[UUPoly-L] Interweave Convo Atlanta GA

["Fehd, Ronald J. (CDC/CCHIS/NCPHI)" <rjf2@CDC.GOV>]

well, Interweave did get their act together in January
http://www.qrd.org/qrd/www/orgs/uua/uu-interweave.html
in time for about ~60 people to decide that they could make it.

age balance:
<30     : ~20% teens/young adults 
~30--~50: ~40%
~50+    : ~40%

-- these are my own very rough guesstimates
for this LateBreaking News report,
and may be off +-20%

This was my first convo.
I attended as a member of 
UUCA LGTBQ and PFLAG committee
and volunteered as gofer/chauffeur, last-minute helper, etc.

I created a stir as the only self-identified poly spokesperson.

good energy; several people noted that my 
few comments on poly issues made a difference for them;
others said that the small groups were buzzing about poly.

One of the eye-openers for me was the
Review of Youth Ministry Survey Results by Sexual/Affectional
Orientation.

www.uua.org/TRUS/youth/ymsurvey_DetailedResults.pptFile dated June, 2006

Format: Microsoft Powerpoint - View as HTML
Unitarian Universalist Youth Ministry Survey Detailed Results ... 
Respondents who reported their sexual/affectional orientation as gay,
lesbian, bisexual, ...

The document circulated at Convo contained a subreport
of just the non-heterosexual (81%) responses 
6.4% bisexual
1.0% gay
1.3% lesbian
1.4% pansexual
0.3% queer
0.1% transgender
8.4% questioning

What I noted was that the bisexual respondents
-- admittedly the largest group
   wrt a label we recognize --
'were more likely'
to participate in youth organizations, be leaders, etc.

I'll project that that krewe would be extroverts.

After quite a bit of thinking on the age balance
and after listening to the incredible personal success stories
of the other elders aged 50+, 
-- of which I was definitely one of younger, at 60+ --
I pledged a $100 scholarship 
for some of next year's underfunded youth travelers.

I had worn my PSE screen name as a my badge
so when the buzz mentions UncleRon, that's me.

UncleRon  poly welcome wagon host  in Atlanta
Sporadic is the variety of life. -- Ron