Gosford

October 9th 1999

Meeting in somebody's home adds a certain friendly dimension to a Conversation and this event at Poussart's house proved that.  We were also delighted to have a visitor from the Byron region join us this evening.

The topic of bringing about social change was again raised. The principal of raising awareness and consciousness to affect a sense of interconnectedness and community support became a theme for our discussion.  So what sort of awareness?  Well for one, that human beings are NOT economic entities along with a sense that we need to enjoy an economy of QUALITY rather than QUANTITY.
There was also a discussion about how we might create some sort of "Wellness" indicator to replace or sit beside and impact on the GDP as a measure of our success.

The biggest possibility to come out of our discussion this evening was a move to create a meeting space to see how we might impact on the generational cycles of:

• unemployment

• crime and imprisonment

• poor health

• domestic violence - serial assault

• mental illness.

A conversation is planned to see what we might do as citizens to influence a break in these and other such cycles. 

If this is something you are interested in or concerned about call Cheryl Anderson on 02 4344 4660

Thanks again to Carmel and Peter for the use of their home.

Next Gosford Conversation will be on November 4th.