[Pil-pc-oceania] APC9 registration form

[David Arnold]

hi robyn w,

if you ask for the info re year of pdc on the registration form, then you
will know how long to give each person over 10 years pdc to speak.

dave


On 07/01/2008, Robyn Williamson <ecogarden at yahoo.com.au> wrote:
>
> Hi Fern
>
> On page 1 of the registration form at the bottom under "Registrants
> Details" there's a space to put your PDC number or teacher's name.  I
> am informed that everybody has a number on their certificate but I am
> yet to locate mine on either of my 2 PDC documents, one was completed
> with Bill and the other with Janet.
>
> I like the idea of everybody having the opportunity to identify their
> colleagues in groups of PDC elders through to newbies.  I think it
> warrants further discussion with the APC9 Convenors to see if we
> could make time for something similar.
>
> I've been lurking on the Open Space listserv lately, which is about
> organising stimulating conferences for thousands of people.  They do
> this thing called Lightning Talks where people are given as little as
> 3 minutes, strictly timed, to get their message out. I think it would
> be excellent, and undoubtedly hilarious too, if each of our elders,
> say those greater than 10 years, could do a Lightning Talk to the
> interested throng that will be gathered together at APC9.
>
> How many greater than 10 years do you reckon there will be?  If there
> were say 40, at 3 minutes each, it would take two hours.  Or 50 at 2
> minutes would take 1 hour 40 mins.  What do others think?
>
> Kind regards,
> Robyn
>
> CONTACT DETAILS:
>
> Robyn Williamson
> APC9 Secretariat
> info at apc9.org.au
> Ph/Fx:  (02) 9629 3560
> Mobile:  0409 151 435
> http://apc9.org.au
>
>
>
> On 07/01/2008, at 7:29 PM, permaculture at apollobay.org.au wrote:
>
> > Just a query...
> > Where on the APC9 registration form does it ask when you've done
> > your PDC,
> > where and with whom?
> > Permaculture Convergences have always been for those who have
> > completed a
> > PDC... now there's not even a mention on it on the form... or am I
> > mistaken?
> >
> > Especially for a convergence that is celebrating 30 years of
> > permaculture,
> > shouldn't we also be recognising and respecting our Pc qualification?
> >
> > At the recent Advanced Permaculture Principles course with David
> > Holmgren &
> > Su Dennett (that I organised), only PDC holders were able to
> > attend.  David
> > & Su did a great little ice breaker at the start of the course,
> > which got
> > people to step forward according to how long ago they had done
> > their PDC.
> > It was great group activity to see who had done their PDC in the
> > last 2
> > years, the last 5 years, the last 10 years, and greater than 10 years.
> > This was in a group of about 30.  It would be great to do this
> > exercise in
> > a group of hundreds of Pc people :) Can easily see the elders, the
> > middle
> > aged, and the newbies.  I suppose I'm a middle aged permie :) I'm
> > not quite
> > into the greater than 10 yet, but certainly far from being a newbie.
> >
> > cheers
> > Fern
> >
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