Saturday Session

[Ken Medlin <dev-plan@moscow.com>]

Dear Visionaries-Conferees:  Thanks to all those (some 30-odd) folks who 
came out on a crisp morning to rub elbows and share ideas with 
fellow/sister citizens having somewhat the same concerns about our 
communities. Comments I heard indicate we have energies, visions, 
obstacles and frustrations but still a lot of hope and optimism. Since 
there are no budgets for this kind of citizen endeavor, space and other 
limitations are  necessary realities, and timing of the event had to work 
around so many schedules. And yet, we enjoyed  reasonable success. Only 
so much can be done in a three-hour block and I think we did spend too 
much time in 'grounding' and familiarization -- so many folks already 
knew each other, and we facilitators failed to account for that. I'll 
take the blame.
   As soon as a summary is readied, it will be shared with everyone (I 
have to leave town early on Feb. 17 for about two weeks, and I hope it's 
done by then). We welcome any and all comments, suggestions, criticisms 
etc. on what we did, and ideas for where we go from here. I'm doing some 
initial planning myself, with some advice from others, which can include 
everyone. We learn as we go, and map as we go. At the same time, we can 
aim realistically and seek to encourage wholesome, functional and benign 
development policies and practices in our several environments.
    Hopefully it's now clearer than ever before to most of us why 
citizens who love their community ought to register their views, choices 
and goals in a public way whereby institutional policies can be 
positively influenced. Ordinary patterns of representation don't always 
seem to work in the general interest or move in the right directions. 
  Hoping to hear from you, and thanks again.   Ken Medlin

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William K. Medlin
Dev-plan associates
930 Kenneth Street
Moscow ID 83843
208/892-0148
dev-plan@moscow.com