A Message from Gene DuBow, CIDG Co-ordinator
After a seven-month hiatus, Kendal’s Zoom discussion program is scheduled to return on Thursday morning, January 9, 2025, at 10:00 am.
What Is CIDG, and How Does It Work? CIDG (pronounced see-dig) is a time-honored Kendal discussion program. This forum was founded almost 20 years ago as an “in-person” exchange in one of Kendal’s meeting rooms. With COVID-19, face-to-face exchanges became impossible. But Zoom made it possible to switch over to using the Internet, allowing many more residents to participate.
The program is now bimonthly (held on the second and fourth Thursdays of each month, at 10:00 am).
What is discussed and how are the topics chosen? Over the years, I have listened carefully to my fellow residents and chosen topics that seemed to be of prime interest. I am always open to suggestions, choosing two each month for open discussion. CIDG is open to all residents so they can share their own thoughts and feelings about the issue of the day. In addition, they can gather in the thoughts of their fellow residents. CIDG does not aim at conclusions or adopting shared positions.
The first discussion in 2025 will be on January 9, when we will talk about health care. The second will take place on January 23, at which time, to kick off discussion, we’ll receive a direct report from Deidre Berger, the former NPR and AJC director in Berlin.
How to sign on: On the Sunday before the Thursday discussion, you will receive an email from me outlining the discussion topic for the coming Thursday. At times, it will contain some suggested reading. A reminder notice on Tuesday will follow the Sunday email. Now! This is important! On Thursday morning, the day of the discussion, by 9:00 am, you will receive another email with the link (written in blue and underlined). Click on the link, and you will become part of the discussion group. That’s it! Simple! You will get (via email) both a meeting notice (Sunday) and a reminder (Tuesday). On Thursday, at 9:00 am, you will get an email with the link to the discussion. Click on it and you’ll be part of the group. The actual discussion lasts one hour. It starts at 10:00 am and runs until 11:00 am.
I hope to see you and hear what you have to say.