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From: Jeevacation <jeevacation@gmail.com> Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 12:01 PM To: Al seckel Subject: Re: Gathering Part II Thanks Sent from my iPhone On Apr 23, 2009, at 10:04 PM, Al secke ote: > Email was sent before I finished. > When Isabel and I put together our Passionate Minds Salon along the > same lines at our medieveal chateau in France, our guests really > enjoyed going together on various outings to see the sights. It was > all activity driven. There was no other structure. The activities > spurred and mix of people stirred the conversation, and there was > never a lack of it... > The evenings at dinner were our only "structured" event. Around the > table each night, Isabel and I posed a question, which was framed to > elucidate the most interesting response from the group. We went around > the table, and each person had to answer the question. Most people > don't know what questions to ask, going for the mundane to the overly > pretentious. So, during the day, I would always put some thought into > the question, also knowing the mix, which would get a good and > interesting response. This worked extremely well and people enjoyed it > very much. > Over and over again, we heard from our group, that this gathering was > by far the best time that they ever had, and so, I believe I can say, > it was an unqualified success. I am sure your gathering will be too, > as long as it avoid being pretentious, superficial, etc. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"> <plist version="1.0"> <dict> <key>date-last-viewed</key> <integer>0</integer> <key>date-received</key> <integer>1240574480</integer> <key>flags</key> <integer>8590195713</integer> EFTA_R1_01360543 EFTA02365329 <key>gmail-label-ids</key> <array> <integer>21</integer> </array> <key>original-mailbox<Aey> <string>imap://jeevacation@imap.gmail.com/%58Gmail%5D/All%20Mail</string> <key>remote-id</key> <string>18123</string> </diet> </plist> 2 EFTA_R1_01360544 EFTA02365330