The document discusses the importance of choosing a single location for a music video to maintain continuity. The group decided to film the entire music video in a church to set a religious mood and constantly remind viewers of the religious significance through symbols like pews, bibles, and alters. They used the entire church space to its full potential during filming.
The document discusses least squares minimization and solving systems of linear equations. It begins by introducing overdetermined systems with more equations than unknowns and describes finding the least squares solution that minimizes the residual. It then presents the algorithm which uses the singular value decomposition to solve the normal equations and find the pseudo-inverse. It also covers solving homogeneous systems of equations by minimizing the residual subject to the constraint that the solution vector has unit length.
The first General Convention of the Episcopal Church met in 1785 in Philadelphia to begin establishing a constitution and revising the Book of Common Prayer after the American Revolution severed ties with the Church of England. Over the next 10 years, the General Convention agreed on its governance structure and worship practices, which still continue today. The General Convention is the legislative body of the Episcopal Church and meets every three years, with the House of Bishops and House of Deputies debating and voting on resolutions before them according to established rules and procedures.
This document profiles several individuals who were advocates and activists for social justice causes within the Episcopal Church, including equal rights, peace, civil rights, women's ordination, prisoner rehabilitation, and inclusion. Some of the individuals mentioned are Fannie Pitt Jeffrey, Daniel Corrigan, William Stringfellow, Miriam Van Waters, Seichi Michael Yasutake, the Philadelphia Eleven, V. Gene Robinson, John Morris, William Scarlett, Henri Stines, and Jeanie Wylie-Kellermann.
The document discusses segmentation and is from the Computer Science and Engineering department at the Indian Institute of Technology in Kharagpur. It contains 29 pages of content about segmentation but provides no other context or summaries of the information within.
The document discusses the importance of choosing a single location for a music video to maintain continuity. The group decided to film the entire music video in a church to set a religious mood and constantly remind viewers of the religious significance through symbols like pews, bibles, and alters. They used the entire church space to its full potential during filming.
The document discusses least squares minimization and solving systems of linear equations. It begins by introducing overdetermined systems with more equations than unknowns and describes finding the least squares solution that minimizes the residual. It then presents the algorithm which uses the singular value decomposition to solve the normal equations and find the pseudo-inverse. It also covers solving homogeneous systems of equations by minimizing the residual subject to the constraint that the solution vector has unit length.
The first General Convention of the Episcopal Church met in 1785 in Philadelphia to begin establishing a constitution and revising the Book of Common Prayer after the American Revolution severed ties with the Church of England. Over the next 10 years, the General Convention agreed on its governance structure and worship practices, which still continue today. The General Convention is the legislative body of the Episcopal Church and meets every three years, with the House of Bishops and House of Deputies debating and voting on resolutions before them according to established rules and procedures.
This document profiles several individuals who were advocates and activists for social justice causes within the Episcopal Church, including equal rights, peace, civil rights, women's ordination, prisoner rehabilitation, and inclusion. Some of the individuals mentioned are Fannie Pitt Jeffrey, Daniel Corrigan, William Stringfellow, Miriam Van Waters, Seichi Michael Yasutake, the Philadelphia Eleven, V. Gene Robinson, John Morris, William Scarlett, Henri Stines, and Jeanie Wylie-Kellermann.
The document discusses segmentation and is from the Computer Science and Engineering department at the Indian Institute of Technology in Kharagpur. It contains 29 pages of content about segmentation but provides no other context or summaries of the information within.
This document summarizes student performance data from the Cardiff School District from 2006 to 2011. It shows the percentage of students scoring proficient or above in language arts and math each year for all students and English learners. It also provides API scores for the district and compares results to neighboring districts. Overall, the district saw improvements over time in test scores but will continue intervention programs to support at-risk students.
The document summarizes linear dynamical models and tracking using the Kalman filter. It discusses prediction using the previous state estimate, correction using the new measurement, and modeling the system and measurements as Gaussian processes. The key steps of prediction using the dynamic model and correction by updating the state estimate based on the new measurement are derived for a linear system with a one-dimensional state vector.
This is a short Power Point presentation to explain how teacher generated Weblogs can solve several problems faced by the teacher in the English classroom.
