Thank you Gay & Frances for putting these suggestions together.

Can I ask clarifying questions/make suggestions now, or should I hold them till Thursday evening?

If I could ask them now, they would be : ) - must it be Sept 26th when that's only a month away. Waiting longer could mean someone like Kathy from Earthsong could come & facilitate :) 

Could we add something low key & relaxing on the Sat night (voluntary attendance) - say a great film with marshmallows (that was off the top of my head, but Sunday's session feels quite 'heavy', & we may need more than an hour's social time to balance this out!).

I'd definitely favour an outside facilitator. The only local person I can think of is Toni McErlane, the NVC trainer now based in Waitati.

PS - isn't the final Con actually a Pro (for an outside facilitator)?

ngā mihi

Kristin