Dear Ashland friends --You are invited to join our seventh monthly Sustainable Community Leaders Dialogue, this coming Monday, December 15, 6:30 p.m. at the Ashland Public Library downstairs in the Gresham room.This month we will:1. Decide the "top issues" around which to organize a "Dialogue with Officials" in January (similiar format to the "Dialogue with Candidates" at the Elks in October)2. Choose a date and organize a host team, process design team, and outreach team for convening the "Dialogue with Officials" in JanuaryThe results of the "top issue" clustering/voting process we did at the November 17 meeting are as follows (everyone present was given three stickers to "vote" on the "top issues" in Ashland from the large white sheets of paper saved from the Ashland Dialogues with Candidates held October 15/16 at the Elks Lodge.)See sector map far belowSector 10 -- Governance2 stickers -- City vision6 stickers -- Decisions made for 7 generations2 stickers -- Adaptive/limited government8 stickers -- Transition Town Ashland4 stickers -- Neighborhood nodes (sharing, trading, gardening)1 stickers -- Integrating city and citizens5 stickers -- Transpartisan Town halls5 stickers -- Relationships/dialogue across city dividesSector 1 -- Energy, Food, and Water8 stickers -- Permaculture3 stickers -- Local food8 stickers -- Protect watershed8 stickers -- Local energy generation1 stickers -- ResilienceSector 2 -- Economics and Business10 stickers -- Resilient economy, eco-tourismSector 5 -- Arts and Culture6 stickers -- Local celebrationsSector 3 -- Communications and Media4 stickers -- Create a "new mythos" to support transition/change/evolutionSector 9 -- Learning and Education3 stickers -- Public educationSector 4 -- Environment and Infrastructure2 stickers -- Sustainable forestryAs always, please feel free to reach out to other leaders -- formal and informal -- in the community to engage them in this dialogue.Thank you!Joseph535-5080
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