Services

Purpose: The purpose of the "services" (for lack of a better word) was to create a space at the beginning and end of each day for "tuning in" to the sacred/divine/stillness in a communal way. Each one was hosted by a different one of the guest speakers, some who represented religious traditions (eastern and western) and others who did not.

Question 1: Please rate the services on a scale of 1 to 5, (Where 5 is WONDERFUL and 1 is POOR)

Overall Average Rating Across All Services: 3.92

Question 2: General comments/recommendations about the services:

Stats
Positive: 32 comments
Negative: 21 comments

Positive and negative comments available in the Full Eval Survey Report.

Conclusion: It seems from the positive comments that many people were touched / moved by the Services. Very few of the negative comments were abjectly negative—simply wishing for even more diversity or, at worst, just bored by them. A couple of respondents indicated they were offended by some aspect of a service. On the whole, these seemed to work for most people but not work for a significant number of others.

Monday Night Tent Social

Purpose: This and other downtime was provided to give the participants the opportunity to process and relax as well as to give them the opportunity meet one another and enjoy the spontaneous fellowship and community of "great conversations" that "don't happen normally back at school." This particular down-time was also an opportunity to talk further with speakers in a one-on-one way.

Question: General comments/recommendations about the tent social:

Stats
Total 88 responses
Ice Cream: 17 comments
Drums: 11 comments
Dancing: 4
Did not attend: 18

Positive responses, and constructive feedback, and other interesting responses available in the Full Eval Survey Report.

Conclusion: The Tent Social was very well received by those who attended. Positive responses numbered about 3 to 1 against Constructive Feedback. In addition, it seemed to have the desired effect of good conversation and bonding. Unfortunately, many folks didn't make it for a variety of reasons and missed out on a very warm event. A few (though not a lot of) people took advantage of the opportunity to talk with the speakers. Perhaps a mix of environs, both noisy and quite, both structured and unstructured, would be better in the future.