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Este documento discute os desafios enfrentados por pequenas empresas durante a pandemia de COVID-19. Muitas pequenas empresas tiveram que fechar temporariamente e lidar com a queda nas vendas, enquanto tentavam manter seus funcionários empregados. Algumas receberam auxílio do governo para continuar operando durante esse período difícil.
This document provides a tactical plan for social media activities across various channels including blogs, social networks, online video, photo sharing sites, and presentation sharing sites. It outlines objectives, action items, and key metrics for each channel. The overall goals are to increase brand awareness, thought leadership, engagement, and lead generation through sharing content and encouraging comments/participation on each platform.
En el tiempo que llevo desarrollando he tenido la oportunidad de dar soporte a muchos clientes, pero especialmente en el último año, mi rol es prácticamente a tiempo completo como técnico de soporte. En este tiempo he tenido que aprender a tratar a clientes muy enfadados, muy decepcionados y muy exigentes. En esta charla se pretende presentar una serie de consejos sobre qué está bien y qué está mal en un servicio de soporte y por qué la atención al cliente no debe ser un Call Center subcontratado.
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http://vitalcongregations.holston.org
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The Chinese Christian Church of New Jersey Strategic Planning Committee finalized a report with recommendations for the church's vision, strategic growth, and staffing over the next few years. Their recommendations include planting a new church in Randolph/Flanders to pursue exponential growth, expanding church facilities through renovations or building a new multi-purpose facility, and increasing pastoral staff to better serve the needs of a growing congregation across different ministries and language groups.
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Vision & Strategy: Diocese of Ontario Synod 2016 PresentationdioceseOntario
There are three particular areas of growth core to our vision and strategy that we must particularly focus on supporting:
• investing in ministry—supporting and nurturing lay and clergy to fulfil our baptismal covenant.
• serving communities—learning about the needs, partnering for mission and building the Kingdom of God in our neighbourhoods.
• mission driven stewardship—being faithfully led in our use of time, talent and treasure, recognizing that everything comes from our relationship with God.
The document summarizes the first retreat for a church's ReFresh 2012 strategic planning process. The retreat focused on discovering the church's core values by examining biblical model churches, completing personal and church values audits, and drafting a core values statement. The team discussed expectations, assumptions, and a theology of change to guide the strategic planning process. The goal was to lay the foundation for defining the church's mission and shared vision over the next three retreats.
This presentation outlines the rationale behind the Vancouver Archdiocese' initiative to establish a RCIA Coordinators Network, for idea/best practice sharing, mutual encouragement, and developing sharing resources.
This document outlines the agenda and goals for a Liturgy Committee workshop at St. Theresa's Catholic Church in Lobatse, Botswana. The workshop will be facilitated by Fr. Richard A. Teku from 9:00-10:30 AM. The aim is to introduce participants to the basics of serving on a Liturgy Committee in the Roman Catholic Church. The agenda includes discussing the purpose and roles of the committee, qualifications for members, and responsibilities. Reference materials from Botswana and universal Catholic documents will also be covered.
A PowerPoint-based retreat I led in November, 2002 for a parish Pastoral Council. It utilizes a current excplanation of the rights and responsibilities of laypeople in the Catholic Church as well as the basic material of "Who Moved My Cheese?"
This document summarizes student performance data from the Cardiff School District from 2006 to 2011. It shows the percentage of students scoring proficient or above in language arts and math each year for all students and English learners. It also provides API scores for the district and compares results to neighboring districts. Overall, the district saw improvements over time in test scores but will continue intervention programs to support at-risk students.
The document summarizes linear dynamical models and tracking using the Kalman filter. It discusses prediction using the previous state estimate, correction using the new measurement, and modeling the system and measurements as Gaussian processes. The key steps of prediction using the dynamic model and correction by updating the state estimate based on the new measurement are derived for a linear system with a one-dimensional state vector.
This is a short Power Point presentation to explain how teacher generated Weblogs can solve several problems faced by the teacher in the English classroom.
This document outlines Anna Goldstein Howe's action research project examining the impact of teaching meta-cognitive literacy strategies through poetry on students' comprehension and analysis of literature. The project involved one-on-one tutoring sessions over the summer with a motivated 9th grade student who struggled with literary analysis. Strategies taught included starting with comprehension, then expanding to analysis using scaffolding and reflection. Academic research supported this approach. Assessment showed the student improved in comprehension, symbolic interpretation, and confidence. The teacher plans to apply these strategies to classroom instruction.
