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[Adam Blatner]

Here goes Adam, with more ideas of things to do. (sigh). I can't do them all. 
     1. Now that there are print-on-demand self-publishers, and scanning-on and optical recognition programs, the idea of finding old books and digitizing them, making them available as cd-roms or re-printing them inexpensively as books (see the service offered by   www.lulu.com    for example) opens up some possibilities not previously available.
     2.  G. Douglas Warner was active in psychodrama in the 1960s and 70s and wrote some lovely little books, Psychodrama Training Tips, and these should be scanned on and reprinted. 
            I had an earlier anthology with papers by Barbara Seabourne that also should be similarly scanned on. Comments, areas of agreement and disagreement, let these writers' ideas be subject to further dialogue--this can be done in a digital world in which such comments can be added.

      3. Go through the directory of CPs & TEPs and contact the folks in your area... 
                  Maybe go through old membership lists and find out what happened to people who used to be members..

      4. I'm busy working on this book and it consumes my time, and then I have other projects pressing. As Dorothy Satten said at her 50th birthday, "my time, my precious time."  

       5. Some folks who are interested in a number of tasks needed in the field:  Who there would be interested in 
            -- someday becoming a consulting editor for the Journal of Group Psychotherapy, Psychodrama & Sociometry
                    and editing, reviewing articles. It's a role that requires some scholarship, but I believe there are a number of y'all or people you know who are wanting to develop that role
            -- interdisciplinary folks, interested in art, music, drama and therapy, as well as psychodrama, for a similar role as consulting editor for the Arts in Psychotherapy
               there are other similar roles... for the German journal--especially if you're bilingual, etc. 
        If you have the skill and the interest, let people know.
                 and in a similar vein, if there are other roles that you feel you could do well or learn to do well, and have a degree of commitment, empower yourself a bit to let folks know!

           Some of you have students, people in training, who are passionate. Let them know that there are roles to be filled.
  
       6. I encourage people to write for the journal. Many of you don't feel skilled and comfortable in that role. It is common in academia for professors to collaborate with graduate students in the writing of papers. The former introduces certain ideas, the latter fills in details and writes it up-- the joint authorship is beneficial for the careers of both parties.  Find some better writers with whom you can collaborate and have them help you as you share your ideas and they write them up.
 
         7. If you've been taking notes in training, go find them and whip them into shape, see what can be gleaned. Much will be a re-hash of what's been said many times, but I'll bet there are some jewels of creative adaptations, revisions of technique, and so forth--don't assume others already know this. When in doubt, share it on the listserve and get feedback.

      So let's brainstorm-- what other ideas can y'all come up with to energize our field?   Warmly, Adam

Adam Blatner, M.D.
(please reply to adam at blatner.com)
website: www.blatner.com/adam/   
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