Prout Alliance's 2024 Annual Gathering

The Prout Alliance Annual Gathering is a unique opportunity for Proutists from across North America to come together for renewal, reflect on the year's achievements, and strategize for greater impact in the year ahead. Each day of the gathering will offer a distinct focus.

Saturday, October 12: This day is dedicated to the internal development of the Prout Alliance, with workshops and reviews of our recent work.  We will meet online via Zoom from 1:00 PM ET to 5:30 PM ET.

Sunday, October 13: The focus shifts to formal meetings and planning for the Prout Alliance, including our official General Assembly meeting where key decisions will be made, such as the ratification of proposed bylaws.  We will meet online via Zoom from 12:30 PM ET to 5:00 PM ET.

Zoom information will be sent upon registration & in reminder announcements  on Thursday and Friday Oct 10th and 11th.

Schedule:

Prout Alliance Annual Meeting 2024

October 12 - 13th 

Saturday October 12th. 1:00 - 5:30 PM ET

Update on AMURT/AMURTEL response to local impact from Hurricane Helene.

1:30-2:30 “Reporting Session” 

• News around the World Dada Maheshvarananda. 15 minutes

• Other Reports 15 minutes

• • PRI Building/Activities (Dada Maheshvarananda) (5 mn)

  • Women’s Prout Jody Wright  (5 mn)

  • Matt Oppenheim book : “Watershed Worlds” update (5 mn)

• Followup from last year (2023): Three tracks overview and lessons learned 30minutes (10 mn each) (30 minutes total)

• • Economy Group RDS Howard Nemon

  • Social Justice Alex Jackimovicz

  • Climate Change (CDRT) Alberta Pedroja

2:30-3:00  pm 1/2 hour

• Proutist Development Work in Haiti (Demeter (Dharma)) Q&A (20 mn)

• Proutist Universal (Global) Reset presentation (Arthur Pacheco) Q&A (10 mn)

3:00-3:15 Break

3:15-4:45   Panel Discussion “Political Democracy in Crisis”:  Howard Nemom, Raksha Mohan, Nada Kahder, Mark Friedman (CA), Mark Friedman (MN) moderating  1 1/2 hours

4:45 Conference Participant announcements of their activities (30-45 mn)

Sunday October 13th 12:30 PM - 5:00 PM ET

12:30-12:45 Prout Alliance Steering Committee Election Results and Referendums “decision and bylaws” (15 mn) (Mark F.)

12:45-1:00  Strategic Planning session 1

Celebrating mission successes & future inspirations ( 15 mn)(Alex Jackimovicz overview & facilitation)

1:00-2:30 Strategic Planning session 2: Evaluation of Previous Year's Tracks (see above for track information)  (90 mn) (Alex J. facilitating discussion)

A. RDS of Last Year’s Tracks

                   1. What worked (in the last year)

                   2. What didn't work (in the last year)

                   3. Future directions

B. Addressing Needs

                   1. Internal member needs

                   2. Public-facing needs for popularizing Prout

C. Outreach and Public Engagement

                   1. Public seminars

                   2. Outreach materials

                   3. Projects and collaborations

                   4. Public-facing events

                   5. Training programs

D. Identifying New Working Group Affinities

2:30-2:45 Break

2:45-3:45 Strategic Discussion 3 (1 hour): Breakout into Main Working Group Affinities

A. Public-facing initiatives

   Note: Internal Proutist development (e.g., mentorship program, baseline Prout training programs, seminars for newcomers to Prout Alliance membership) is thought to be mentioned but not taken up as an equal piece to the discussion as public-facing initiatives. 

3:45-4:30 Strategic Discussion 4 (45 minutes): Breakout Session Harvest (Japa Buckner) (Mark Friedman will take notes on this session)

A. Group sharing of goals and objectives

B. First steps and plans 

C. Determine major programs, events, and priorities

4:30-5:00  Final Thoughts open discussion (30 minutes) (Mark F.)