Thank you, Melanie. I look forward to learning more. ; } Eleanor Crush defeatism! Insist on joy in spite of everything. Dream of a world without need. Together we are stronger than greed and fear. --- On Tue, 3/30/10, Melanie St. Ours <melaniest.ours@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: From: Melanie St. Ours <melaniest.ours@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: [rsc] Re: notes from today To: rsc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Tuesday, March 30, 2010, 2:24 PM Hi Eleanor and Kathie, Perhaps the best thing to do is to await Carlton's response to this question, as my memory of how the retreat committee came to this decision is not very specific. Having never planned a retreat before (or, indeed, participated in one!) I wasn't aware of this being such a departure from the norm and perhaps didn't ask as many questions or engage in adequate reporting back to the group to keep the process transparent. Thank-you both for your feedback. (And, Kathie, thanks for the scheduling reminder! I'm pretty sure we had you covered anyway, but an extra heads-up never hurt.) And to those interested in organizing something at USSF, please include me in your further discussion. I'm not yet 100% sure of my ability to attend, but if I am able, I would very much like to be part of your work there. Best, Melanie On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 9:37 AM, Kathie de Nobriga <kdenobriga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Thanks for asking this, Eleanor: I was wondering myself. I know Anasa as a friend & colleague, but haven't had the experience of her as a facilitator yet, so I'm looking forward to it. But it does seem like a departure from our usual practice that maybe we should have had some discussion -- or at least a heads-up -- about. I'm not suggesting that we re-visit the decision, particularly since Anasa is (presumably) doing it for free. [If she's getting paid, then we really do have something to talk about, as we budgeted no fees for retreat facilitators this year.] Also, I wanted to remind Ebony, Melanie and Carlton, as retreat organizers, that I have to leave at lunch-time on Sunday, as previously mentioned in my Meeting Wizard response. Good call yesterday --Thanks Shon! I liked focusing on 2-3 things, with most other reports in hand. Hopefully, for those reports we didn't have, we'll have time to hear about them briefly at the retreat. Thank you, Kathie. Can you tell me more about the decision to have Anasa facilitate the retreat? No objection, just that it is totally news to me and I am curious how this came about. I remember her from the AnnMtg but have not seen or heard of her since. I know I have missed some calls... Many thanks. ; } EFB Crush defeatism! Insist on joy in spite of everything. Dream of a world without need. Together we are stronger than greed and fear. --- On Mon, 3/29/10, Kathie de Nobriga <kdenobriga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: From: Kathie de Nobriga <kdenobriga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [rsc] notes from today To: rsc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Monday, March 29, 2010, 7:09 PM please let me know if you have corrections -- Kathie deNobriga PO Box 1087 * Pine Lake * GA 30072 404-299-9498 (home, office & fax) 678-427-9673 (cell) -- Kathie deNobriga PO Box 1087 * Pine Lake * GA 30072 404-299-9498 (home, office & fax) 678-427-9673 (cell)