7.26.11 Forum Follow-Up

Dear Edison Community Members,

It was great to see everyone last week to map out the next steps in addressing the issues raised in the June forum.  My sincere apologies for the delay in getting this information back out to you, but on the “Documents to Download” page you will find:

• General minutes from the forum
• A summary of the various proposals from the “Solution Teams” regarding each of the core issues identified at the June forum
• Pictures of all the flips charts shared by those teams
• The original proposals that were used for the small group discussions at the forum
• A roster of attendees, including any solution teams they signed up for (I hesitate to send out the full contact list with emails and phone numbers, but will assist solution teams to connect with each other).

                                                                                                                                                     

With the start of school just around the corner, now is the critical moment to turn discussion into concrete action that will lay the foundation for an outstanding year.  Among other things, the attached plans contain some great ideas for using Back-to-School night as a key outreach opportunity, and for hosting a visioning forum early in the year to help set the tone and provide guidance for the other solution teams.  Some of the teams designated a contact person for the team, and others did not. If you are willing to serve in that role over the next few weeks, please let me know.  We will find a time to either sit down together or hold a conference call before school starts to review these plans and make sure all the pieces come together.  As the Solution teams take shape based on the recommendations the groups presented, it will then be easier for everyone to plug into the process as much (or as little J) as they like.

Thanks again for all of your hard work to move this forward and to help make this the best year possible for Edison.
All the best,

Bill

Bill Fulton
The Civic Canopy
bill@civiccanopy.org