Past Visioning Exercises

Mairead prepared the following:

As an action arising from the recent visioning circle, I agreed to go through the archives and look at our past visioning exercises. We did two exercises. Between them they provide an excellent base/starting point and showcase what members identified as important to them. Below are the topline/summary results. See attachments for full results and additional information.

2011 AGM Visioning Exercise: The 24 members present identified and voted on 24 ideas to see which should be part of Goolawah’s vision. The list included 8 principles/objectives as stated in our rules at that time to test people’s agreement on whether these should remain as part of our vision. The top results were:

Legally be allowed to live here (88% chose this)
A community centre (75%)
Preserve and protect flora and fauna* (71%)
Promote and encourage self sufficiency* (71%)
Promote the development of a community of artists, musicians, artisans & craftspeople* (71%)
Promote sport and recreation (71%)
Food co-op (71%)

* Original object from our rules

2017 Reflective & Vision Survey involving 42 members encompassing our (1) values, (2) priorities, (3) issues we need to address and (4) how well we do things.

1. The top values members chose as our Core Values were:

Protecting the environment (86% chose this as a core value);
Supporting each other in times of hardship (also chosen by 86%, so tied for first place);
Working together to achieve common goals (81% );
Safety to speak honestly without persecution or hard feelings (81%);
Trust (76%);
Personal responsibility (76%).

2. Out of 41 possible options, top on our priorities/to-do list were: