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Salt Spring Island 2008 (SSI08)

Consider joining a small group of wonderful Nedsters gathering together from a vast range of different backgrounds for three days of sharing stories, hands on better world projects, and activities like beachcombing, hiking and going to the Saturday Market. S'mores will be had.

When: May 16-18 2008

Where: Salt Spring Island, Canada

Who: Social entrepreneurs, artists, musicians, techies, and Nedsters in general

Why: Learn from one another

Theme: Online networks into real world actions and results

May Friday 16, 2008 - Sunday 18, 2008

Attending:

Meron
Mark Grimes (probably arriving 5/14 or 5/15, leaving 5/19)
Evvy Bryning
Christina Jordan
Ray
Jackie & too many children to list here <cass,kyle,kate,keiara,caela,kiahna>
Simon, a SaltSpringer deeply involved in setting up our fair-trade store
Anna
Anne Marie Bellavance

May Be Attending:

Cynthia Gentry (75% sure I'm coming! Lars is 60ish ;)
John Berger (I may be in India though- can I come via Skype?)
Lars and family
Jim, Allison and Aidan Carroll (Would love to if schedule allows)

Getting there...

US Passports (allow 4-6 weeks, so mail in form & pictures by April 1st)
BC Ferries 1-888-223-3779
Tsawwassen to Salt Spring Island (Long Harbour)
Salt Spring to Vancouver (Tsawwassen)
Nexus Border Crossing

Things we might do, things you would like to do, just name it and we'll see...

Peace Tiles (for someone, some group?)
Movie, but not projected against a barn
wdydwyd? (and start a new wdydwyd Ned thread)
Seeing Beyond Sight
Small scale Camp Darfur
"Let me run this by y'all" sessions
Visit Hairy Kids
Visit Solar Energy Host

Food Awareness (anyone a vegan, allergies, you eat green beans after 6PM and turn into a werewolf?

Mysterious food addiction involving chocolate, marshmallows and graham crackers <<< got that one covered :D
I suggest a good old South African Brai or Mongolian BBQ :) and yes...I'll help cook and bring provisions :) :) I also volunteer Ray and Kyle for doing the dishes! <giggles> Jackie
If we go, I'm terribly allergic to mushrooms and shellfish. No need to change menus, I just need to know if they are an ingredient. Allison

Don't forget those bednets, malaria pills, and...no wait, that's for something else.

Thursday May 15, 2008 (day before)
Late afternoon gathering of early arrivals
SaltSpring Island Green Drinks Gathering, dinner
Friday May 16, 2008
Morning breakfast at HQ (aka Meron's Mom's house)
Open space
Beach & Open Space
Roast beef dinner at the Legion Hall
"Born Yesterday", theatre
Saturday May 17, 2008
9:30 - 10:30: Morning coffee at SaltSpring Coffee with Robbyn and maybe Mickey (owners)
10:30 - 2:30: Grand Opening of SOLID Exchange
Salt Spring Island Saturday Market, Demonstration by Hairy Kids in the Market and we can pick up some foodstuff for the potluck dinner in the evening. Plan on getting your lunch in the market, lots of great food!
3:00 - whenever: I-SEA community roundtable, with I-SEA, SaltSpring Dollars and Partners for Others/Community Connections
Potluck
Sunday May 18, 2008
Ray & Jackie presentation at the Community Gospel Chapel
Morning mountain view
<ned> Board Meeting & done
Dinner South African Brai or Mongolian BBQ
Monday May 19, 2008
Straggler AM coffee

Ten Stage Model

The Ten Stage Model of Group Transformation

INITIATION Initiation of a project should be made by the participants and not the sponsor, facilitator or change agent.
HISTORY Through dialogue and role-play, establish the history of the participants individually and as a community.
NEEDS & DESIRES Facilitate an expression of needs and desires and arrive at a group consensus. Be sure to explore action consequences!
BASELINE STUDY Formulate a baseline study to be carried out by participants linked to trained partners.
REDEFINE GOALS Return to #3 and redefine goals based on the data from the baseline study.
PROGRAM DESIGN Facilitate a program design.
CALCULATE BUDGET and resource needs.
Formulate an ACTION PLAN, TIMELINE & TRAINING SCHEDULE AND EVALUATION STRATEGY
IMPLEMNTATION
EVALUATION & MONITORING

SaltSpring Organization for Life Improvement and Development

SOLID is a non-profit society dedicated to support communities in sub-Saharan Africa facing the devastation of the HIV/AIDS pandemic. SOLID identifies and supports sustainable, community led projects that address health, education, food security and promote economic self-reliance.

We are currently working with five communities creating permaculture gardens, greenhouses and tree nurseries, collectively the Gardens of Hope, in Lesotho, southern Africa. The projects are located at two high schools, a community school, a disabled centre and a clinic. Also, at The Phelisanong Disabled HIV-AIDS Orphans and Vulnerable Children Community Project we are helping to build an integrated school. This primary school will meet the educational needs of 300 orphans and vulnerable children. Integration of special needs students into the classroom affords disabled and mentally handicapped children the opportunity to learn, and fosters a culture of tolerance and compassion. 40 of the students at Mamello English Medium have special needs, from physical to mental handicaps.

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One fun thing about workspaces is that you can create new pages just by naming them in your document. For example, here's a new page now: Sandbox Notice that it's a single word, and followed by a single underscore. If I wanted to create a page with multiple words, I would enclose the page in back-ticks, like this: My experiments To get that, I typed this: `My experiments`_

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SaltSpring Organization for Life Improvement and Development Workspace

SOLID Blackboard

Salt Spring Island 2008 (SSI08)

Ten Stage Model

The Ten Stage Model of Group Transformation

SaltSpring Organization for Life Improvement and Development

SaltSpring Organization for Life Improvement and Development

Getting Started

Announcements

Directory