Know the enemy!
The Delphi Technique was exactly what the Episcopal Church used to force the gay agenda. Surveys with predetermined outcomes followed by intensive "small groupings" were the favored tactics, patiently pursued for years.
One quibble I have with the suggested response: I think a tactic of "nip it in the bud" is best. Once the Delphi Technique is spotted, it must be exposed. If there is an attempt to hire a "facilitator" or commission a "feasibility study" (two buzz terms that immediately raise a rotten stink), attack on the grounds that this is wasteful spending, and ruthlessly expose the agenda.
Research who wants to hire the facilitator/consultant. Remind everyone what agendas those pushing the study/survey/facilitator have had in the past. Research the firm/individual involved. Are there ties to ACORN? Gay activist groups? Environmentalist wackos? Contact talk radio. Pack the meetings of those who will do the funding. Kill the beast in its crib.
Once you sit down in a "small group" with these folks, you have lost. Deny their legitimacy. Walking away is better than participating in a farce.
WASHINGTON -- Senior members of President Barack Obama's administration are to be in Dearborn next week for a health care reform discussion, one of several such meetings that will be held across the nation as the president begins wrestling with how to cut insurance costs while improving access to coverage.
On March 12, the president will attend a forum on health care reform to begin the discussion. Gov. Jennifer Granholm is expected to lead it and Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., is expected to attend.
The gathering is considered a starting point for the president's effort to come up with a plan with Congress to reform health care.
I'm sure it is merely a way do steer the discussion in their direction while looking like they are open to debate. We are all being played like a violin.