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Deliberation Falls Church City, or DFCCVA, is an online community forum, and an offline one that meets publicly twice a year.  It aims to build civic participation by giving people young and old a chance to be heard, and a reason to listen.  Supporting organizations include the American Association of University Women, Citizens for a Better City, the League of Women Voters and the Village Preservation and Improvement Society.  George Mason High School students will serve as moderators of DFCCVA's small group discussions.

DFCCVA's first meeting will be on Saturday March 17, 2007 from 9:00 am to 12:30 pm, at a location in Falls Church City.  To register, click here.  For a press release, click here.  You can vote on the topic we should discuss, or add your two cents on what it should be, right here on this site.  To learn more about DFCCVA or to volunteer to help, please read the continuation of this post.  Thanks for paying a visit.

Deliberation Falls Church City, or DFCCVA, is an online community forum, and an offline one that meets publicly twice a year.  It aims to build civic participation by giving people young and old a chance to be heard, and a reason to listen.  Supporting organizations include the American Association of University Women, Citizens for a Better City, the League of Women Voters and the Village Preservation and Improvement Society.  George Mason High School students will serve as moderators of DFCCVA's small group discussions.

DFCCVA's first meeting will be on Saturday March 17, 2007 from 9:00 am to 12:30 pm, at a location in Falls Church City.  To register, click here.  For a press release, click here.  You can vote on the topic we should discuss, or add your two cents on what it should be, right here on this site.  To learn more about DFCCVA or to volunteer to help, please read the continuation of this post.  Thanks for paying a visit.

DFCCVA's first Deliberation Day, on March 17, 2007, will feature small group discussions, moderated by George Mason High School students, and larger assemblies that include experts and officials taking the small groups' questions.  At the end of the morning you can sign up to do more than just talk. 

Right now, we hope you will share your ideas for what the topic should be on March 17, and read about the views of others, right here.

What concerns you, personally, about Falls Church City?  What bothers you?

What concerns do you hear friends and neighbors talking about all the time?

Click on the comment button below and to the right, and let us know.  We may feature your comment on DFCCVA.org, or make it the subject a topic for the poll at right.

If you are just interested in following what's said here, we can e-mail you notifications of new posts once daily.  Just fill in your address at the “Get Email Updates” box to the left.  There is an RSS syndication button below it as well. If you prefer just a weekly summary, send a blank e-mail to weekly@dfccva.org.

DFCCVA.org is a moderated site.  Posts and comments should be civil and germane, or they may be deleted and the sender blocked from posting or commenting again.

Questions?  E-mail us.  Want to help?  E-mail us or register for moderator training on Friday December 8 (7:00 pm to 10:00 pm) and Saturday December 9 (9:00 am to 12:30 pm) at the Winter Hill Senior Center, 330-B South Virginia Avenue.

Thanks for taking a look in.

Sincerely,

The DFCCVA Steering Committee

DFCCVA's first Deliberation Day, on March 17, 2007, will feature small group discussions, moderated by George Mason High School students, and larger assemblies that include experts and officials taking the small groups' questions.  At the end of the morning you can sign up to do more than just talk. 

Right now, we hope you will share your ideas for what the topic should be on March 17, and read about the views of others, right here.

What concerns you, personally, about Falls Church City?  What bothers you?

What concerns do you hear friends and neighbors talking about all the time?

Click on the comment button below and to the right, and let us know.  We may feature your comment on DFCCVA.org, or make it the subject a topic for the poll at right.

If you are just interested in following what's said here, we can e-mail you notifications of new posts once daily.  Just fill in your address at the “Get Email Updates” box to the left.  There is an RSS syndication button below it as well. If you prefer just a weekly summary, send a blank e-mail to weekly@dfccva.org.

DFCCVA.org is a moderated site.  Posts and comments should be civil and germane, or they may be deleted and the sender blocked from posting or commenting again.

Questions?  E-mail us.  Want to help?  E-mail us or register for moderator training on Friday December 8 (7:00 pm to 10:00 pm) and Saturday December 9 (9:00 am to 12:30 pm) at the Winter Hill Senior Center, 330-B South Virginia Avenue.

Thanks for taking a look in.

Sincerely,

The DFCCVA Steering Committee