[KWPeace-groups] Minutes from Symposium Subcommittee

[Emily Mininger]

Sorry folks, I keep forgetting that our mailing list blocks attachments due
to size.

Here's the text, I'll post it to the KWPeace website soon.

Symposium Subcommittee Meeting June 1



In attendance: Emily, Laura, Matt, Bob. Isaiah

·         Review of feedback from last year (included in previous minutes
for October 1st debrief
<http://kwpeace.ca/meeting-minutes/minutes-of-debriefing-of-kwpeaces-perspectives-on-peace-4-october-2016/>
)

·         Date:

o    The Centre for Peace Advancement is having Peace Week from September
18-22

o    WR Nonviolence has IDOPAN (International Days of Peace and
Nonviolence) Sept 22- Oct 2

o    We think Saturday evenings are best because it's hard for people to
give up a whole Saturday, and Sunday will interfere with religious attendees

o    So Saturday evening, September 23rd, 4-8:30 like last year

·         Venue

o    Fresh grounds café - too small

o    Liked the Commons Vibe, but hard to have a large group and avoid the
chair shuffling from last year

o    St. John's Kitchen seems like the best option. Cost would be $200 plus
$90 for staff, so comparable to $250 that we paid last year

·         Has a large gym, a stage

·         The accoustics are bad, but could be better with a good system
and someone managing sound

·         No projector, but we don't think we'll need one

·         Has a kitchen and breakout space if needed

o    Laura will confirm availability

·         Organization of event

o    4-4:30 mingle, meet and greet

o    4:30-5:30 panel with speakers (4 speakers talk for 5 min each, then 20
min for moderated questions and 20 mins for audience questions

o    5:30-5:45 - pass the mic to each group, but super quick - 1-2
sentences about what peace in KW means to them.

·         Will get groups to be visual and help audience to know who's
there, but avoid the long saga of last time.

·         Will give each group a paragraph in a program for them to talk
more about what they're about

o    5:45-6:45 introduce the groups, grab dinner, and head on over to a
discussion area on one of several themes

o    6:45-7 break for dessert and coffee

o    7-8:15 round 2 of discussions, switch it up

o    Throughout the evening have some long butcher paper for people to make
peace connections on. Put each of the groups on to begin with, and have
people make their connections between groups

·         Panelists

o    Need suggestions of speakers! Some names thrown out were Richard
Walsh, Jim Loney, someone from CPT, Trudy Baulme, Thomas Homer-Dixon, Rick
Cober-Bauman

·         If you have suggestions of a speaker please let us know!

·         We will suggest speakers by email and bring the list of
suggestions to the next large KW Peace potluck

·         Themes

o    Peace with each other

o    Peace with ourselves (inner peace)

o    Peace with the natural world

·         Title:

o    KW Peace brings you an evening of Peace in KW?

o    Overall theme kind of "what does peace in KW mean to you"

o    Need to solidify title

On Sat, Jun 3, 2017 at 12:38 PM, Emily Mininger <e.mininger at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hello All!
>
> We had the first meeting of the next symposium planning committee on June
> 1st. Please see the minutes from our meeting attached.
>
> We will be starting an organizers mailing list for those particularly
> interested in organizing this event. If you want to be on the list but were
> unable to attend the planning meeting, please let me know.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Emily
>
> --
> Emily Mininger
>
> Email: e.mininger at gmail.com
> Phone: 519-568-3879 <(519)%20568-3879>
>
> Check out peace groups and events in KW - KWpeace.ca
>



-- 
Emily Mininger

Email: e.mininger at gmail.com
Phone: 519-568-3879

Check out peace groups and events in KW - KWpeace.ca