At the Project Conveners' meeting on
October 28, several issues were discussed. WorkSpan has taken action on several of them
and, in conjunction with the Kellogg Foundation, is proud to announce the following
decisions The Foundation will invite each project to send an
evaluator to Workshop #4. The LINC projects will cover transportation costs and the
Foundation will cover all room and meal expenses, the same as other participants.
Since the remaining three workshops are on the coasts, the
Foundation will cover a third night's hotel expense when necessary for the participants.
This would be especially for the west coast participants for #4 and #5 (probably Sunday
night) and for the east coast participants for #6 (probably Wednesday night).
The Foundation will negotiate a lower hotel cost for all LINC people if they
come early to take advantage of lower airfares for a Saturday night stay. (Note that the
projects will still have to cover a Saturday night stay, but it will be at a lower rate.)
The LINC Workshops will be held at less expensive hotels, maybe even airport
hotels, to cut down on ground transportation costs. The emphasis of the workshops will be
on experiential learning so the hotel accommodations are not as important as originally
thought.
Wednesday noon meals will be provided for everyone; Monday noon meal will only
be provided for project conveners and project evaluators.
The Foundation will invite FSPE Project Directors to the remaining Workshops,
#4, #5, and #6. The FSPE projects will have to pay transportation costs, but the
Foundation will pay for room and meal expenses, the same as other participants. At this
time only the FSPE PD's can fill this slot. FSPE PD's must agree that they will be active
participants of their LINC project while at the Workshop. They will take part in all
activities including home team meetings, as well as the Workshop itself. They cannot be
spectators or non-active participants. They must learn about their sister LINC project and
be able to report on what the LINC project is doing and learning, the same as all the LINC
participants.