By Mukhya devi dasi

The second Community Development Conference was a big success this past Saturday. There were over 100 devotees in attendance, and another 25 facilitators. The essence of the day was moving into specific focus groups of individual interest, and meeting together to see what is working, what is needed, and what being more involved would look like. The teams went through exercises together as a preview of what the actual committees (which will be identified based on a form everyone filled out called “My Offering” commitments) will be doing in conference 3.

You can see what the focus groups are listed below.

Each group spent the day getting to know one another, taking incredibly delicious prasadam together (obeisances to the cooks!!), and really sharing and listening to each other. In my group (Temple Management Support with an emphasis on Guest Services), I know every person had something valuable to contribute. At the end of the day, a representative of each group made a short statement of the group’s experience (“hopeful, a clearer understanding, enthusiastic, motivated…”) and shared a practical goal their group came up with. See each group’s SMART goals here.I want to give a big appreciation to the CDI team who met together hundreds of times over the last two years to pull together something relevant and all encompassing to help our community grow into the future, and to let their individual voices be heard.

If you were unable to attend the meeting but wanted to, please check out the focus groups and see if there is something you would like to be part of and the CDI will hook you in with the group. www.nrrcommunity.com






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