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-- Rick Karash, rkarash@world.std.com, host for learning-org
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Below is a copy of the CFV (Call For Votes) for the proposed newsgroup
misc.business.facilitators. If you have access to Usenet and would be
interested in this newsgroup, please vote as instructed at the end of the
CFV. A Usenet newsgroup is NOT a mailing list. If you have access to
Usenet, you know it. If you do not know what this is about, you probably
don't have access. If you are in doubt, contact your site administrator
and ask if Usenet access available.
This a CFV for the formation of the newsgroup. The newsgroup still does
NOT exist and probably won't until March (assuming the vote passes). Once
this newsgroup is formed I am going to try and find a listserv site
willing to set up a facilitators mailing list that can be gatewayed to the
newsgroup.
Please send any comments or questions directly to me (not to this mailing
list) at palmer_mary_m@lanl.gov.
Thank you, Mary Margaret
FIRST CALL FOR VOTES (of 2)
unmoderated group misc.business.facilitators
Newsgroups line:
misc.business.facilitators Network for all types of facilitators.
Votes must be received by 23:59:59 UTC, 13 February 1995.
After this CFV appears on news.announce.newgroups it will be sent to
the mailing lists learning-org (majordomo@world.std.com), trdev-l
(listserv@psuvm.psu.edu), cscw-human-issues-l (listserv@netcom.com),
brkthr-l (listserv@vm.usc.edu), crea-cps
(listserv@hearn.nic.surfnet.nl), 4hchall
(listserv@wsuvm1.csc.wsu.edu), gss-l (listserv@uga.cc.uga.edu), kaw
(service@swi.psy.uva.nl), bpr-l (listserv@is.twi.tudelft.nl), search
(listserv@gwuvm.gwu.edu), hrd-l (listserv@mizzou1.missouri.edu),
quality (listserv@pucc.princeton.edu). It will also be sent to Bill
Starbuck (wstarbuc@stern.nyu.edu) who acts as liaison for networks
related to the Academy of Management with a request to post it in any
of the management lists he thinks may be appropriate.
This vote is being conducted by a neutral third party. For voting
questions only contact rdippold@qualcomm.com. For questions about the
proposed group contact Mary Margaret Palmer <palmer_mary_m@lanl.gov>.
CHARTER
misc.business.facilitators will be a world-wide unmoderated forum for
all professional workshop, seminar, and meeting facilitators,
moderators, mediators, designers, leaders, and trainers who provide
facilitation-type services to businesses, communities, or governmental
agencies. This newsgroup will be open to (but not limited to) those
who
- conduct professional training workshops or seminars (e.g., CareerTracks type
seminars, management retreats, Seven Habits)
- design and conduct Search Conferences or Future Conferences
- design and conduct Participatory Design Workshops
- provide OD consulting and facilitation services
- design and conduct systems design workshops using a methodology like JAD,
FAST, or The METHOD.
- facilitate electronic meetings using groupware or meetingware (e.g.,
GroupSystems V, TeamFocus, CI-Toolkit, C.A.Facilitator)
- facilitate decision conferences
- conduct team building workshops or assist self-directed teams
- provide quality improvement assessment and facilitation services (e.g., TQM,
Malcolm Baldrige, Quest 2000, ISO-9000)
- provide conflict resolution, intervention, moderation, or arbitration services
- assist organizations in strategic planning, process engineering and
reengineering
- facilitate meetings for their organization
This group is not open to advertisers of seminars, workshops, and consulting
services.
WHY THIS GROUP SHOULD BE CREATED
Currently there is no newsgroup specifically for those involved in or
interested in the field of facilitation. There are mailing lists that
address specific related fields but nothing encompassing facilitation
and facilitation-type services in general. This newsgroup will fill
this gap by becoming a place where facilitators, OD consultants,
business trainers, session leaders, electronic meeting facilitators,
TQM and team building specialists, etc. can share ideas and lessons
learned, provide advice and assistance, and post educational,
training, and consulting resources and opportunities.
HOW TO VOTE
Send MAIL to: voting@qualcomm.com
Just Replying should work if you are not reading this on a mailing list.
Your mail message should contain one of the following statements:
I vote YES on misc.business.facilitators
I vote NO on misc.business.facilitators
You may also ABSTAIN in place of YES/NO - this will not affect the outcome.
Anything else may be rejected by the automatic vote counting program. The
votetaker will respond to your received ballots with a personal acknowledge-
ment by mail - if you do not receive one within several days, try again.
It's your responsibility to make sure your vote is registered correctly.
One vote counted per person, no more than one per account. Addresses and
votes of all voters will be published in the final voting results list.