Week+4

=Lessons from community service=

Case study: City budget priority meeting
City Councilwoman Jan Marcason says this was the most productive public engagement session she has ever experienced.

=Steps involved in planning the meeting= determine the goal of the meeting develop a set of questions for facilitators to ask find an appropriate venue

Invite participants
make it clear what they can expect invitation

Sign in sheet and handout

 * Groundrules**
 * Everyone participates
 * No one dominates
 * Keep your comments to 1 minute or less so everyone gets a chance to be heard
 * Stay on the topic of the budget
 * Turn off cellphones and refrain from texting while we’re having this discussion
 * We don’t have to agree on everything but we will respect one another’s opinions
 * There are no bad ideas
 * Everyone “knows enough” to have an opinion about what matters to them