Social Action Groups

“ Unfortunately I wasn't able to stay for the full time, but I found it interesting, there seems to be considerable potential in this group, although there is also a risk of it becoming diffused through trying to take on too much. ”

“ Sorry about the necessity to leave early but from all accounts the meeting went well especially in the small groups and people felt involved. I think we can build on this and make the social action groups strong. Thanks to all the co-ordinators and to Angela and Chris for suggesting new action groups. And a special thanks to Mark for chairing the latter part of the meeting in an emergency and without warning! It is not an easy thing to do and can be a baptism of fire. So thanks to all for your contribution and support and let’s hope it goes on from strength to strength. ”

“ this meet up degenerated after Francis left. leaving Mark to Chair the round up session was not a good idea. Mark has a lot of strengths and good ideas but he is not a good chair. He introduced the final session explaining that we had half an hour to hear from each of the [7] sub-groups and have an open session for 15 minutes to get peoples suggestions on how to move forward. He then started to give feedback from his session speaking for just over seven minutes despite being reminded of the timescale. He then brought in the other girl who had been leading his group [3 mins]. After a question from the floor he suggested changing the format to a question and answer session about the issue that had been raised. By this time we had less than 3 minutes to hear from all the other six groups. Having forcefully suggested we get to the plan and hear from each of the groups we then heard foreshortened reports from the other groups. Next time appoint a skilled chair. ”

“ I'm looking forward to the climate change group providing a useful signposting role. It was interesting to see a range of people being active and engaged. ”

“ This was my first meet-up. I enjoyed meeting the people in the group and was most interested in what Janos said, and in learning that there are Transition Town initiatives in London. ”

“ lacked a clear objective - wasn't sure what, if anything, was going to happen next. ”