We met as planned at Lynette’s home on May 8th and turned our attention to formulating a set of guiding principles that will serve as an important point of reference for existing members and others who we anticipate will join this initiative at some future time. It is challenging to create such a document. We must use words to communicate intent yet we are already discovering vocabulary choices can be tricky. Some words carry a charge and do not necessarily mean the same thing to each of us. At this time we do not want to distract you particular stumbling blocks we encountered. It will be more useful to use the preliminary guidelines that we offer as a starting point for the larger group's discussion. We see our task as creating a concise “living” document akin to the spirit of The Constitution--- something that is both comprehensive and subject to change when required. The comparison is a bit grandiose --- I trust you get the gist!
We also addressed the idea of “casting a wider net”, in other words, inviting others who may be interested to join us. We do not consider ourselves a closed group. If there are people who you are aware of that you feel might be interested in this exploration then feel free to invite them. PLEASE DO LET JILL, NELL OR ME KNOW WHO YOU HAVE INVITED. ALSO, direct any newbies to the blog so that they can sign up and catch up.
At our proposed picnic at South Village on May 19th ( raindate May 20th) at 6:00pm we will distribute a draft of preliminary guidelines/principles.
The evening should look something like this:
6:00-6:45 Gather at South Village and eat together ( bring your own picnic dinner!)
6;45-7:15 Review guiding principles and register input
7:15- 8:00 Tour the land at South Village with special emphasis on what would be “our” area in the event SV is the right site!
Kindly RSVP using the Blog or to Jillwolcott@mac.com
MARK YOUR CALENDAR
The JUNE large group meeting will take place at the Raap’s house on June 16th at
7:00… As before, we will share in , song, conversation, Costa Rican coffee, herbal tea and dessert. We request that 4-5 people, volunteer to bring some sort of dessert.
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Friday, May 1, 2009
From the Core Group
The First Core Group Meeting
Summary
Jill, Lynette and Nell (The Core Group) met on Friday, April 24, 2009. The first thing we talked about was the role of the core group. We know that we are to prepare a draft of the guiding principles for the aspiring community based on the priorities you all submitted and/or spoke about in the last meeting. We also agreed that part of our role was to help chart a course for moving forward, schedule meetings, share information with all of you and, in general, pay attention to the needs of the members as we continue looking at the possibility of forming this residential community. So please share your thoughts with us (jillwolcott@mac.com) or post them on this blog. We will post summaries of all of our meetings on the blog. Encourage others to sign up for the blog when you see them. It will make communication that much easier.
To bring focus to our task of creating the guiding principles, we looked at the principles of a few other residential communities (Prairie Crossing, Pueblo Verde, Hidden Springs, for example). This helped orient us in our work. Then we went through each and every priority you submitted. We saw that the priorities nicely align with the threefold nature of the human being. Some priorities spoke to the physical aspects of the community, some to the social relationships of the members (soul) and some focused on recognition and celebration of the divine in each of us and as a community (spiritual). Recognizing that any community is a reflection and extension of its members, we were not surprised to see this alignment. Each of us (in the Core Group) agreed to take a section of the priorities and articulate them as guiding principles in a rough draft, which we will discuss at the next Core Group meeting on May 8.
MARK YOU CALENDARS!
Many of you spoke about visiting South Village. So we’re planning a picnic! Please bring your picnic dinner to the Farm at South Village on Tuesday May 19 at 6:00 pm (rain date, Wednesday May 20, 6pm). We can walk the site, enjoy dinner and each other, and discuss the draft principles and our next steps. Please RSVP for the picnic to Jill (jillwolcott@mac.com) or on this blog by May 15.
That’s it for now. Looking forward to seeing you all soon.
Nell
For the Core Group
Summary
Jill, Lynette and Nell (The Core Group) met on Friday, April 24, 2009. The first thing we talked about was the role of the core group. We know that we are to prepare a draft of the guiding principles for the aspiring community based on the priorities you all submitted and/or spoke about in the last meeting. We also agreed that part of our role was to help chart a course for moving forward, schedule meetings, share information with all of you and, in general, pay attention to the needs of the members as we continue looking at the possibility of forming this residential community. So please share your thoughts with us (jillwolcott@mac.com) or post them on this blog. We will post summaries of all of our meetings on the blog. Encourage others to sign up for the blog when you see them. It will make communication that much easier.
To bring focus to our task of creating the guiding principles, we looked at the principles of a few other residential communities (Prairie Crossing, Pueblo Verde, Hidden Springs, for example). This helped orient us in our work. Then we went through each and every priority you submitted. We saw that the priorities nicely align with the threefold nature of the human being. Some priorities spoke to the physical aspects of the community, some to the social relationships of the members (soul) and some focused on recognition and celebration of the divine in each of us and as a community (spiritual). Recognizing that any community is a reflection and extension of its members, we were not surprised to see this alignment. Each of us (in the Core Group) agreed to take a section of the priorities and articulate them as guiding principles in a rough draft, which we will discuss at the next Core Group meeting on May 8.
MARK YOU CALENDARS!
Many of you spoke about visiting South Village. So we’re planning a picnic! Please bring your picnic dinner to the Farm at South Village on Tuesday May 19 at 6:00 pm (rain date, Wednesday May 20, 6pm). We can walk the site, enjoy dinner and each other, and discuss the draft principles and our next steps. Please RSVP for the picnic to Jill (jillwolcott@mac.com) or on this blog by May 15.
That’s it for now. Looking forward to seeing you all soon.
Nell
For the Core Group
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