This page describes the "visioning exercise" planned for the April 2019 Partner Meeting (April 29, 2019 in Indianapolis, IN)
Additional documents created since this exercise was conducted:
- Report on Samvera Visioning Processing (August 6, 2019)
Why are we doing this exercise now?
As Samvera has been undergoing governance changes this past year, with Steering becoming an elected group and with the introduction of a Roadmap Council, it is important for us to listen for the sense of emerging purpose which helps the community shift from a reactive stance to a creative one. By describing where we see ourselves in five years, and by understanding our current reality, a creative tension will naturally form that can energize and motivate the community. The time is ripe for developing a shared vision of Samvera and where we are taking it.
Who participates in the exercise?
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Imagine it is five years from today. In this future:
- Who are the stakeholders of Samvera and how do we work with them?
- How do we produce value for the stakeholders of Samvera?
- What is the impact of our collective work?
- What is the common defining feature of the Samvera community membership?
- How do we set an informed and relevant technical direction?
- What does the Samvera organization look like?
- What organizations is Samvera aligned with?
- What are the signs that Samvera is a sustainable and secure organization?
Ask "how do we measure progress?" for each of these.
Remote groups of 3
Chrissy Rissmeyer Nora Egloff Hannah Frost | Steve Van Tuyl Chris Awre Alicia Morris | Julie Allinson Emily Stanberg Esmé Cowles | Dan Coughlin Rob Kaufman Brian Hole |
Remote groups of 5
Red group notes | Orange group notes | Yellow group notes |
Chrissy Rissmeyer
Hannah Frost Steve Van Tuyl Chris Awre | Alicia Morris Dan Coughlin Nora Egloff Julie Allinson
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Rob Kaufman Brian Hole Emily Stanberg Esmé Cowles |
Final Outline of the Full Session Schedule
14:00 overview of afternoon’s agenda, schedule, activity explanation. Define groups (remote attendees, see above). Half of room go downstairs to 0110.
14:15Individual reflection (5 mins)
14:20Threesome idea generation (8 mins)
14:30 Fivesome sharing (20 mins) (time to travel back to main room if needed)
- Red group notes
- Orange group notes
- Yellow group notes
- Green group notes
- Blue group notes
- Violet group notes
- Brown group notes
- Grey group notes
- Magenta group notes
15:00 Meet back in 1126. Whole group sharing (30 mins)
- Notes from group report outs (transcribed from white board)
15:30 15 min. break
15:45 Fivesomes reconvene, work on pithy vision statement (30 minutes)
16:15Fiversomes post/report out/share statements (30 minutes)
Group discussion and “voting” on top statements/elements/phrases
16:45 Next steps for the vision statement process
Re-cap the day.
What’s up the following day.
17:00adjourn