Este documento discute os desafios enfrentados por pequenas empresas durante a pandemia de COVID-19. Muitas pequenas empresas tiveram que fechar temporariamente e lidar com a queda nas vendas, enquanto tentavam manter seus funcionários empregados. Algumas receberam auxílio do governo para continuar operando durante esse período difícil.
This document provides a tactical plan for social media activities across various channels including blogs, social networks, online video, photo sharing sites, and presentation sharing sites. It outlines objectives, action items, and key metrics for each channel. The overall goals are to increase brand awareness, thought leadership, engagement, and lead generation through sharing content and encouraging comments/participation on each platform.
En el tiempo que llevo desarrollando he tenido la oportunidad de dar soporte a muchos clientes, pero especialmente en el último año, mi rol es prácticamente a tiempo completo como técnico de soporte. En este tiempo he tenido que aprender a tratar a clientes muy enfadados, muy decepcionados y muy exigentes. En esta charla se pretende presentar una serie de consejos sobre qué está bien y qué está mal en un servicio de soporte y por qué la atención al cliente no debe ser un Call Center subcontratado.
10 Year Call to Action Plan for UMC. We are now into step 3 which involves tracking vital signs beginning January 1, 2014.
http://vitalcongregations.holston.org
Northern edge draft plan presentation r10 fr donstpeterclaver05
The document summarizes planning efforts by six parishes in Detroit's Trinity Vicariate to address declining membership, finances, and clergy numbers. The parishes formed the Northern Edge Group and have met regularly since January 2011 to develop a five-year plan as required by the Archdiocese. Their draft plan proposes maintaining a Catholic presence in each neighborhood by creating a collaborative ministry structure and increasing programming through evangelization, outreach, and worship. It also discusses ideas for financial sustainability and a long-term consortium approach to Catholic education.
The Chinese Christian Church of New Jersey Strategic Planning Committee finalized a report with recommendations for the church's vision, strategic growth, and staffing over the next few years. Their recommendations include planting a new church in Randolph/Flanders to pursue exponential growth, expanding church facilities through renovations or building a new multi-purpose facility, and increasing pastoral staff to better serve the needs of a growing congregation across different ministries and language groups.
2016-church-revitalization-magazine in USA.pdfRonaldoBeco
The document discusses church revitalization strategies for declining churches. It provides definitions of church revitalization and outlines five approaches: renewal, re-engineering, leadership driven, replant/restart, and merger/acquisition. The Southern Baptist of Texas Convention (SBTC) works with churches using methods like curriculum-based programs, sermon-based small groups, and assessments to help churches experiencing plateau or decline. The goal is to make churches active and healthy again in advancing God's kingdom through evangelism.
Vision & Strategy: Diocese of Ontario Synod 2016 PresentationdioceseOntario
There are three particular areas of growth core to our vision and strategy that we must particularly focus on supporting:
• investing in ministry—supporting and nurturing lay and clergy to fulfil our baptismal covenant.
• serving communities—learning about the needs, partnering for mission and building the Kingdom of God in our neighbourhoods.
• mission driven stewardship—being faithfully led in our use of time, talent and treasure, recognizing that everything comes from our relationship with God.
The document summarizes the first retreat for a church's ReFresh 2012 strategic planning process. The retreat focused on discovering the church's core values by examining biblical model churches, completing personal and church values audits, and drafting a core values statement. The team discussed expectations, assumptions, and a theology of change to guide the strategic planning process. The goal was to lay the foundation for defining the church's mission and shared vision over the next three retreats.
This presentation outlines the rationale behind the Vancouver Archdiocese' initiative to establish a RCIA Coordinators Network, for idea/best practice sharing, mutual encouragement, and developing sharing resources.
This document outlines the agenda and goals for a Liturgy Committee workshop at St. Theresa's Catholic Church in Lobatse, Botswana. The workshop will be facilitated by Fr. Richard A. Teku from 9:00-10:30 AM. The aim is to introduce participants to the basics of serving on a Liturgy Committee in the Roman Catholic Church. The agenda includes discussing the purpose and roles of the committee, qualifications for members, and responsibilities. Reference materials from Botswana and universal Catholic documents will also be covered.
