Janine and James et al, Your in danger of falling off your high horses. I never suggested any actual impropriety, what I asked for was that the Ruhi Institute materials be placed in the public digital domain, in order to avoid/mitigate any semblance of impropriety, any possibility of pecuniary advantage, or any hint of capture by elites etc. Paul Lample, whom I have met I have nothing but respect for, and I am sure that so far the sale of Ruhi books has probably not paid anybody's grocery bill even, but if there was, master plan coming to fruition, say 100 million copies transacted at 10c, well you do the maths.
Paul has displayed his generosity by putting his book Creating a New Mind in digital format (http://www.juxta.com/newmind-en-1.1.pdf). I would like to see the anonymous Ruhi Foundation curriculum designers do the same . That still lets them sell the printed/bound version. I would like to understand better the intellectual property aspects of the Ruhi Foundation's curriculum production business and the Network of agencies which goes by the moniker Development Learning Association of which the Ruhi Foundation is a member. Respond to this post if you can shed any meaningful scholarly light. Development Learning Press and the whole army of Badi Foundation, William Mmutle Maseltha Foundation, Universidad Nur, Two Wings Foundation, Development Learning Association, FUNDAEC, Foundation for Advancement of Science, The Ruhi Foundation (The Social and economic development arm of the Ruhi Institute) are associated or linked with Palabra Publications and Development Learning Press shares the same Palm Beach address as Palabra Publications. These social and economic institutions and orgnizations, some of which are private and some agencies of NSA's should perhaps be disentangled from the worldwide internal human resource development programs of the Bahai Faith, is all I am suggesting??. Now we have the curriculum designers branching into something called The Ruhi Music Curriculum in Florida. http://www.fbssc.org/fbsswebsitejune10_010.htm ,and news that Palabra is getting into CD production. Again the music that goes with these programs could be downloadable as digital media. And just for the record, I have forgiven those who have suggested I have slandered Paul Lample but I insist that such suggestions cease forthwith. Two Wings: http://www.twowings.or.at http://www.twowings.or.at/englisch/e_index.html Development Learning Press: http://www.devlp.com Fundaec: http://www.fundaec.org/ Ruhi Foundation: ??? (try and drum up something meaningful with Google) Badi Foundation: http://www.badi-foundation.org Nur University: http://www.nur.edu/ __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[email protected] To unsubscribe, send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, use subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:[email protected] Web - http://list.jccc.edu/read/?forum=bahai-st News - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Public - http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
