ICA Australia is looking forward to its annual get together in January this year. Last year, we met on Jan 14 to 16 (Friday to Sunday) and elected a board of four members: Sally Fitzpatrick, Richard Maguire, Julie Miesen and Karen Newkirk; and an ICA global representative: Kevin Balm.

During the meeting the following nine program areas were agreed on:

ICAA Focus areas for 2011

Programs	Global Connections	Reaffirming ICAA Identity
D: ICAA support as needed the Growth of GIFL   Maria Maguire, Karen Newkirk	E: Finalise & Implement ICAA overseas support Strategy/ Criteria Richard Maguire, Maria Maguire	C: Commit to ICA relational meetings within ICA Richard Maguire
A: Profound Journey Dialogue Pilots in Australia   John Hutchinson, John Telford	B: ICAA initiate global communication systems in peer-to-peer collaboration   John Miesen & Robyn Hutchinson	G: Plan for work on ICAA Identity – Purpose and Possibilities   Lindsay Mell & Kevin Balm
I: TWW – trial in Adelaide   Frank Bremner	F: ICAA Support Zero Carbon Australia  (planet sustainability) opportunistically Garnet & Lis Banks,	H: ICA Webpage created anew

 

Of these nine programs, the first four in the following list were nominated as priorities

D: ICAA support, as needed, the Growth of GIFL

ICAA has supported the Global Institute for Facilitative Leadership (GIFL) through providing ‘start up’ capital through the royalties for 2011 and 2012. Updates on the progress of GIFL were sent to all ICAA members via Pacific Waves and emails early in 2011. An update on the establishment and progress of GIFL was sent to global ICA colleagues by email on Oct 18.

E: Finalise & Implement ICAA overseas support Strategy/ Criteria

Not yet finalised.

C: Commit to ICA relational meetings within ICA

Not yet implemented.

G: Plan for work on ICAA Identity – Purpose and Possibilities

Not yet implemented.

A: Profound Journey Dialogue Pilots in Australia

Robyn Hutchinson and Kevin Balm attended PJDs conducted in Nepal and Taiwan. Conversations regarding the content of the course followed. The PJD covers the philosophical topics contained in the original RS1: the future is open (hope), the past is past (forgiveness, the removal of guilt as an obstacle to future action), life is fundamentally good and humans live in total freedom bound only by their own perceptions of responsibility. However, it was felt that the course does not yet raise the same existential questions for participants. It was also felt that the ToP FLP Module 7 covers the same philosophical topics contained in the original RS1 but does not yet raise the same existential questions for participants. Therefore it was determined that the pilot PJD would be worked on and postponed until later in 2012.

B: ICAA initiate global communication systems in peer-to-peer collaboration

‘Winds and Waves’ has been launched as the international ICA magazine.
The NCT is considering a proposal for ICAA to work with ICAs in the Indian sub-continent. The proposal focuses on two of the areas nominated for support:

• Training toward a certificate in ToP Facilitation and
• Dialogue and renovation around ICA principles.

I: TWW – trial in Adelaide

Course - not yet implemented

F: ICAA Support Zero Carbon Australia (planet sustainability) opportunistically

Nothing to report

H: ICA Webpage created anew

Not yet implemented

From the ICA Australia Board and ICA Global Representative