[Ailist] Next NY Appreciative Inquriy Special Interest Group Meeting, Thurs., May 3, 2007

[Dlalondeny at aol.com]

Hello Everyone: 
 
 
Please mark your calendars and join us for the next  meeting of the New York 
Appreciative Inquiry Special Interest Group through  the Organizational 
Development Network of New York, Thursday, May  3,  2007.
 
Come be a part of creating a wave of appreciation and  connection throughout 
the NY Metropolitan Area. 
 
 
Your planning team for the May 3 meeting, Frank  Basler, Judy Katz, and Robyn 
Stratton-Berkessel,  
has met and will facilitate a process to accomplish the following  purposes:


 
 -- Renew our mission  statement for NYAISIG
 
-- Organize interest or action groups
 
-- Demonstrate a handy/dandy design for helping a group  write its mission -- 
and, demonstrate the use of Open Space methods for helping  a group 
self-organize.
 
Our Agenda will include:
 
- Introducing new members/attendees
- Reviewing the minutes of our the Feb. 20 meeting in  which we did some 
dreaming/visioning about NYAISIG's future
- Developing 2-4 drafts of a mission statement and  finding volunteers to 
craft a single draft for approval next time
- Self-organizing into interest or action groups to  implement the vision and 
mission and, as an important by-product, take  responsibility for future 
meetings.


 
 


The next meeting will  take place on:  
 
 
 
Date:    Thursday,  May 3,  2007  
 
Time:  5:45 pm  - 8 pm Location:   John Jay College, 899 Tenth Avenue @ 59th 
Street ,  Room 610  (6th Floor) (The Round Table Room for those of you who  
have been there before)  

 
 
 

Registration Fee:   Free
 
Here is the closest  Subway stop/lines   59th Street Columbus Circle/Broadway 
 -  Subway A, B, C, D, 2, 1 
 
Participants will need  to pre-register in order to access the building. To  
register, if you are a member of the NYAISIG yahoo group please click on this  
link: 
 
 
_http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/nyaisig/database?method=addRecord&tbl=2
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(http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/nyaisig/database?method=addRecord&tbl=25) 
 
(http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/nyaisig/database?method=addRecord&tbl=20) 
 
(you may need to  sign in to yahoo groups.  If you would like to join our 
NYAISIG yahoo  group (see directions at the bottom of this e-mail): 
(http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/nyaisig/database?method=addRecord&tbl=6) 
(If you do not wish to join the NYAI SIG Yahoo Group, you can also  register 
by e-mailing me directly:  Please email Denise Lalonde at  dlalondeny at aol.dla 
to register and for more  information. 



 
We  look forward to seeing you.
 
Warm regards,
Denise
 
 
Denise  Lalonde
Lalonde Consulting and Coaching 




212-974-1438
dlalondeny at aol.com 

The NYAISIG is a community of  practice that is committed to the study,  
exploration and application of the Appreciative Inquiry Philosophical  Approach 
along with other positive/collaboratpositive/collaborat<WBR>ive ap around change 
and transformation.  It is our hope to create  a supportive community of 
practitioners to bring more of these approaches into  New York City and Area 
Organizations. 
 
 
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Denise  Lalonde
Lalonde Consulting and Coaching 

212-974-1438
dlalondeny at aol.com



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