Facilitator+CFG+Meeting+1

__**Thursday, November 10, 4:15-6:15**__

__**//Agenda://**__
 * //Forming Agreements for our group//
 * //Sharing successes within our CFGs//
 * //Sharing challenges within our CFGs//
 * //Discuss scheduling for the remainder of the year (dates and topics)//

__**In Attendance:**__
 * Nina Basinet
 * Porter Hill
 * Marek Beck (facilitated)
 * El Gagnon
 * Deborah Peart
 * Betsy Mena
 * Caroline Hanley
 * Katherine Snedeker
 * Claudia Foster
 * Betsy Isles
 * Tim Helstein
 * Lauren Bierman

__**Outcomes:**__

I. Kept the same agreements that were established at the summer training

II. A. POSITIVES
 * 1) enjoying sessions
 * 2) good feedback
 * 3) enthusiastic
 * 4) willing to participate
 * 5) increased openness over time
 * 6) flexibility
 * 7) eager
 * 8) protocols work!
 * 9) protocols have been successfully used outside of CFGs
 * 10) participants didn't want sessions to end
 * 11) participants jumped right in
 * 12) participants are getting close
 * 13) two facilitators per group works

B. CHALLENGES
 * 1) LS too big to use protocols at whole group divisional meetings unlike MS and US who use them successfully
 * 2) smaller CFG size forces participants to feel the necessity to participate more
 * 3) time for scheduling

III. We agreed that combining CFGs would be helpful. A. Jon and Katherine's CFG will be merging with Tim and Michele's CFG pending the particpants' approval B. Hope and Julie may have reluctantly opted out once their CFG became dismantled due to lack of enrollment i. Betsy and Betsy will extend the invitation to have Hope join their CFG ii. Claudia and David will extend the invitation to have Julie join their CFG

__**Next Meeting: Tuesday, December 13 from 5:00-7:00 at GCDS:**__
 * Lauren will share the project she implemented this year in her English class as a follow-up to the support she received on it over the summer training.
 * We need someone willing to facilitate the next meeting
 * We need someone willing to share a dilemma for the next meeting