Hi Thomas
In answer to your questions:
1. How do you do the combination of topics in this process?
Each participant is provided with a guide on Setting Priorities (in their kits
or as a hand out left on their before they arrive in the circle for
convergence). The guide reminds them to think of the theme when answering the
convergence question (see my email of last week), question that appears at the
top of this guide; it asks them to choose 2 topics more that the number of
topics the question asks them to choose, in case some of their chosen topics
get combined. Then it describes how to take charge of making combinations:
1. Obtain the consent of the initiator of the reports you propose for a
combination. The facilitator will announce combinations to the whole group
before the survey but you need to get agreement before that time.
2. Where there is consent, go to the higher report number that you will
move towards the lower report number. As you take it off the wall, tape at that
place a coloured note, available along the wall and write on it: (Rep.# ) →
(Rep.# ), e.g.:15 → 3
3. Post the moved report beside the report to which it is combined, sides
touching.
4. Retain only 1 of the blank survey sheets or envelopes (attached to the
reports). Tape the others behind the respective reports in case the combination
is later undone.
5. Write on the survey sheet or envelope that was retained, the report
number of all reports involved in that combination.
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Your second question: What kind of tickets do you use?
I use the rolls of numbered tickets that you find at public events. We can buy
them here in Canada at Dollar Stores or Party Stores. They cost almost nothing.
You tear strips of whatever number of tickets you wish per participant. It's
quicker than cutting stips of dots with scisors and tickets don't fall off from
the strip like dots can. So it's easier to distribute quickly and surely.
If you want to number the ticckets to ensure each person only puts one ticket
per report or combination of reports (see my previous message on why & when you
would want this), you just take a dark marker and write # 1 on each of the
tickets of the first set, # 2 on the next set, etc.
Let me know how you find it after you try it out.
Diane
----- Original Message -----
From: Thomas Herrmann
To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu
Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2007 6:42 PM
Subject: SV: Mixing action planning and
Dear Diane
Thanks for sharing this way of “voting”. I usually use stickies and ask some
of the participants to count they – which goes pretty fast even with groups up
to 150 or so.
I would like to try the envelope-way out! I have two questions that I´d
appreciate some more info on:
2. What kind of tickets do you use?
Best regards
Thomas Herrmann
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