ASGPP Conference

Edward Schreiber edwschreiber at earthlink.net
Mon Apr 30 18:08:31 CDT 2007


I think the direction, intent, motion and emotion of the council is  
clearly to move the ASGPP forward.
I feel really good about all the conversations I had, with Ed G, with  
John R, with Mike and others.  It
is time to gather around and lend a hand, in my opinion.  At least  
that's my  intent!

Ed



On Apr 30, 2007, at 6:59 PM, Adam Blatner wrote:

> Well, if they want us to use the forum, they should make it easy.  
> Put out the announcements on how to use it. Put them out again.  
> Recruit five people who will post an issue from the executive  
> committee. Request responses. Have messages from the president.
>    Have each person on the exec committee introduce him/herself and  
> what s/he wants to talk about, do, and get feedback about. What  
> subcommittee responsibilities do they take on.
>     See if you can recruit five people with whom you've had good  
> tele to join you in this project. Better, ten or fifteen.
>  Do we know who the exec council is, their old and new subcommittee  
> assignments, if any have changed; their email addresses? That would  
> be good. Sue Barnum is moving or has moved to New Mexico. A loss  
> for Texas. Has she changed her email addrress yet?
>
>    Have Mike Traynor and our new president and others get involved  
> in promoting involvements.
>
>    Then let's see how much momentum it gains, or if it peters out.
>
>        What do you think about that?
>                 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 5:47 PM
> Subject: Re: ASGPP Conference
>
>
>> 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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