In an attempt to stick to the forum for the conversation, I’m hoping someone from the CAWG (perhaps Merrick and Daniel, as facilitators?) can help direct me to the right place for next steps.
But, before I launch into my questions, I apologize for not fully reading all of the threads/emails associated with this first post and can see that I missed the clear opportunity presented by Jason to craft a new (or different vision). That is a change from earlier meeting and phone calls, and I am glad to hear and see that we can move forward with identifying what are the key things we could see in a shared, truly collective, vision.
So, first, I am wondering if we should decide on using the Miro Board (thank you, Nick!) or the Google Doc (thank you, Dave, and thank you, Jason) for building off each others comments, identifying a collective starting place and bringing light to where there might be different paths or different parts of the map (thank you, Scott, for that suggestion)?
Second, I took a first pass through the 3 prompts posed to our group and now that we’ve had two calls to better understand how those prompts could set us up for drawing the map (or revising the vision), I will go back into those and see if I can help narrow in on some of my key thoughts for what is impeding our progress, etc. I really like where some of the comments are already headed! Question: Are we commenting on other comments, building off of questions, or commenting with our own thoughts? I’d love some direction on how best to be helpful in the prompt format.
Third, can we confirm that all participants in our collective action working group are using the on-line forum for discussion? I’m worried that we have many different avenues for moving ideas through. Can we do a quick check on access and use?
And, last, I think we should acknowledge that more than just one ENGO is represented in the collective action working group. I am thrilled there are more people joining the group and more representative of the broad swath of groups and individuals who are committed to finding good solutions for our planet, our resources and our built environment. That is what is needed, in my opinion, to develop a shared path forward for good outcomes that could gain the broad support, I think, we are looking for. Yes, that means it’s harder to come to consensus and we will all have different places where we will need to agree to disagree. Let’s show where these disagreements are and perhaps uncover some of the reasons why and then imagine where we could work together to, eventually, close some of the chasms that make these disagreements become wedges or walls. I for one would like to identify the areas where we can work together, not apart.