Draft talk:NetWeaving

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I am Bob Littell, the originator of the NetWeaving concept. I have a conflict of interest regarding that topic and submit any related material through Articles for Creation for independent review rather than editing articles about it directly. == Disclosure == I am the originator of the NetWeaving concept and therefore have a conflict of interest. I am submitting this through Articles for Creation rather than posting it directly. Although I used an AI research assistant (Perplexity AI) to help locate, organize, and fact-check sources for this draft, the article text was written by me, and I take full responsibility for its accuracy and neutrality. In places the phrasing may still reflect the assistant's original wording of the underlying facts; I raised this openly with a Help Desk volunteer before submitting rather than leave it unmentioned. McMatter ^(talk)/_(contrib) 18:03, 23 September 2026 (UTC) == Note to the reviewer: a story I have deliberately left out of the article == One element of NetWeaving that I stress in presentations is what I call a "ripple effect" story — where a NetWeaver's gratuitous introduction sets in motion a series of events that culminates in something unexpected. I have one such account that I believe is significant, but I have kept it out of the article because I recognize it is not independently verifiable, and I would rather flag it here than have a reviewer find it. In 2004, a new performing arts centre opened in Newnan, Georgia. Mark Whitlock, a supporter of the project, was founder and CEO of the Central Educational Center (CEC) in Newnan, a charter college and career academy offering dual enrollment with links to technical colleges and local businesses. Whitlock invited me to tour the new facility. Before the trip I was on the phone with Rick Walker, an intellectual-property attorney who had helped re-register the NETWEAVING and NETWEAVER trademarks; on learning of the trip, Walker asked to come along, as he is also a violinist. Years later Walker founded the Georgia Automotive Manufacturers Association. Because of the relationship formed on that first visit, Whitlock was later invited to a GAMA board meeting, where Walker introduced him to a representative of the German American Chamber of Commerce — a connection that led to Coweta County establishing what has been described as the first German-style apprenticeship program for high school students in the United States. The published account of the apprenticeship program does not mention me, NetWeaving, or that original introduction, and my basis for the connection is private correspondence from the two participants. That is why it is not in the article. If a journalist ever publishes the connection independently, it would become citable and could be added then. For reference, the published article on the program itself is: </nowiki>"Apprenticeship program prepares students while keeping options open", Newnan Times-Herald, August 2016.

Previous was transferred from the draft. McMatter ^(talk)/_(contrib) 18:03, 23 September 2026 (UTC)