reflections on CCI Europe 2010
Janice Wasser
I was asked recently by a co-counseling friend " why do you report things, what do you gain when you do it?" Well, I was a little shocked to be asked the questions in such a way. The first response is to defend myself – I felt like the person saw me as someone searching for attention and indulging myself rather than what I truly feel as a member of a community, an international community with common interests and a desire to expand knowledge and share experiences of enrichment through our individual and shared growth processes.
The agenda of the CCI Europe business meeting in the Conference Room, was especially focused on sharing developments in CCI communities (Sri Lanka, Israel, Hungary, New Zealand, the Netherlands, UK, Germany, Australia). Another item was the growth of the CCI approach; teachers training and certification; 40 hours fundamental training (or the basic-basics as a starter; 40 hours training or 40 hours practice?); diversity in general, and diversity in practice; a piece of work that is in process; the – internal - coco info website and 10 years publicly CCI World News Service.
personal impressions: Tuesday
personal impressions: the start
At CCI Europe 2010 were 61 participants coming from 8 countries. From the Netherlands came (20), followed by England (11), Scotland (9), Ireland (6); Hungary (5); USA (4), Israel (3) and Germany (3). The CCI banner, a gift from the Hungarian community in 1989 to CCI; traveled this year from Germany (CCI Europe 2009) to Ireland and did not reach the CCI USA meeting in April 2010, because of the eruption of a volcano in Island. So 6 European were unable to attend that meeting and so Kim handed over the