A PowerPoint-based retreat I led in November, 2002 for a parish Pastoral Council. It utilizes a current excplanation of the rights and responsibilities of laypeople in the Catholic Church as well as the basic material of "Who Moved My Cheese?"
This document outlines a 5-phase process for shaping a church ministry culture around disciple-making. Phase 1 involves sharpening convictions on disciple-making. Phase 2 reforms one's personal culture to model convictions. Phase 3 involves evaluating current practices against convictions. Phase 4 innovates and implements changes. Phase 5 maintains momentum in the new direction. The process is thorough and builds on previous phases to fully reform a church culture over time around disciple-making convictions.
The document discusses a proposal by the United Church of Canada to redefine how it supports and oversees ministry leadership and pastoral relationships. It aims to shift some responsibilities from local Presbyteries to regional Conferences to provide more effective support for ministry personnel and congregations. The changes are meant to address issues with the current model like volunteers managing employment issues and the sustainability of peer oversight. The proposal would give Conferences responsibility for pastoral relations policies while freeing up Presbyteries and volunteers for mission-focused work.
The document summarizes the agenda and discussions from the annual retreat of St. Mary's Catholic Church Pastoral Council. Key topics included staff changes, an update on renovations to the church building, the roles and responsibilities of the pastoral council and its commissions focused on prayer and worship, social justice, hospitality, and faith formation. The retreat also covered the parish calendar, commission formation, and a proposed annual budget.
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The document summarizes the formation of commissions at All Saints Church to help strengthen and support the various ministries. It outlines four commission areas - Liturgy/Worship, Faith Formation, Gathering, and Service. The commissions will meet monthly, develop spiritual and ministry goals, and provide annual reports to help All Saints say "Yes to God". Representatives from each ministry and the Pastoral Council will be part of the commissions.
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2. WHAT IS THE STRUCTURE OF
THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH?
The Episcopal Church is structured to operate at
4 primary levels:
1) Churchwide – General Conventions and the CCABS that
function for and across the entire Church
2) Regionally – Provinces and their
Synods, Councils, Committees, and Networks
3) Smaller Regions – Dioceses and all their structures
4) Congregations – Vestries, and committees and groups
3. ALL • General Convention
VOICES • Provincial Synods
AT • Diocesan
EVERY Conventions/Councils
LEVEL • Diocesan Standing
Committees
• Vestries/Bishop’s
Committees
4. UNITARY Through The Constitution &
FORM Canons, General Convention
OF decides:
GOVERNANCE • What decisions will be made
at each level of the Church
• What bodies or offices make
which decisions
• How decisions will be made
in each body
• Or, delegation of some
decisions to other levels of
the Church
5. C
O Because the Church
functions across a vast
M geographic area (the
P U.S. & 16 countries)
L and because nearly all
E decisions are made
involving all voices in
X democratic
I processes, the
T Episcopal Church’s
Y structure is complex.
6. WHAT The mission of the
IS THE Church is to restore all
MISSION people to unity with
OF THE God and each other in
CHURCH? Christ.
(BCP)
7. HOW The Church pursues its
DOES mission as it prays and
THE worships, proclaims
CHURCH the Gospel, and
PURSUE promotes justice,
ITS peace, and love.
MISSION?
(BCP)
8. STRUCTURE & MISSION
Structure – The way people in community
choose to order their life together including
governing documents, the distribution of
authority, and decision-making.
Structure enables the Church to carry
out God’s mission in the world.
10. EXECUTIVE During this triennium,
COUNCIL
& the Executive Council and
JOINT STANDING other General Convention
COMMITTEE ON
GOVERNANCE & committees and
ADMINISTRATION commissions have devoted
FOR MISSION
(GAM) time to governance and
mission and identifying
possible new or revised
structures that will further
God's mission in this time
of rapid change.
