VisionPDX recruiting members for Drafting Committee

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Vision PDX recruiting volunteers for Drafting Committee
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WHAT IS THE DRAFTING COMMITTEE?

During the Spring and Summer of 2006, over 12,000 Portlanders have shared their hopes and dreams for Portland through the visionPDX questionnaire! Their comments have been entered into a database and coded into categories such as "Environment" and "Health".

What's next?
visionPDX will convene a Drafting Committee of 25-30 volunteers to read and summarize the ideas within the different categories of the data.  This Drafting Committee will have two key responsibilities:
• To read the coded questionnaire data and draft directional statements that capture the data's main ideas; and
• To identify main themes, areas of strong agreement/disagreement, and possible trade-offs and choices emerging in the data. 


If you want to learn first hand what your fellow Portlanders had to say during the Engagement phase, this committee is for you!

WHO CAN JOIN THE DRAFTING COMMITTEE?

We are looking for 25-30 volunteers who:
• have had previous involvement with visionPDX as a volunteer, grantee, or staff member
• can commit to attending all three meetings listed below in the timeline
• can commit to an additional 4-8 hours of independent work between the December 2nd and December 14th meetings
• are motivated to read hundreds of pages of data - Portlanders' comments about their city - and capture the main ideas in that data, regardless of whether they agree or disagree with particular ideas
• understand that their role is not to make decisions or exercise personal preference, but to organize the data for Vision Committee members 



DRAFTING COMMITTEE TIMELINE
• Monday, November 20th

11:30am - 1:00pm
ORIENTATION LUNCH:  orient members to the project and review expectations
• Saturday December 2nd

9:00am - 2:00 pm, Portland Building, Room C
WORK SESSION:  read data and begin drafting vision statements
• Between December 2nd and December 14th

On their own, members continue to read data and draft vision statements
• Thursday December 14th

3:00pm - 7:00pm
Backup Date: Sat. December 16th City Hall, Rose Room
WORK SESSION:  Identify areas of agreements and disagreement, trade-offs, and choices


HOW CAN I JOIN THE DRAFTING COMMITTEE?

If you are interested in joining, please fill out the attached application form and e-mail, mail, or drop it off by November 14th:

plvision@ci.portland.or.us
Office of Mayor Tom Potter
1221 SW 4th Ave, Ste. 340,
Portland, OR 97204

We encouarge you to get your applications in sooner than later.  All Drafting Committee members will be selected and notified by November 15th.


Thanks for your interest!  While the above tasks may sound time consuming and rather daunting, Vision Committee members and staff will provide a thorough training and orientation prior to the work sessions.  In addition, it's an excellent chance to see preliminary data up close and is a key step toward crafting Portland's future. 

For more information about visionPDX
log onto www.portlandonline.com/mayor/vision
or contact Bronwyn Buckle, 503.823.6947, bbuckle@ci.portland.or.us.