ASGPP Conference

Edward Schreiber edwschreiber at earthlink.net
Mon Apr 30 17:47:48 CDT 2007 

Dear Adam,
Yes, I feel the same about Grouptalk!  It is so damn easy to use.
But for ongoing long term discussions, the ASGPP is asking us to use
the site's discussion board.  So I want to support that request and  
think
it makes a lot of sense!

Ed



On Apr 30, 2007, at 6:32 PM, Adam Blatner wrote:

> 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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