11. GAM-009 CONSULTATION
MAY 30-31, 2011
• Standing Commission on the Structure of the Church
• Presiding Bishop
• President of the House of Deputies
• Chairs & Vice Chairs of the Joint Standing Committees of
Executive Council
• Budgetary Funding Task Force
• Joint Standing Committee on Program, Budget & Finance
• Standing Commission on Constitution & Canons
• House of Deputies Committee on State of the Church
• Joint Standing Committee on Planning & Arrangements
• Executive Council Committee on Strategic Planning
12. STANDING • TEC governance structure is a
representative, unitary
COMMISSION ON government with General
THE STRUCTURE Convention
OF THE • TEC structure is multi-
CHURCH: layered, complex, & needs
regular assessment
ASSUMPTIONS • Structure should embody our
& VALUES values
• Creative tension between
institutional stability & fluidity
for mission
• All voices heard
• Innovation needed at every level
• Structural flexibility
• Commitment to increasing
diversity in the Church’s
governance
13. ELEVEN • Endorse the Principle of
RESOLUTIONS Subsidiarity
FROM SCSC • Schedule & Fund the General
RESULTING Convention for 10 Days
FROM THE • Establish Financial Assistance Fund
GAM-009 for Deputies
CONSULTATION • Reduce the Frequency of HOB
Interim Meetings
• Reduce Barriers to Participation in
Church Leadership & Governance
• SCSC Coordinate Church Reform &
Structuring
14. STRUCTURAL • Lower the Diocesan “Asking” to
REFORM leave more money in dioceses for
mission
AT THE
77TH • Change the diocesan “asking” to
an assessment with consequences
GENERAL
for non-payment or underpayment
CONVENTION
• Frequency and duration of General
Convention
• Reform the process by which the
General Convention budget is
created
• Reduce the number of CCABS (14)
and streamline what they do
15. STRUCTURAL • Diocesan effectiveness
REFORM
• Combine/reunify dioceses
AT THE
77TH • Special Commission to
GENERAL meet during the 2013-
CONVENTION 2015 Triennium
• Special Convention to
address findings of a
Special Commission
16. CORPORATE
HEADQUARTERS at
815 SECOND AVENUE
STRUCTURAL
REFORM
AT THE
77TH GENERAL
CONVENTION
17. WHAT SHOULD WE DO WITH THE
CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS?
DEBT SERVICE
$8,700,000
FACILITIES
MANAGEMENT $6,443,156
OFFSET BY
RENTAL INCOME ($4,050,000)
NET COST $11,093,156
18. AN
APPROACH Technical Fixes &
TO Adaptive Challenges
RESOLUTIONS
ASSIGNED
TO THE
LEGISLATIVE
COMMITTEE
ON
STRUCTURE
19. O God of unchangeable power and eternal light:
look favorably on your whole Church, that wonderful
and sacred mystery; by the effectual working of your
providence, carry out in tranquility the plan of salvation;
let the whole world see and know that things which were
being cast down are being raised up, and things which
had grown old are being made new, and that all things
are being brought to their perfection by him through
whom all things were made, your Son Jesus Christ our
Lord; who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the
Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Book of Common Prayer
Editor's Notes
My name is Gay Jennings. I am a clerical deputy from the Diocese of Ohio and this will be my eighth General Convention as a deputy. I am the chair of the House of Deputies Legislative Committee on Structure. I am just completing a 6-year term on Executive Council and I served as the Chair of Executive Council’s Joint Standing Committee on Governance and Administration for Mission.So who knew Structure would be the hot ticket at General Convention?
What is the structure of our Church?The “structure” or “governance” or “polity” of an organization establishes how the people in that community have chosen to order their life together: the rules, bodies, governing documents (canons, bylaws, rules of order), distribution of authority, and means of decision-making that are used to carry out the organization’s mission in the world.The Episcopal Church is a hierarchical Church meaning that there are several levels in the Church and generally speaking, the” higher” levels have authority to make many decisions regarding matters at the “lower” levels of the Church. Specifically , the General Convention is the ultimate authority in the Episcopal Church in terms of governance. General Convention sets the structure and rules for the Church.As seen in this slide, the structure of the Episcopal Church operates on 4 primary levels: churchwide, provincial, diocesan, congregational.
The Episcopal Church is democratic in its governance and that is reflected throughout our structure.General Convention is a bicameral legislative body in which all orders of ministry are indispensable.General Convention: HOB (bishops) and HOD (laity and clergy).Provincial Synods: Bishops from each diocese in the Province and Lay and Clergy from every diocese in the Province.Diocesan Conventions: Bishop(s) of the Diocese, Clergy canonically resident in the Diocese, and Lay representatives from every congregation.In Congregations, the Vestry, the governing body, consists of the Rector and lay members elected by the congregation.
