| 2003 GTW International Congress - Pre-Planning
Process
Planning an event of this magnitude is no easy task. The
idea for the congress was birthed at a WOVA Retreat in February
2003 when Kathe Schaaf, who had been reading a book by Carol
Lee Flinders entitled "At the Root of This Longing"
had a vision for this event. She discussed it with WOVA's
Executive Director, Carol Hansen Grey who told her she would
support WOVA sponsoring the event. Kathe took the lead in
contacting potential partnering organizations and organized
a pre-conference planning meeting on August 22 in Oakland,
California that was attended by 23 representatives from organizations
who had agreed to partner.
[ Click
here to see photos of the meeting ]
The idea was to make the event chaordic in nature letting
the partnering organizations be responsible for certain aspects
of the Congress. Below is the graphic rendition of the Congress
organizational chart.
| In September, Kathe and Carol flew to Vancouver, BC,
Canada for a 3-day meeting with Brenda Chaddock and Myriam
Laberge, professional meeting planners, who had volunteered
to help design the program. Their skill and expertise
brought the program together. |
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Above: Myriam Laberge, Kathe
Schaaf, Carol Hansen Grey, Brenda
Chaddock
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