I think that was what we exploring Artur, among other things...the shift from that form of charity to one of compassion and networked philanthropy. The participant list contains some ames of people who are VERY fluent in the history of western civilization and for whom these cultural underpinnings, both in Europe and North America, are of extraordinary significance. I refer to you Phil Cubeta at http://www.gifthub.org, AKM Adam at http://akma.disseminary.org/ and Lenore Ealy at http://www.thephilanthropicenterprise.org/main/about_tpe.php
Cheers, Chris On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 04:34:54 -0800, Artur Silva <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Thanks for calling my attention to your previous message, Chris. I saw the > wiki now and, yes, there is some impressing material there. > > I think my reaction is related with the word "givers" and with a cultural > difference - in Latin Europe, a "giver" is normally someone doing "charity" > - someone rich that alleviates his/her conscience, more then the situation > of the poor. Indeed I think "charity" was designed in Middle Age to convince > the poors that they should not revolt, because rich people were "helpers". > Maybe this is different in the anglo-saxonic world... > > Regards > > Artur > > --------- > > > Chris Corrigan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Artur...you should have a good read through the "giving conference" > proceedings. Having done that, you may still dislike "giving > conferences" but I'm willing to bet you'll be impressed by what > happened in Chicago last July. > > ________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail - Easier than ever with enhanced search. Learn more. * * > ========================================================== > [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, > unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of > [email protected]: > http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about > OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist > > -- ------------------------- CHRIS CORRIGAN Consultation - Facilitation Open Space Technology Weblog: http://www.chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot Site: http://www.chriscorrigan.com * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected]: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist
