Polls

I am pretty sure the 25 people is all that I can handle at one time as facilitator. However, even at 25 people, the group is rather large. I find we have often skipped over giving personal feedback to focus on introductions, announcements, and the main topic. Perhaps groups work better with 10 to 15 members a piece. Of course for most of these options, we would need a second facilitator. There would be several ways to get more manageable groups. Please rate choices 1-10. 10 is the highest. 1) try to get a second room from Evanston Hospital and split up during the meetings. 2) add a second monthly meeting at Evanston Hospital. 3) add a second monthly meeting at another location 4) Encourage new groups to form. Like the Northwest Suburban group. 5) Restrict attendance in some way. (I am really reluctant to do this). 6) Start a group project that could encompass a large group in a novel way.

We are considering relocating the Support Group meetings in a couple months. Before I apply for space, I would like to know which of these three choices would be most convenient for you? Also, feel free to e-mail me any other suggestions. Churches and hospitals are best because they afford us a measure of privacy. If anyone else has suggestions of a private group that might make meeting space available that would be excellent as well. Thanks, Steven L.

Please indicate what you would like to get from this group. I'm starting from scratch here so I'm relying on everyone to help make this group work. We will talk more about this at our May 7th meeting at Panera in Skokie. Bring your ideas and a little money for a drink, pastry or sandwich.