permaculture

[Claudia Joseph <permie@earthlink.net>]

Hi Larry,
I am sending my friend Joan Mahony to you.  I am still thinking about  
spring.  Maybe you could do a weekend of a modular?  Also maybe an  
evening talk somewhere.  I will promote that idea to the people who  
support my work.

I am having a problem with the modular format.  At least 5 people  
missed on day - 7 hours of content.
Four people missed 2 days.  That seems like an awful lot of missed  
material.  There is no way to make it up since I have many guest  
teachers adding in project examples.
Do I give them PDC's anyway?  How about the ones that sleep in class?

FYI:  The course in Manhattan at Inwood Nature Center graduated  
something like 28 people.  The teacher, Christopher Healy, got his  
PDC online.  He had never taught  permaculture before and does not  
have a home site.  Three people complained to me about the lack of  
course content. One person praised his story-telling.  The conveners  
cried as they handed out the certificates.

Any thoughts?

I hope your course got off to a good start.
Thanks for being out there.

Claudia




On Oct 1, 2007, at 1:32 PM, L. Santoyo Designs wrote:

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