February 25th.

10. Set up an educational session on white privilege. Ask Cliff 
Thornton from the group Efficacy, who will be in town for the 
Forgiveness Weekend, Feb. 18-19. Danielle will schedule. If this does 
not work out, ask David Roediger.







Al Kagan
Africana Unit, Room 328
University of Illinois Library
1408 W. Gregory Drive
Urbana, IL 61820
USA

tel. 217-333-6519
fax 217-333-2214
akagan at uiuc.edu
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