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[Wesley Roe and Santa Barbara Permaculture Network <lakinroe@silcom.com>]

> *Subject: **Please read and comment on how to make this clearer 
> Permaculture Convergence PLanning Retreat Aug 17-19 for 2013 activity*
> Contact Bill Roley <drroley@cox.net>
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> Hello Permaculture Elders, Designers, and Networkers
>
> A group of us has been putting our heads and heart together and 
> attempting to create a collective activity for a Southern California 
> networking convergence and skills sharing of our talents in 2013. I 
> have made a work trade with the Irvine Ranch Outdoors Education Center 
> and excited the staff with developing permaculture programs and 
> educational demonstrations for our lodging, meeting spaces and cooking 
> facilities. More details can be supplied to those interested in 
> contributing energy or help to run monthly workshops over the next 
> year to strengthen our exposure and participant base for the convergence.
>
> My vision is to set up participants to the convergence in an applied 
> educational format where many of us with expertise could lead hands-on 
> speaking and participatory workshops that produce something at the end 
> of the convergence weekend other than sitting in a chair and 
> absorbing. Educating our collective on skills training and sharing our 
> experience is the unique goal. Our SC Convergence would create a 
> legacy at the Irvine Ranch Outdoor Education Center when we leave that 
> can educate and illustrate basic ecological and technical permaculture 
> principles for the many school children and teachers that come to the 
> center during their yearly programs. Presently elementary and junior 
> high age students explore the many ecological demonstrations that do 
> exist on site. Plans for a high school age program and career work 
> training has been discussed with emphasis on social cultural 
> activities for these teenagers. Emphasis on what can be taken back to 
> their respective schools and communities  to develop zero waste 
> communities has been suggested.
>
> I propose meeting for the weekend of Aug 17-19 and develop programs 
> and demonstrations that many of you may want to participate, chair or 
> add resources to the development of these on site examples of 
> permculture education in action and evolution and could be use for our 
> convergence Build Here Now Weekend sharing.
>
> *Southern California Participatory Permculture Workshop to plan*
> *2013 Convergence*
>
> *Objective*; Organize a design team to set agenda for 2013 Convergence
>
> Build Coalition of teachers, designers, and planners to bring maximum 
> exposure to
>
> Permculture strategies and projects in Southern California. Have a 
> shared dialogue and
>
> Communion of friendly skills sharing, food, music, and planning at a 
> retreat at the Irvine Ranch.
>
> Outdoor Education Center (see attached pictorial description)
>
> Develop a contact list for a collective network of perm culture 
> project, designers and activities
>
> in and around Southern California
>
> Set up working group to create IROEC project that would be completed 
> at Convergence
>
> *Who*: Permculture designers in Orange, Riverside, Los Angeles, San 
> Diego, and Santa
>
> Barbara County And Baja California
>
> *Where* Irvine Ranch Outdoors Education Center 
> (www.outdooreducationcenter.org <http://www.outdooreducationcenter.org/>)
> 2 Irvine Park /Road
> Orange, Ca 92869
> *When*: Aug 17-19, 2012
> *Scope of Retreat Activities*
> Help create the 2013 Southern Convergence and plan environmental 
> literate demonstrations at IROEC .as applied program using a series of 
> demonstration and lecturers that will illustrate permculture 
> principles and techniques. It is our hope to demonstrate our skills to 
> public school teacher training programs, the Boy Scouts of America, 
> projects, and their environmental Explorer Scout clubs, which will 
> carry on this work. A series of monthly workshops are planned to aid 
> exposure and marketing of the Convergence at the Center. _Potential 
> Opportunities_
> * *
>
> 1. Meet and greet fellow PC Designers and establish 2013 convergence
>
> 2. Build coalition to maximize exposure of perm culture in Southern 
> California
>
> 3. Prepare IROED for monthly and yearly retreats
>
> 4. Develop schedule and organization of courses with available 
> teachers for next year.
>
> 5. Set up demonstrations of perm culture techniques that can be used 
> as teaching training tools for elementary, intermediate and high 
> schools at IROEC.
>
> 6. Suggest site specific workshops for Explorer Scout Environmental 
> Club job training program
>
> 7. Establish perm culture merit badge for Boy Scouts of America
>
> *Schedule*
> Friday August 17 check in 12-5 Orientation, sleeping arrangements, 
> weekend schedule
> 6 PM Tour of site and opportunities and constraint mapping
> 7:30 Dinner
> 8:30 Overview Vision
> 9:30 Music and movies
> Saturday
> Breakfast 7-8 AM
> 9-11 Am General Session Priorities, Themes, Focus
> 11-12:30 Small Group Taking Ownership
> 1:00-2:00 Lunch
> 300- 5:00 Expenses, Donations and Funding
> 6-8:00 Dinner
> 8:00 Evening Program
> 10:00 Star gazing, movies, music
> Sunday
> 9:00 Breakfast
> 10:00 F[BR1] uture Strategic Planning
> 12:00 Pool Lunch and Work Parties
> 3-5 Closing and Task commitments
> Please contact: by Aug 10, 2012 . We are open for suggestions and 
> feedback so as to make greatest impact and exposure for all concerned
>
> Bill Roley,
>
> Director
>
> Permaculture Institute of Southern California
>
> 1027 Summit Way
>
> Laguna Beach,CA 92651
>
> 949-494-5843 <tel:949-494-5843> office
> 949-413-2524 <tel:949-413-2524> cell
Bill Roley <drroley@cox.net>
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