Question Four: What minimum resources (basics e.g. staffing, technology, funding, facilities, food) support the initiative and success of learning communities?

Group One: What does success mean? Have we acheived succes? What is the miniumum?

• How visible dolearning communites need to be?
• Someone needs to step into roles of facilitator, coordinator, recorder, engager, disseminator
• How fixed are these roles? Rotating? Experience says fixed works
• Does there need to be a hierarchical system? Or larger informational system; previous experience had a paid staff person to stay on task.
• Structured communication is very important can be in different forms.
• Food, nourishment, transportation, care, bathroom, etc.
• People who are invested in the learning process
• National office provides funding for networking/support (luxury)

Group Two

• Training for new members of a community orientation not indoctrination
• Someone in authority (amanger, etc.) to support ideas, change
  • Authority figure needs to follow-up with actions
• Realistic funding must be available.
• Shared language (different languages, not vocabulary)

Group Three

• Care, balancing of challenge and support
• Long term strategic context
  • Generativity
  • Succession planning
  • Direction
  • Know-how to re-adjust
  • Functioning form of communication
  • Committment to put energy into fluid process for the future

Group Four

• Facilities can vary. Learning experiences can take place in different venues (walking, metings, etc.)
• Knowlege of what people want/care about
  • Direction
• Listserv/websites; conference calls/phone
  • Keep connected, make group decisions, engage
• Freedom for fluidity and creativity - funding can cary ties
• Accountability (to whom?)
• Context dependent
• Resources in different forms
• Micro cultural (?) - How things should work. Different ideas.
• Ask what needs are
  • How does technology/reosurces/money...meet these needs?
• Time (in community and for reflection - need both)
  • Commitment to this time