[Springboard] Participating in Junaluska

Leroy Philbrook lephilbrook at gmail.com
Sat Dec 1 12:58:50 EST 2007


Gordan,
Please add me to the list for the conference call tonight  My skype name is
RoyPhilbrook.  Thanks.
Roy

On Nov 27, 2007 8:07 AM, Nancy Trask <n.trask at mchsi.com> wrote:

>  Dear Gordon & All -
> As one of the lurkers on the list who isn't planning to be in Junaluska
> this time around, I want to wish you all the very best as you gather.  The
> rest of the 99 may be similar to my situation -- I have other commitments at
> this time, but I am with you all the way & highly interested in your
> proceedings.  Might even try the Skype-way,
> All the best,
> Nancy Trask
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Gordon Harper <gharper1 at mindspring.com>
> *To:* Springboard Dialogue <springboard at wedgeblade.net>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, November 27, 2007 3:24 AM
> *Subject:* [Springboard] Participating in Junaluska
>
> Colleagues --
>
> I'm a bit in awe at how many of us have felt this Springboard venture
> warranted our joining still another bloody listserv (there are currently 99
> of us on it)!  I hope that it's not disappointed you.
>
> As you know, the third physical gathering of the Springboard group happens
> this weekend in Lake Junaluska, NC.  Nearly forty of us are registered to
> attend, with others still considering, and another bunch of us planning to
> participate remotely.  It's going to be an amazing gathering.  I thought you
> might like to know who's  registered so far (ignore the numbering; it's a
> bit screwed up):
>
>        1. Bailey, Bill
>    2. Bailey, Marianna
>        3. Bingham, Annette
>        4. Bingham, Bill
>        5. Burke, Katie [ICAI]
>        6. Cock, John
>    7. Cock, Lynda
>        8. Craver, Susan
>        9. Crocker, Joe
>   10. Crocker, Marilyn
>   11. Dunn, David
>       12. Elliot, Don
>       13. Gilles, Jack
>   14. Gilles, Judy
>   15. Greene, Herman
>   16. Grow, Bill
>       17. Grow, Nan
>       20. Harper, Gordon
>   21. Hockley, Len
>   22. Johnson, Byrne
>       23. Johnson, Carole
>       24. Jones, Marshall
>   25. Kargus, Walt
>   26. Kibrick, Eleanor eleanorkibrick at comcast.net
>   27. Long, Jean
>   28. McCleskey, David
>       29. Miller, Sarah [ICAI]
>   30. Packard, Elise
>       31. Packard, George
>       32. Rebstock, David
>   33. Scott, David
>   34. Scott, Margaret
>   35. Sharp, Marie
>         38. Walters, George
>   39. Wiegel, Jim
>
>
> I wanted to say a word especially about participating remotely.  As
> Slicker reminds us, we live in a very different century now, and that opens
> up modes of participation we could only dream of in the last century.  You
> can be part of this Junaluska meeting without having to be sitting around
> the table in North Carolina.
>
> For example, here are three ways:
>
>    - First, as in each of the gatherings, we'll put reports daily up on
>    the Repository.  These will be available at:
>
>    http://twiki.wedgeblade.net/bin/view.cgi/Main/LakeJunaluska
>
>    They'll be open to everyone to read; you don't even need to be
>    registered on the Repository to view them.
>
>    - Second, any of you with Skype (a free download at skype.com) and
>    an inexpensive mic, can initiate a free call to one of us on Skype at the
>    meeting and then participate (hearing, seeing and speaking through your
>    computer) in real time in as much of it as you wish.  George West, Marshall
>    Jones and Marilyn Crocker, among others, did this at our last gathering in
>    July, and I know several of you are planning to do it this time as well
>    (among these, Slottas, Pat Webb, George West, Canadian colleagues gathered
>    at Abbey North).
>
>    Among the numerous Skype names of those present that you might
>    choose to call in order to do this, a few are gharper1, davidscott635,
>    lenhlenh (Hockley), dmirror (Dunn), icabombay (Gilles), jeanbwatts,
>    m.george.walters, billgrow and jfwiegel.   If one person isn't on
>    line when you call, try another.  Give it a go.
>
>    - Third, on Saturday night at least, and perhaps also on Sunday
>    evening, at 8 p.m. EST, we will connect any of you who'd like to be
>    in a corporate conversation about what's happening with some of us on site.
>    Again, this will happen on Skype.  In this case, however, we'll initiate the
>    conference call, and it will be specifically with those who have expressed
>    an interest in participating in this way.
>
>    You can join this free from anywhere in the world if you are on
>    Skype.  If you are in the US or Canada, you can also do it by giving us your
>    phone number, and we'll call you on that if you prefer.  We can have up to
>    nine off site people in one conversation, plus as many folks who are
>    physically present as wish to be.
>
>    If you'd like to be called for such a conversation, let me know, and
>    give me either your Skype name or the phone number where you'll be.  Plan to
>    be sitting at your computer, because we'll likely be looking at some things
>    together as we talk.
>
> The heart of Springboard for me is to stand present to these new times we
> are in, to hear from one another what roles we individually find ourselves
> being called to play now, in this new context, and what roles we might
> explore playing collectively.  What may come of our time together depends
> on what we discern and what we decide.
>
> We do plan to start by asking each of us Friday afternoon to individually
> write something about what's calling or laying a claim on us personally with
> respect to the future, sharing some of these and then compiling them for all
> of us.  Put some of your own thoughts down on this and share them with the
> rest of us, either by posting them to this listserv, adding them to the
> Repository site above or when you join the actual conversations underway in
> NC.
>
> Even though this will be the largest of the three Springboard gatherings
> so far, we'll still be a small group in terms of our much wider community.
> I think part of our task is to find effective ways to share what we do with
> that larger body and find ways for any who wish  to participate in this
> venture to do so.  Share your thoughts as to how we best do that.
>
> Here we go, sticking our foot into it yet once again --
>
> Gordon
>
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