j, t, h, noticing what is seems most important about that "right," john... it is access to the language (more a skill i think than a right), the chance to demonstrate that skill in inside conversations earns the right to use the network. more skill, more connection points, more effective use of network that already exists. in your case, ted, you have the language and plenty of access to the network. your network *includes* the groups you are talking about here, so your broad announcement of the invite you write may even grow the group in question.
also worth noting the line between 'projects' and 'organization'...as you can propose a 'project' that picks up a question of the whole organization, like harrison's theme, and suddenly the whole dissolves into itself, in the doing of a project. the nature of the dissolving is powerful, but necessarily without edges. so there is no opening. only the invitation and the action, the project and the organization, inside and outside, each embracing the other. m John Engle wrote:
friends, as a part of the peace activist group, i say amen to the analysis and prescription, harrison, ted and michael. i will share some things that some of you are already aware of. forgive the redundancy. the approach that i have taken in trying to live out my convictions, having an analysis not unlike you described harrison, is an attempt to "earn the right." i made the decision to become a 'reservist' with christian peacemaker teams (cpt), which meant attending their month long training on nonviolence, which while very good was far from open space, and committing to being available for three years to visit 'hotspots' once or twice a year in an effort to support cpt's longterm teams. throughout my monthlong training, and during my brief time in israel/palestine territories with cpt and their partners, i am promoting open space. thus, i am now an 'insider' with them...a subversive within a subversive movement :) john ===== Website: http://theexperiment.info Sitentenet : http://eksperyansla.info Site : http://Lexperience.info Patisipe nan konvèsasyon sou entènet la sou Espas Ouvri ak Wonn Refleksyon - voye yon mesaj a : [email protected] * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected], Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html
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