Some Elements of the Master Plan

 It should be understood that the Double Circle Group is only an instrument or a vehicle for developing bottom-up processing among lower income and destitute folks within shouting distance of Gainesville Florida. Bottom-up processing must be, in my opinion, developed to counter the extreme threat of artificial intelligence, robotic work, advancing technology, and general population increases beyond our means.  With the advent of the huckster as president-elect it should be no mystery that the ground was shaking beneath us.

With that in mind I would like to begin developing a working weekly group process at the Triangle Club in Gainesville.  However, the configuration of the circle or circles is not a primary issue.  What the Triangle Club needs and Alcoholics Anonymous within the Eye-opener Group needs is a better retention of new people coming into Alcoholics Anonymous. I believe Dick and Tom made a great contribution with their step study effort.  This would be a continuation of that effort in a different format. 

I would like to begin is a single circle allowing for crosstalk and aimed at developing a continuing protocol for the group meetings. 

Meanwhile, we have been continuing the Double Circle Group process at Alachua Presbyterian Church.  We now have six members who are coming or regular basis.  We are meeting usually every two weeks.  One of our charges is to develop a workbook for the double circle group process.  The other is to actually conduct the group to discover more ways of achieving some primary aims, which I will list below:

1.   Discover more about the supporting person process through repeated trials and variations in configuration.  For instance, we need to find out whether it is better to maintain fixed membership in a particular circle while changing who is supporting who at regular intervals.

2.   We need to ultimately decide whether there is a fixed protocol.  This would gradually developed by the workbook.

3.   We need to decide whether we are developing facilitators with a fairly exact definition of what a facilitator is and what is required in terms of training.

4.   We need to decide if facilitators are to be compensated once trained.

5.   We need to find the methods for establishing facilitators in particular settings such as the prisons, schools, and other interested groups.