I am hugely disappointed with the Charette. I do not believe it has been well organised, I do not believe our money has been well spent and I am finding it difficult to justify why I should spend any more time on it.
I feel I have enough to do in terms of my own work and making progress with work at Arc in order for the org to have a secure future with a programme that is of excellent quality.
The lack of diversity and thought put into the organisation of the tour was one thing, but to then go in to a charette where it feels as if I am back at college and the atmosphere feels less than supportive is another. I am unimpressed by the effort that has gone into organising it and feel that there should be the respect that participants have paid to be part of this. I came to the Charette to contribute ideas, to learn from other people, to be part of discussion and
Improvements to be made to the design charette:
- Name badges - a basic requirement of any course but especially with mixed language participants
- Materials – supposed to be provided but there are very few materials available
- Purpose of the charette – to develop new ideas or to create a scheme that fits in with what has already been decided (use a menu)
- Design brief – needs to be in writing for clarity
- Guidelines – need to be provided if they must be adhered to (T1, T2 etc; terminology / vocabulary sheet)
- Support – structure of step-by-step process so the sessions are facilitated clearly and participants can wander away from the structure
- Presentations – names of speakers and brief biographies are very important to give context
- Written materials – must be in the languages of participants (otherwise, there must be criteria for being able speak Spanish / English to join the charette)
- Fee – to go towards materials and transportation costs for Cuban participants (this is inaccurate)
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