Steve - This might sound like a flame, but it isn't meant to be...
Finger pointing at 'us'? How nice to have a 'made' man on the list! Why was there never a formal invitation to this "important" meeting posted to BD Now!? It's so very easy to reach all of we 'dissidents' that way Otherwise, If this wasn't intended to be an 'insiders' event, it sure looked like an insiders event. Why not invite everyone if everyone was invited? Why didn't you yourself invite listmembers of BD Now! to this event in a manner in which they felt welcomed before the event rather than after? How cum a BDA board member put my name in for a 'formal invitation' to this meeting but I never received this 'formal invitation'? You know, I don't only moderate this list, I spend hours a week consulting with new growers about BD, I farm, I host interns, and, goddam if I don't fund and host one of the largest biodynamic conferences in this country, how come I find out about it, literally, when someone wants me to donate money to support an activity there? What is it? I didn't make enough effort to find out about this event? You're probably right: I keep working and working, but I ain't clairvoyant yet. This reminds me very much about how the blame for the closing of Shanti Yoga has been pushed off onto Victor instead of being borne by the same group/individuals who, if rushed to consciousness, could avert this sort of trajedy from occuring yet again. How about walking your talk and sharing with we 'isolationists' what transpired at this event, how the future of JPI looks, what new and effective prep remedies came up, and what-not? Thanks for posting what you did, Steve!! If we don't learn to share with one another soon, we're going to have hell to pay, aren't we? -Allan >In a message dated 2/17/02 4:11:18 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > ><< So yes in the US its a dead word and Gils comment stands, elswhere it is >what we the practioners make it and the Associations are just monuments >to certain individuals egos and near on irrelevant except to a fanatical >few. >Im for holding the vision of BD as wholistic and continuing on. When in >the US I guess I will have to use Quantum Ag or some such term. hummmmm >bummer. >Glen >> > >Glen, those who choose to call bd dead in the US have isolated themselves >from the people of the movement. They are depriving themselves of open >communication with many creative and hardworking folks that will continue >with or without ''their'' approval. For instance, I just spent this past >weekend at a ''Future of the Preparations'' meeting where regionalization by >existing groups was strengthened and will continue to be developed in a very >highly positive manner. About sixty folks came to Camphill Copake and >discussed the possibilities for the future. This will happen. There was >nothing dead about the meeting. What was dead was the input of those who say >bd is dead, ergo they must be the dead ones. Just wanted to update you from >the positive aspects of the bd reality. >By the way the remedy you inspired me to make, bc with 500-508 is absolutely >wonderful. Hope to meet you next time you are in the USA...peace, SStorch
