Comments for Changemakers Day & Slow Food Nation at http://www.rocfund.org , comment 1 to 4 out of 4 comments http://www.rocfund.org Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:26:33 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.rocfund.org/blogs/michael-r.-dimock-s-blog/changemakers-day-slow-food-nation#comment-13 In regards to "broadening" the movement, we also invite everyone to exercise their rights as part of the largest changemakers network in the world - the American electorate. Vote in November, and be sure to visit http://www.fooddeclaration.org to endorse or comment on the Declaration for Healthy Food and Agriculture. It's open to everyone! - Daniel Kramer Fri, 26 Sep 2008 08:56:36 +0100 http://www.rocfund.org/blogs/michael-r.-dimock-s-blog/changemakers-day-slow-food-nation#comment-12 In an effort to open the information up to more people, we've begun posting reports of the panels at http://www.rocfund.org/campaign/campaign/changemakers-day-reports - Haney Armstrong Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:33:50 +0100 http://www.rocfund.org/blogs/michael-r.-dimock-s-blog/changemakers-day-slow-food-nation#comment-6 Thanks for the question. Slow Food Nation has two tracks: public and professional on August 29. Food for Thought is a lecture series open to appl on a first come first serve basis. Changemakers Day is for professionals or serious volunteer activists in the good food movement. We faced 2 challenges: space and ensuring certain links were made among related organizations that are currently working on California's Campaign for a New Mainstream in Food, Farms, and Fisheries, about which more information is available on ROC's site, and we had only limited funds. Since we had room for 670, specific connections to make, and only 1 day, we made the decision to invite people and then open it to all for any unaccepted invitations. Very few declined the invitation. Thus we could not accommodate all who would have liked to participate. It was only the first Changemakers Day. There will be more and we will strive as we move forward to include more and more people focused on meeting the food system challenges. As you point out, if we do not broaden the base, we will fall short of our goals. - Michael Dimock Fri, 29 Aug 2008 05:18:55 +0100 http://www.rocfund.org/blogs/michael-r.-dimock-s-blog/changemakers-day-slow-food-nation#comment-5 Michael- I appreciate that you have my blog listed on your site. However, I am wondering why these excellent workshops for "Changemakers" is not open to whoever wants to attend? Don't you want to broaden the movement? Anyone who makes the effort to attend these workshops should be allowed in. Making a movement "invite only" is only destined to become insular and deemed elitist. If you have space considerations, why not make these workshops first come, first serve instead? - Rebecca T. of HonestMeat Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:33:21 +0100