The British Columbia
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Member organizations within the Network advocate for environmental responsibility and community participation in activities leading to ecological sustainability.
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BCEN. Minutes of the strategy meeting on Sept. 28, 2008 at the Harbour Centre in Vancouver
The strategy dialogue was conducted as a round table session, following the 5-step consensus-based dialogue pattern defined by the “dynamic round table” system.
The minutes were written on posters by the scribe (Marilyn Hansen) and were taken in much abbreviated key word fashion. This present version of the minutes was written by the facilitator, Juergen Hansen, who relied on the key words from the posters as a basis for the expanded version below. This should make more sense for people who did not attend the meeting.
Copies of the original posters are available at the office of the facilitator who will be happy to let you have access to them: please contact Juergen Hansen, facilitator, The Green Group, 7611 Oak Ave., Summerland, B.C. V0H 1Z9; e-mail commonsproject@vip.net; telephone (250) 494-9265.
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VISION
The purpose and format of the BC Environmental Network shall be:
PURPOSE:
1) The mutual education of its members and of loosely affiliated groups through the exchange of information and through the formation of interactive regional chapters which are coordinated by regional representatives.
2) The sharing of information and other resources among the member groups.
FORMAT:
3) A non-partisan approach to all issues.
4) Facilitated cooperation among and between all members groups.
ANALYSIS of the means and information available for the work of the BCEN
1a) Support from the national caucuses of the Environmental Network.
1b) Support and assistance from the other provincial environmental networks.
1c) Support and assistance from B.C. government agencies.
2) Information from list servers such as: Parks, Oceans, Landwatch, Population, Consumption, Pollution (sludge watch).
3) Computer-assisted integration of available data (Super List) for specific purposes is presently available within the BCEN (Carl).
4) Informal networking among members and member groups.
5.) Needs:
a) A large wall map of B.C., for BCEN meetings.
b) A super computer or at least the necessary software.
c) General emotional support for the work of the BCEN from government and society as well as consistent sources of funding and income from environmental consulting contracts into which the BCEN may enter in response to requests from government.
BRAINSTORMING
The purpose of brainstorming as part of a 5-step planning process is to develop and define all possible options for a future strategy. This structured brainstorming tends to be the most important step in any dynamic round table exercise. However, due to the laudable enthusiasm of the BCEN members present, the discussion took on a broader scale and the different strategy options were not defined as clearly as they could have been.
1) Revive BCEN caucuses as collaborative working groups.
2) Ex-officio council to deal with ATV legislation.
3) Large-scale on-line physical and digital hot spots map is needed as a basis for future dialogues.
4) Campaign for sustainability through celebrations should be organized.
5) Develop open communication channels with other groups and private sectors as well
as ecumenical groups.
6) Need to reduce dependence on government funding. Enlarge membership and make use of membership funding.
7) Sustainable business network (ethical business); structured outreach to business.
8) Need access to experts in different fields (Green 911 dictionary).
Time restraints and the overlap between the suggestions propose prevented us from proceeding to the decision-making and implementation stages.