Date: Tue, 15 Nov 1994 23:41:22 +0001 (EST)
From: Jessica Lipnack <teamnet@world.std.com>
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Well, friends,

MassNet Design Day exceeded everyone's expectations.  A great turnout, 
excellent facility, world-class facilitation, and a huge pile of work got 
done.

The cast:  

*  Frank Alla, stalwart attendee and expert on trust
*  Deb Church-Smith, who's kept this together from Day One
*  Rita Cleary, founder, The Learning Circle, Visions of a Better World
	Foundation
*  Cathy Cordes, CFM, Inc., Volunteer of the Day, agreeing to handle 
	registration--Yea, Cathy!!!
*  Richard Dale, already hard at work coordinating the invitees
*  Georges Drouin, all the way from Montreal! and thinking about QuebecNet
*  Manny Elkind, world's living expert on cognitive styles
*  Lisa Fisher, Publicity Director, Oliver Wight Publications
*  Mike Grandfield, from Bolt, Beranek & Newman, and representing Mass. 
	Telecomm Council
*  John Marchiony, triumphant following the successful opening of The 
	Computer Museum's "Networked Planet" must-see event
*  George Mokray, environmental expert, newly arrived
*  Lyn Montague, our educator in residence, who brought "extravagant
	flowers because what we're trying to do is so extravagant"
*  Jan Nickerson, ubiquitous CFO and process minder
*  Charlene O'Brien, OD expert who reminded us to walk-our-collaborative talk
*  Will Roberts, Internet afficianado and real estate expert
*  Myrna Schultz, who knows everyone in Massachusetts 
*  Nova Spivack, who knows everything
*  Jeff Stamps, agenda designer, among other things
*  David Straus, founder of Interaction Associates,
	who deserves a Standing O for OutStanding Facilitation
*  Kyle Williams, Steelcase host providing the setting
*  Eric Won, MIT Community Fellows Program, and
*  Jessica Lipnack (me)

*  Regrets from Comdex attendees Bill Taylor, Fast Company
	editor, and Alex Randall, founder, Boston Computer
	Exchange, and East/West Foundation;
	David Owen, new father (and the genius who came up with
	the idea to hold it at The Computer Museum); Miles
	Fidelman, founder of The Center for Civic Networking;
	Nick Donohue, New England Regional Educational Lab,
	Frank Reece, US TeleCenters CEO Extraordinaire; Allan
	Cohen, from CSC Index, our first sponsor; Mel King,
	founder of the MIT Community Fellows Program; Roy
	Rezac, VP of Engineering, Symbiotics, Inc., Ellen
	Herman, team expert from Harvard Business School; Marion
	Metcalf, National Performance Review networker; Harry
	Saal, CEO, Smart Vally Inc., who messaged that he
	was with us "in spirit" and will be one of our "beamed
	in" speakers on Jan. 23; and David Stephenson, who first
	introduced the "common-wealth" theme to our planning.
	(Forgive me if I've missed anyone--we would have needed
	a hall if everyone had made it!).

So, how could we fail with this brilliant core group?  We didn't
miss a beat--from the opening moments, when we thrashed through
purpose, to the very end, when we did an evaluation of the day,
followed by brainstorming a list of invitees.

Some details:  We've decided on a new name for the event:

	MassNet:  Collaboration for the Commonwealth

We roughed out the agenda for Jan 23, which includes a mix of
brief speakers, i.e., they will speak only briefly, and real-time 
collaboration and networking among the invitees, that we hope
will lead to an ongoing effort to increase collaboration among
Bay State businesses, government, and "social sector," to use
Drucker's categories (see his ATLANTIC article, "Six Priorities
for Change").

We developed a policy for the invitation list and established a subgroup to
coordinate lists:  Max of 200 people, excluding press, with emphasis
on people who've already undertaken cross-sectoral collaboration.  Note:
each sponsor automatically has 3 seats.

	**All organizers are encouraged to send in their
	registrations immediately so as to insure a seat.
	If you've been to a meeting, you're an organizer.
	If you haven't, it's not too late to become one!**

We set a price for the event:  $75/person to cover costs, with the
understanding that some invitees will need to pay on a sliding scale.

We distributed the invite letter--message me or call the TNI office
617/965-3340 for the final draft--and Cathy agreed to draft the 
registration form (as well as receive and handle all the 
registrations--"no sweat," she said).  Cathy will distribute the 
registration form via e-mail or fax:  message her directly:  
ccordes@world.std.com, or call her at 617/275-5258.

We've moved into subgroups to get the work done (message
debtni@world.std.com for the full list of committee members
with contact info):

	Agenda for Jan. 23, 1995:
		Frank A., Manny, Lisa, Charlene, Myrna, Jeff, David Straus

	Collaboration Group (to identify successful cross-sectoral
		initiatives that can be represented at the event and
		coordinate the invite list):
		Rita, Richard, George Mokray

	Technology Group (to further our links with the NII and
		related efforts in Massachusetts *and* to help
		with the Drucker/Harry Saal teleconferences):
		Nova, Richard, John, Will, Jessica
	
	Finance, including bank account set-up:
		Rita, David Straus, Jan (?)

	Sponsors:
		Jessica, Jan

	Logistics:
		Deb, Cathy

All in all, a highly successful 8 hours.  Thanks to John, we'll
be meeting again on Dec. 14, 1994, from 1-4 PM at The Computer
Museum.  We're all invited to take a turbo tour of the NETWORKED
PLANET at the end of the meeting.  This meeting will allow all
of us to get a feel for the space.

Special note to those on the cc: list here--please message me
if you'd like to be added to the automatic distribution list for
all messages (or deleted from the distribution altogether).

And stay posted!  Amazing to see what has grown from that summer night
when a dozen and a half people got together at our house.

Thanks one and all and take care, Jessica