ASGPP Conference

[Adam Blatner]

sounds good. Would it be helpful to articulate the concerns or issues, edited, condensed, 
re what the two subgroups were seeking to achieve? This might help many of us identify our 
own hardly-realized concerns, functioning, as it were, as a kind of doubling.
       Warmly, adam
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Edward Schreiber" <edwschreiber at earthlink.net>
To: "Adam Blatner" <adam at blatner.com>; <list at grouptalkweb.org>
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 11:23 AM
Subject: Re: ASGPP Conference


> Hi Adam,
> To respond:
> There were 2 (at least) subgroups w/in the organization.
> They "came to a head" at the meeting.  There was a great
> deal of work done before the meeting on Sunday.  Nick, Ed,
> Council members, Rebecca, Louise, Nina, Natalie, Dale all
> reached out to address their concerns and feelings.  When the
> two sub-groups came together in an encounter, peace was found.
> Moreno's encounter enacted in-situ in the group process.
>
> Mike Traynor was particularly helpful in standing as a bridge between
> the two groups.  Ed Garcia and Nick held their presence well, with
> dignity.  Passion emerged.  Energy.  Care.  Honesty.  A mix took place.
> For me, for example, I had contact/encounter with those with whom I had
> not before.  It was our method in action.
>
> John Rasberry, our new President summarized it at the end by addressing
> a part of a letter to the Society from Zerka Moreno.  John noted,  from her
> letter, the need to sit down together like at a table.
>
> John presented, in masterful form, the spirit of inclusion.
>
> Ed
>
>
>
>
>
> On Apr 30, 2007, at 11:24 AM, Adam Blatner wrote:
>
>> Good news. I'm wondering if there were any specifics that we should  know
>> about sooner than the PNN, or perhaps more specifically,  re: ..."altered the
>> sociometry that was stuck."    maybe or maybe not we'd be helped by  knowing
>> what was altered...
>>
>>    2. and more about: ... >  ASGPP Council reached to members and  held one
>> another to a standard, in
>>> public and in private  --   what standard?
>>      Well, maybe nothing more needs to be said, or maybe something.
>>
>>    Thanks again Ed and rosalie and all..   warmly, adam
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Edward Schreiber" <edwschreiber at earthlink.net>
>> To: <list at grouptalkweb.org>
>> Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 5:57 AM
>> Subject: Re: ASGPP Conference
>>
>>
>>> Greetings,
>>> Thanks to the conference committee for the most outstanding
>>> example of finding our way to peace together.  What an rich
>>> conference, warm, professional, honest, caring.  For those unable
>>> to attend Amy Goodman as keynote speaker brought us into the
>>> world fabric, asking us to address who shall survive.  The workshops
>>> were rich, deep and broad.  That setting elegant, supportive and
>>> loving.  The work we did as a society set the course for the next 2
>>> years with a clearly defined agenda for where we must go (less  expensive
>>> conferences and continued inclusion - and respect for our
>>> differences) and
>>> brought us closer to realizing our true work:  all of humankind.
>>> The ASGPP
>>> annual meeting on Sunday morning brought us toward one another, as
>>> difficult as that was, and altered the sociometry that was stuck.
>>>
>>> Louise and Roberto as co-chairs were just wonderful as hosts and the
>>> ASGPP
>>> Council reached to members and held one another to a standard, in
>>> public and in
>>> private I am sure.
>>>
>>> For me, I went to the Conference uncertain about the future for our
>>> organization.
>>> I left feeling sure that we are on the path to realizing the dream of
>>> Dr. Moreno and
>>> Zerka Moreno:  to created "democratic creatocracy".   Thank you ASGPP
>>> and thank
>>> you Conference Co-Chairs and Conference Committee for holding that
>>> vision and
>>> putting it into action.
>>>
>>> Ed Schreiber
>>>
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