The Episcopal Church is a unitary form of governance meaning that the General Convention is the ultimate authority. Through the Constitution & Canons, which can only be adopted or change by General Convention, General Convention decides how and by whom decisions are made.For example, the Canons set out a detailed process for the recruitment, discernment, selection and formation of clergy, but the implementation of that process is delegated to each Diocese through its Commission on Ministry, Standing Committee, and Bishop.
Our structure is complex which is reasonable given the vast geographic area of the Episcopal Church. Democratically-based structures involving many voices are necessarily more complex.
The Catechism defines the mission of the Church as the restoration of all people to unity with God and each other in Christ.
The Church pursues its mission (or God’s mission) as it prays, worships, proclaims the Gospel, and promotes justice, peace and love.
There seems to have arisen in some quarters a false dichotomy between mission and governance/structure.Mission = GoodStructure = BadIt’s not an either/or. It is always a both/and.
I believe the passionate conversations about structure are about our identity as a Church, our vision during an incredibly rapid time of change, and how to be about God’s mission in a transitional time.Many of us have opinions about what a renewed structure would look like.I encourage bishops and deputies to pray and think about a renewed structure. What should stay the same? What must change?
The conversation about structural change and reform has been going on for some time.Executive Council’s Joint Standing Committee on Governance and Administration for Mission determined that at least 8 entities were discussing structural change and reform during this triennium.Because the canonical mandate of the Standing Commission on the Structure of the Church includes studying and making recommendations concerning the structure of the General Convention and of the Episcopal Church, GAM proposed, and the Executive Council adopted a resolution directing the Standing commission on the structure of the Church to coordinate a consultation about structural change in the governance of the church. The invitees for this face-to-face meeting were specified in the resolution and includedmembers of bodies that are charged with, or were known to be, working on resolutions for the 77th General Convention that address structural change.
This is the list of the participants at the Gam-009 Consultation in May of 2011.
In its Blue Book Report, the Standing Commission on the Structure of the Church listed underlying assumptions and values that influenced the commission’s report to the 77th General Convention arising out of the GAM-009 Consultation.
As a result of the GAM-009 Consultation, SCSC (Standing Commission on the Structure of the Church) is proposing eleven resolutions on structural reform.A100 calls for SCSC to coordinate church reform and structuring during the next triennium. Some believe that SCSC is not equipped to carry out its canonical mandate. It is important to remembers that the membership configuration of SCSC is3 bishops, 3 clergy, 6 laity,and half the members will be new appointees. They also have the ability to identify and call in consultants. So for instance, SCSC could ask the presiding officers to appoint consultants to work with them or they could ask Executive Council, or appoint consultants themselves. SCSC has the knowledge of the current structure and have themselves made suggestions for restructuring.
There are a number of additional resolutions coming before General Convention submitted by bishops, deputies, dioceses or provinces. This slide lists some of the topics of resolutions to come before General Convention.
There are a number of additional resolutions coming before General Convention submitted by bishops, deputies, dioceses or provinces. This slide lists more topics of resolutions to come before General Convention.
Another significant question to come before General Convention is what should be done with our corporate headquarters at 815 Second Avenue in New York.There appears to be renewed energy to consider relocation. I am aware of a couple of resolutions that will be filed regarding the corporate headquarters.
As with many structure question, there are financial ramifications in keeping things the same, and there are financial ramifications in changing things.Will the budget drive the structure?Or will a renewed structure drive the budget?
A conceptual framework to approach the structure resolutions comes from the work of Ron Heifetz, co-founder of the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard University. He speaks of technical fixes and adaptive challenges.Technical Fix – A technical fix is something we know how to fix. We have the capacity and the knowledge to do so, and we can do it now.Adaptive Challenge – An adaptive challenge is much larger than a technical fix, and signifies that we do not have the answers or ability yet to adapt to the challenge(s) before us. Meeting adaptive challenges requires greater expertise than we currently have, and calls for research, exploration, discernment, and wide consultation.There are videos on the PHOD website that help in understanding this conceptual framework.