Visioning 2026 Blog
2nd Enlightenment Group Established to Further Future Generative Dialogue
Tuesday is our first 2nd Enlightenment meeting. Larry and I have discussed a lot of topics/ideas for things to do/talk about – I know you are surprised!
Anyway, we thought we might want to take advantage of a community meeting Sue Fuchtman is having in her bid for mayor. There fore we will be meeting, at least at first, at Central Park at 6:30 p.m. so that we can make our presence known and give her some food for thought about the Visioning 2026 process and the future of Norfolk. Plus there are free cookies!
Depending on how that went and the weather etc. we would reconvene at the Chamber offices to discuss future meetings/topics and strategies for seeding Norfolk etc. with future’s context and transformational learning.
Just as an aside, Scott has sent her the document by Rick Smyre – Democracy in a Learning Mode – due to a discussion they were having at one of the planning and zoning meetings. So it would seem that she is a least interested in looking at different approaches to the future. . .
I am excited about starting our monthly meetings (2ndTues. of the month, times and location TBA) on future trends/context and enlightenment!
Learn more about the purpose of a 2nd Enlightenment. Read about the first 2nd Enlightenment Conference and Workshop held in Columbia, SC in 2006.
Larry October 29th, 2008 12:52 pm
Tuesday Oct 14 is our 2nd Enlightenment meeting. (2nd Tuesday of every month.) We will convene at the Chamber offices at 7 p.m. to discuss future meetings, topics, and strategies for seeding Norfolk with context and transformational learning.
Bring ideas with you to the meeting. We will keep this meeting brief, but establish a direction for future trends, context, and enlightenment.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at 649-6586 or Jennifer at 649-3724. Thanks!
Liz October 29th, 2008 12:59 pm
Collaborative Dialogues, Minutes from Oct 15, 2008
(these notes are considered working dialogue and are meant for the informational purposes of the group only)
Members present: Larry Wenzl, Pam Carlson, Jennifer Adams and Liz Mendoza
Larry brought up several points 3 points discussed with Rick Smyre. Rick suggested some direction for the Dialogue group:
1. Millennium Center Concept “Seed Center”
a. Integrate several 2nd enlightenment concepts
b. Mega trends, how is Norfolk’s future affected
c. Regional conference—perhaps connecting with University of Northern Iowa who is putting a 5-state conference together—Larry will work on getting a contact name
2. Visioning 2026 ideas
a. Riverwalk
b. Show why the principles are important
3. Norfolk could be a central node of 2nd Enlightenment clubs
a. We could find contacts with similar interests on the internet
The group discussed that the Riverwalk and t Millennial Center could a combined concept and could be both physical and virtual.
Jennifer suggested that we need to have 2-4 areas for talking and action points and then plan for the next 3-5 months.
The group also discussed several people we would suggest recruiting—possibly in phases:
Julie Bogle Julie Pfiel
Courtney Klein-Faust Greg Hansen
Jason Busch Mike Murphy
Dr. Marlene Ewing Al Roder
Sue Fuchtman Tom Schommer
Carl Reeder Dave Faust
Jim Brenneman Vicke Saunders
Ivan Van Dyke Eric Wilson
Dale Coy Orlando Chavez
Nancy (liz will get her last name) Leon (Pam will get his last name)
Charles Kathurima Jim Brewer
Gary Blinn Anne Oertwich
Lisa Walters Terry Rasmussen
Bob Dreiwer John Kinter
Kurt Bogner Lowell Utech
Prepared by Liz M.