[Kay Ludlow]

Thanks! We've done visioning here - Vision2020. All the meetings I attended (and there were a number of them) were mostly government and NGO. At one, where they split us up into groups for discussion, I stated my opposition to the concept of government planning out the community for 20 years (after all, who do you know in government that's smart enough to predict accurately what the next 20 years will bring?). Someone in my group had the gall to ask me why I even came if I didn't believe in the process! I told them I believed that it was my responsibility as a citizen to go to these kind of events, and speak up on behalf of the majority that don't want government planning their lives for them. For some reason, those comments didn't get up on the flip-chart...

If any of you see notices for visioning meetings in your community, GO TO THEM! Speak up and say you don't agree with the process. Make the paid consultants lives miserable by having to face the opposition in person!

[hedgetrimmer]

For some reason, those comments didn't get up on the flip-chart...

Of course you know its because you were delphi'ed.

For the benefit of other freepers out there, thanks to freeper EdReform:

Using the Delphi Technique to Achieve Consensus - ( http://www.eagleforum.org/educate/1998/nov98/focus.html ).

The Delphi Technique — How to Disrupt It. - ( http://www.learn-usa.com/transformation_process/acf002.htm ).

About Consensus and Facilitation - ( http://www.learn-usa.com/transformation_process/~consensus.htm ).

What American Citizens Need to Know About Consensus and Facilitation - ( http://www.learn-usa.com/transformation_process/acf004.htm ).

“Consensus” and “Facilitation”: When You Hear These Words, Beware of Being Suckered - ( http://baltimorechronicle.com/consensus_oct02.html ).