ASGPP Conference

Mon Apr 30 17:32:08 CDT 2007

Dear Ed,
   Actually, there have been a few emails out from Nick Wolff over the last year about the 
forum. I spoke with Mike Traynor about the Forum and noted that it's hard to get on and 
very few people seemed to use it---that's why I prefer Grouptalk. I said that if I knew 
there were some folks reading and contributing, I might put up with the hassle and use 
that format, but so far when I've checked it, so little has been posted.
         I wonder how many others want to use that medium. I'd play if others would, too.

      You might ask Mike to re-submit the instructions yet again, because I've found that 
one must be persistent in informing a social group about an upcoming event or new 
resource, reminding everyone at least three times, and then repeating the announcement 
every 6 months or so.

       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 3:27 PM
Subject: Re: ASGPP Conference


> Hi Adam,
> I endorse the open society standard, I think one great advance in our  work
> was offered by Mike Traynor during the meeting.  He suggested that we
> use the ASGPP membership forum to engage in a full discussion, ongoing,
> overtime of the issues of moving forward.  The issues generated  during the
> ASGPP Sunday meeting were about moving forward and the particular  concerns
> and dynamics that needed attention.  So I support Mike's leadership  and want
> to do some chatting on the ASGPP members board.
>
> On that note, I am unsure of how to post a new topic on the site.
>
> Does anyone know how to do that?  I tried but could not.
>
> Ed
>
>
>
> On Apr 30, 2007, at 2:27 PM, Adam Blatner wrote:
>
>> 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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