Our Klamath Basin Water Crisis
Upholding rural Americans' rights to grow food,
own property, and caretake our wildlife and natural resources.
Our Klamath Basin
Water Crisis
Upholding rural Americans' rights to grow food,
own property, and caretake our wildlife and natural resources.
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From Alice Kilham of Hatfield Working Group
and Klamath Basin Ecosystem Foundation 10/14/05
Dear Stakeholders,
You are invited to attend a training session in
collaboration, community building and consensus
building November 14-18 offered by Bob Chadwick
of Consensus Associates. The workshop is being
sponsored by the Klamath National Forest,
Fremont-Winema, ORE-CAL RCD, NOAA and BOR
(Sacramento). It is a timely opportunity. A
description of the course content, as well as
testimonials from previous courses, is attached.
There are enough funds to provide 20
scholarships to the Stakeholders, including
meals, travel and lodging. If you wish to
attend, please contact Donna Burcher
dburcher@yahoo.com or 530.397.7463 for
registration. If there are more than 20
requests, we will seek a way to meet your needs.
Please provide Donna the following information:
I am willing to attend Will you need travel or mileage funding? Will you need funding for meals? Will you need lodging?
We encourage agency people to participate as
well, and they should contact Judith McHugh at
jmchugh@fs.fed.us. or 530.841.4485.
20 rooms have been reserved at the Miners Inn at
a reduced rate of $72.26. Let them know you are
with the Klamath Basin workshop, and whether you
want more than one bed. You must make these
reservations by November 1.
I understand this is a short time frame, and it
falls close to our Stakeholder Workshop on
November 1-3. However, the funds that will make
it possible must be spent by November 30. It is
an experience that will be valuable to any of us
working on the issues in the Klamath River
Basin, valuable for our community or
organization, and valuable in our personal
lives. I encourage any of you interested to
attend.
Alice Kilham
KLAMATH RIVER BASIN CONSENSUS WORKSHOP November 14-18, 2005 You are invited to attend a training session in
collaboration, community building and
consensus-building. This session is offered by Bob
Chadwick of Consensus Associates and is intended to
build skills and capacity for people to resolve
natural resource issues and build their communities.
The course is sponsored by the Klamath National
Forest, Ore-Cal RCD, LEARNING MODULES 1. PROCESS INTRODUCTION: An introduction to a basic process, the basic beliefs that motivate that process, and some of the art. This includes: introduction to the circle, a process for life-long learning, the worst and best outcomes, and an exploration of conflict. The participant will experience the application of the process on conflict, while learning how to develop a shared information base for wise decisions. The participant will explore and experience the role of the facilitator and recorder in consensus building and in empowering others. Participants will leave with the ability to use the process on simple and everyday conflict issues. They will experience the approach for Personal, Interpersonal and Inter-group conflicts. This basic introduction will be applicable to all the modules that follow. 2. MANAGING CHANGE: Change, and rapid change are the constant in our environment. We are confronted with rapid change in almost every aspect of our life. Not only technological change, but belief, values and behavioral changes are constantly confronting us. In this module, the participant will experience the change process, from an emotional and logical framework. The application of the basic process to change is experienced and visually demonstrated. The participant is provided a process that allows people to acknowledge their non-adaptive beliefs, values and the resultant behaviors, while honoring them for their past value. The change process is provided a reaffirmation of values that are still adaptive, and stable, while adding and acknowledging beliefs that are now adaptive. 3. MANAGING PARTICIPATIVE DECISION MAKING: Representative democracy, the belief that the elected representative will be able to represent the needs of his/her constituencies, is confronting the increasingly conflicting demands of a diverse community. The educated electorate no longer will allow the elected official to make the decision alone. They want to be part of the decision making process. Scarcity aggravates the problem, as the special interest groups vie for the limited resources. The elected official works best with unlimited resources, not when deciding who gets the leftovers. The participants learn how to apply the consensus process so that participative decision making actually strengthens representative democracy. The participants learn how to apply this to the business climate as well as to public interest situations. 4: REACHING CONSENSUS: Just what is consensus? It is important to differentiate consensus from other approaches to resolving conflict. The concept of "continuum" in decision making is explored with differing approaches conflict. It is important to know that consensus is expressed through behaviors. It is important to know when and how to create consensus with words. Both approaches are experienced. |
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