Re: Hava Nashira 1998

[David F. Jaffe <djaffe...>]

Here's one more scratchy voice in support of increased small group
programming next time.  Though I was never at HN before this summer, my
sense is that the current programming style has worked well with the
historically smaller groups; with over 100 of us, the structure is still
useful for certain events (Shimon's rehearsal/concert is a good example,
though, how many of you realize that those of us who went to his morning
"small group" received the exact same program twice in a row?).  I would
suggest more workshops or "focus sessions" with an opportunity for
leadership by interested 'non' staff.

dj
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-----Original Message-----
From: DanielKare (at) aol(dot)com <DanielKare (at) aol(dot)com>
To: hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org <hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org>
Date: Monday, June 08, 1998 9:21 PM
Subject: Re: Hava Nashira 1998


>In a message dated 98-06-08 12:49:55 EDT, you write:
>
><< But before I bore you all with positives, let me share about the two
areas
> where I feel we missed the mark.  The first is an opinion that I know was
> shared by many of the participants, and that is the over programming of
the
> conference and the resultant lack of time for informal, small group
> learning and sharing.  This is a serious problem, because it reflects a
> mind set that really must change.  What that type of programming implies
is
> that we participants are to be in "receptor mode" for the vast majority of
> the time, and that we are to receive the insights from the "experts" in
> order to further our education.  I strongly disagree with this model as
the
> dominant paradigm for what should happen at HN.  Personally I got much
more
> out of the smaller group sharings, scheduled and unscheduled, in which
> people with common goals were able to share their various strategies,
> tunes, activities and ideas with eachother.  This type of programming
> happened in spite of the schedule, rather than because of it.
>