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SOCIAL AUDITS (THE MISSION STATEMENT) This allows those involved to agree a set of operating principles, which mark out clearly what they hope to achieve as a group. This exercise asks you to discuss and agree a short range of goals and values. Some tips: One-line bullet points (similar to this) are probably the most effective way to achieve this. Don't list all the things you plan to do, and who is to do them. List instead, what you want to achieve.
To get you started try the following approach: Each person writes down at least two goals, on separate pieces of paper. Spread all suggestions out on table. All walk around; anyone who sees a slip they DISAGREE with turns it over. Remove the slips that are left FACE-UP and write them up. These are goals that everyone agrees with. Now turn all the remaining slips face up again. All walk around again, this time turn over the slips you AGREE with. Remove the slips that are left FACE-UP, and discard them, these are missions nobody agrees with. Write up the remaining slips (having added an appropriate affirmative component.) as these are missions that some people in the group support, and in a pluralist project some compromise is always necessary. To get you started, some suggestions are supplied. However, don't just copy these onto the chart, use them as a stimulus to create your own goals. |
