We will definitely consider the criticism and seek to improve, even if for every criticism there was the opposing appraisal or opposite criticism.

Content and Framework

+ appraisal and approval:

• hard work done to conceptualize the whole thing
• very good preparation of the workshop (4)
• Excellent input about "State of Art" technology - pointing to the "imposible future"
• Big variety of speakers, places, technologies
• Innovative, practical workshop topics
• "great commitment of organizers and participants" (1)
• Franz: Vision, spirit and person (3)
• Franz' and Taras energy (7)
• Franz' understanding and attention was very helpful
• Franz was extremely helpful and his vision held the whole thing (2)
• Good hosts: Franz and Tara have one a great job organizing this event,
• A great vision for connecting communities worldwide
• Such a great assembly of great people
• international atmosphere
• Experience of European union
• to have met the people from other communties and learnt from them about themeselves
• lot of new knowledge for me
• meeting nice wise peope helped to appraise humans (3)
• More different people make me think more
• opportunity for networking
• "Pattern Language begins to grow out of my mind"
• nice to have felt a part of a worthwhile project and to feel I have contributed
• It was good to select participants speaking English as mother tounge or second language coming from eleven countries, with different backgrounds and interests
• The Grundtvig Workshops program setup has enabled everybody to be teachers and learners alike at the same time with important results, becoming one community.
• Videobridging has given me a new aspect on learning.
• Individuals: I dont hink I have ever met so many different characters with so different qualities.

• Good specialists, real professionals, Enthusiasts, inspiring other people"
• Being asisted by specialists of related topics added a lof of value to the workshop
• perspective to the future: interactive TV
• Participants were self directed
• good teamwork of participants
• It was good to bring it all together
• We learned new aspects of perception
• the wonders of Apple were a good contribution
• Good feeling of: "yes, it will be sustained in the end"
• social gatherings
• "Surprise Guest" Wael Al Saad from Palestine was a good energy
• Minciu Sodas network people coming together aded to family feeling
• Jetty narrative was inspiring

- critique and suggestions:

• maybe the workshop had overly ambitious goals
• separation of videobridge and global villages community weakened the framework
• too much emphasis on videobridges instead of peoples aspirations (2)
• VideoBridge Ghetto?
• but also
• "Too little emphasis on videobridging. Peoples connection develops Willy-Nilly" (unplanned)
• Parallel processes can help
• Less is sometimes more!
• Quantity tends to reduce Quality!
• I had wished for more hands-on experience.
• "The work on pattern language was drastically reduced, there was hardly any work on pattern language"
• maybe we could have exploited more the professional knowledge of presenting people
• but also: more time to find expectations, goals of group, more time to apply and consider all we have learned.
• sometimes the amount of information given resulted in confusion, misunderstanding, complexity
• sometimes the avoiding of unrelated and unnecessary talks could have saved some time.

Method and Structure

+ appraisal and approval:

• Introduction o patterns before the workshop and asignments.
• Learning the process through the process, (5)
• wiki, event, organisation,
• Learning circles and circle work, parts forming wholeness (2)
• The mix of theory and experimentation provided has enabled the participants to become more concsious of how to analyze problems, and to find out solutions.
• providing sessions with experts was helpful
• Innovative practical topic structured our knowledge, application and sustainability
• Social thoughtful games, like Taras
• scheduled but yet flexible (3)
• Good "works - breaks - socializing" ratio (2)

- critique and suggestions:

• Workgroups is work in Groups - Listening to others is important
• Missing: fantasy trips, role plays
• More Work in Small groups
• Build Practise up gradually
• More explicit roles would have been helpful
• No time for silence
• Too little time for digestion and group reflection, too much input.
• Duration: seven days will do.
• We did not have enough hands-on
• Learning by doing
• Some areas were covered by theory without practise
• There was a great deal of old-fashioned teaching involved with the expert presentations.
• "overstructured, not enough space"
• "cocreation means working in small groups, work on small achiements (not ambitious goals), empowering each others abilities
• Ask: "what are YOU willing to do - ask and provide collaboration", "giving collaborative homeworks"
• breaks. shorten working periods.
• Big screen learning with 2-3 housr session in the salon was often not ideal.
• we should have had even more specifically targeted discussions and meaningfully assigned group conversation.
• Clear breaks needed
• Clear reports after each session should have been assigned.
• Music as background in some circumstances.

Media and Tools:

+ appraisal and approval:

• The first videobridging experiment between communities in Graz, Vienna and other locations gave the demonstration that the establishing of communities, social networking etc, is economically affordable
• different rooms for worshop parts, flexible schedule, working with WLAN, back channel, NING and DorfWiki to comnnect with the wider community
• Chat back channel and Markus transkrips were very helpful
• Very good we had video documentation of Seminar
• Camera, Capture, Compression and Conversion - lots of perspectives
• "Now I will do a lot of videobrdiging and wikies"

- critique and suggestions:

• we could have been provided with more useful tools
• Multi - screen in Videobridging wouuld be helpful in transmitting more information
• Videobridging lessons should't be so goal oriented (bridge with Graz) or their goal should be bigger
• More practical, technical training
• We could have had more videobridging expansions (skype) and remote speakers (4) and networking.

Accomodation, venue and arrangements :

+ appraisal and approval:

• "Not only workshop was well prepared, but also hospitality, room, food and service" (4)
• The first impression was like coming home (2)
• friendly staff
• hotel services like coffee machine!
• Super Hotel!
• Good Hotel room, city information and map, philosophical background, Open Cafe sessions
• Fun activities between work (2)
• self service food and drink was good (2)
• Different food - was great.
• having breakfast together and socializing.
• Monika Daria and other Mädchen in Breakfast room: special thanks!
• NUU & Art showing by Andrius was pleasant surprise
• Outdoors - enjyoing the open air
• Immersing in Wien, Floridsdorf, mentally, lifestyle, gastronomically
• Smoking room - "always full with suspicious persons" :-) - cre-avity!
• Smooking room and other spaces

- critique and suggestions:

• unreliable Internet at the beginning
• Extension cords for rooms to utilize own equipment better
• missed a workplace lamp (209). no urgent needs to change towels each day
• I can use my towels longer, its friendly to environment
• wasteful heating system - but opening windows gave fresh air
• hotel should also be the change: even more of being ecological accomodation, food and waste management, remarks for saving flush water
• a little pocket money would be OK
• Weather kood be better
• seats should have holding table for laptops and papers