[Pil-pc-oceania] APC9

[penny pyett]

Hello Fern, thanks for your questions and I'm sorry you feel PN hasn't been 
more inclusive in APC9 at this point. Truth is Fern, we have been working 
very hard on APC9 doing all the necessary preliminary things like securing a 
site, organising our own group, developing a logo and promotional material, 
preparing gant charts and budgets, consulting with key individuals, 
developing a website and so on. Our conveners troika has been meeting 
fortnightly for a few months now but it all takes time and there are many 
things to consider.

We are keen for you and everyone in the movement to be included in APC9 
which I'm sure will happen in time. We plan to call for presentation papers 
and discuss progress on this site in due course, when it is appropriate for 
us to do so, but in the meantime please feel free to forward any suggestions 
for the event or how you would like to be included.

As mentioned on discussions lists, Tuesday 7th May, APC9 will be held over 
the Easter period March 20th to 24th, 2008. It will be held at Glengarry 
Training and Education Centre (a Girl Guides site) in Nth Turramurra, 
Sydney. It is a beautiful site on the edge of Sydney's Ku-ring-gai National 
Park that we will have exclusively to ourselves.

I hope APC9 will be a bigger convergence than normal and yes the numbers are 
certainly our greatest concern and I would be surprised if bioregional pc 
groups were not telling their members about their national convergence. We 
will be sending out convergence registrations early October and will be 
offering early bird discounts. We trust people will register early to help 
us with this so we can plan adequately for the event. I'm sorry we might be 
a bit slow for you Fern but we are going about this carefully in the belief 
that the process is as important as the outcome and we are doing the best we 
can.

Thanks Fern,

Penny Pyett President 2007
Permaculture North Inc.
(02) 9888 2575 or 1300 887 145
"mail to: president at permaculturenorth.org.au"

Sharing sustainable solutions with communities.





>From: "permaculture at apollobay.org.au" <permaculture at apollobay.org.au>
>Reply-To: permaculture at apollobay.org.au,        permacultue discussion 
>list<pil-pc-oceania at lists.permacultureinternational.org>
>To: pil-pc-oceania at lists.permacultureinternational.org
>Subject: [Pil-pc-oceania] APC9
>Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 09:19:37 -0400
>
>Some straight forward comments & questions from Fern:
>
>I'd like PN to be a more open and inclusive of what's being planned for
>APC9.
>
>Why isn't it being discussed on list?
>
>In my opinion it would be good if PIL had a forum site (like PRI's
>discussion forum), rather than a listserv, then you can check what you
>want, when you want... and not have your inbox full of listserv.
>
>To get a good approximation of numbers coming to APC9, perhaps PN can ask
>on list (& on PRI 's forum) and also ask other bioregional groups to tell
>their members about it and to get an indication of who would be likely to
>go.  I think this convergence is going to be big... much bigger than
>Melbourne's one.
>
>What were the dates again?
>
>
>
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