Juneau (2), Dillingham, Gustavus

Facilitator Role

• Designation of facilitator role at beginning of meeting
• Acknowledge participants who have been silent and encouraging them to speak up
• Timekeeping to ensure that one person isn’t dominating the discussion
• De-escalate when conversation becomes 
• Recapping what has been going on 
• Help people understand each other. Repeat back. 

To Do: Reach out to First Alaskan Institute about use of meeting agreements structure and possibility for facilitator training.

Are there other Alaska appropriate facilitation methods out there?

Different types of facilitation: Brainstorming/Decisions 

Should facilitators engage in discussion?

Coming up with guidelines with the group. In dialogue. 

Discussed a collective notetakers role and the process of designating a note-taker. 

Visual Timeline of next steps:

BEFORE SURVEY GOES OUT: 

-Link to survey from Website

SURVEY GOES OUT (By end of the month) 

Pro-active outreach. How long does survey go out before we close it? (All of September) 

After survey goes out:

-October meeting to go over results 

-January/February: Start of session.