[Street] [Ideas] [Proposal] Grow the movement + Outreach strategy session
Terra Friedrichs
terraf at compuserve.com
Wed Feb 15 12:19:46 EST 2012
Zachary,
Rita Sebastian and a few others are embarking upon a "participatory
budgeting" exercise/process that can act akin to strategic planning. By
setting out a Working Group's goals and integrating that into a whole,
and deciding collectively what resources are required and going after
them, we are a long way toward a strategic plan.
You hit on a key point. Actionable goals. We have lots. We have events
and meetings. I'd call those tactics. But that's what we have so far.
So perhaps you might press for STRATEGIC LONG TERM actionable goals as
part of the budgeting exercise. And then maybe we can work on shorter
term actionable goals that actually get us to the longer term goals.
Terra
On 2/10/2012 10:41 AM, Zachary Bos wrote:
> I have a question about means of participation, following from the
> observation that many GA and WG meetings have been poorly attended.
> Why are we waiting for an in-person meeting to begin Strategic
> Planning -- this seems like a self-imposed logistical hurdle. Can we
> not be discussing potential actions, online, in a distributed forum
> where many more people can make their contributions?
>
> Please excuse what must look like an impatient tone; I don't mean to
> sound acutely critical. I'm just impatient to see actionable goals
> articulated, since I know I'm not the only person eager to put
> shoulder-to-wheel in a more than symbolic way.
>
> In solidarity,
>
> Zachary
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Terra
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