two bits that might or might not be useful in these wonderings... first, we did a statewide "food security summit" in illinois in 2001. three days, full-on ost. proceedings are still posted here... http://www.michaelherman.com/publications/foodsecurity.pdf. the event was sponsored by a large local foundation. invitees included policy folks, farmers, soup kitchen managers, chefs, food pantries, homeless shelters, food distributors. and associated agency folk like our friend ted ernst, who sort of followed me home from that event and discovered all of you here on the list. the theme of the summit, subsequent events, and ongoing work was/is essentially "healthy food for all."
later on, ralph, we did a regional followup to address the findings of a report done by a new jersey outfit, called redtomato.org. michael On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 8:47 AM, Ralph Copleman <rcople...@comcast.net>wrote: > Hunger is a tragedy anywhere, anytime. > > That said... > > In my experience, trying to organize a group of process consultants to deal > with a specific issue has not worked. It seems to matter little how deeply > our hearts are stirred, we never get it going. Conference calls and > meetings get put together, and assignments get accepted, but things have > always broken down on definitions, roles, deadlines. etc. We do not follow > through. > > OS can be a HUGE and important contribution to any social change movement. > Can we use it to address the challenge of hunger. OF COURSE we can. It's > a natural. It's obvious. We all know this. But that's not the question. > Will we get something done around this? That's really the question. > > My answer to Michael's question? Yes, it's a silly idea. > > Now, please, somebody. Make me eat these words. > > Ralph Copleman > > * > * > ========================================================== > osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu > ------------------------------ > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, > view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: > http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html > > To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: > http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist > -- Michael Herman Michael Herman Associates http://www.michaelherman.com http://www.ronanparktrail.com http://www.chicagoconservationcorps.org http://www.openspaceworld.org 312-280-7838 (mobile) * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist
