Terri wrote this in a personal email to Michal, in response to the questions.
Hi Michael... great idea!!! I like the way your have framed this.
And, I'll share my personal thoughts, which you may take or leave as you so choose.
I like what I assume to be your intention with the first 2 questions...
and have experienced lots of confusion about what I should do with the responses when I have used them. Typically I have gotten a split between what people liked and what they didn't like, of course with some folks liking what others did not like, so when I was done with the survey I wasn't sure what I had learned and what I should do next. I presume you are wanting to learn what was the most sacred and should be continued not matter what, in which case maybe you just ask that and ignore the second question.
I, personally wonder, too, how well the convening theme endured and focused the conversations for other participants. That showed up as a great big missing for me - I talked to bunches of folks who didn't even know the great story, so I became a little bit confused about our collective purpose and intention.
Anyway - bravo for a great gathering. I want to contribute to what I would label real evolutionary salons, where we explore how to further this story, embed it in our daily lives, our spiritual traditions, how we interact with our children, etc. So I'll be thinking more about that in the months to come. Jack Semura and I met just Saturday to talk a bit about that, too. he's a gem!!!
hugs - terri
Michael's reply:
I wholeheartedly agree with your last two paragraphs, Terri. Thank you!!!
Michael