[Springboard] Wiegel ploy

Thu Nov 29 06:04:41 EST 2007

Wiegel, I think your question to me in earlier e-mail was simply a ploy to
be asked to brag on your two sons of "an outstanding lineage";>)

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From: springboard-bounces at wedgeblade.net
[mailto:springboard-bounces at wedgeblade.net] On Behalf Of James Wiegel
Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 11:42 PM
To: Springboard Dialogue
Subject: Re: [Springboard] My pre-weekend take on the significant mission
ofSpringboard

Maybe not so profound, but memorable from  [your son] John  [age 40, living
in Davidson, NC, and urban designer] :

Jim,

I can hardly believe those boys lived to be 5 much less 30!!

I have the most vivid memories of them as 4 year olds in Kamweleni and
Kawangware. I still tell people HILARIOUS stories about the antics of those
two. They were an amazing miniature 2-man wrecking crew and had amazing
charisma even at that age (typical Weigels!):

-          Intentionally dropping their boots onto the happy drunks in the
bar below the Kawangware house and then DANCING and howling with laughter.
-          Dropping their toilet paper rolls(more precious than gold at the
time), boots, etc. into the latrines at Kamweleni. . .and DANCING and
howling with laughter.
-          Smashing the windows out of the Kamweleni school house with
sticks. . .and DANCING and howling with laughter.
-          Walking to school and then immediately walking home to tell their
mother that there was no school that day.
-          Dancing naked with the other kids at the Kawangware house. . .and
HOWLING with laughter. 

It had to be all downhill for them from there and I never knew them after
that, but they left an unforgettable impression on a wide-eyed fourteen-year
old.

Best to them and to your family. They are blessed to be born into such an
outstanding lineage.

John Cock <jpc2025 at triad.rr.com> wrote:

Thanks, Jim, for the question. The significant "specific mission" of
Springboard that I see emerging:

Specific mission statement: sustaining the "greatest movement on earth"
(picking up on Hawken's phrase) . . . and within that mission some specific
strategies: creating a new order to help sustain focus movements of the
"greatest movement," including ICA/EI globally, through consultation with
and the broadcast of profound events, methods, and publications.

BTW, I would like to read son John's words to your sons.

See you very soon,

John

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From: springboard-bounces at wedgeblade.net
[mailto:springboard-bounces at wedgeblade.net] On Behalf Of James Wiegel
Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 8:22 PM
To: Springboard Dialogue
Subject: Re: [Springboard] The "more" I want

John, what is the significant mission you are seeing emerge?

I was struck, at the get together in Abbey North, someone dug out the
prolegomena to the rule of the order which was apparently written as an
example of the kind of covenant a cadre or  . . . would write.  I won't go
into the language, etc. but I was struck with the emphasis on "this specific
mission" as an important part of what needed articulation.

Great words, by the way, from John to my sons on their 30th a couple of
weeks ago.

John Cock <jpc2025 at triad.rr.com> wrote:

Cynthia said:

What is the "order dynamic"?   Who says that "younger" folks are not doing a
significant mission in history?  What more [my underline and blue type] do
you/we want?

Here is part of the paragraph Cynthia is referring to (sorry it was
unclear):

2) How do we get more "younger" folks committed to the order dynamic, yea,
the Springboard, for a longer trajectory than most of us have left? . . .
How do we line up fifty new ones [younger folks]? 

I also mentioned six examples of "younger folks," including my two sons.
They are doing significant missions. I talked to my older son since I wrote
that paragraph and he said he'd be quite interested to do so, but next time
give him more than four days to plan to be there. What I'm talking about is
their ilk joining with us in the Springboard "order dynamic," which I think
is a significant mission that is going somewhere. I want some younger folks
to come along and commit to its future. That's all I was talking about in
that paragraph. That's the "more" that I want.

I hope this is more clear.

John

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From: springboard-bounces at wedgeblade.net
[mailto:springboard-bounces at wedgeblade.net] On Behalf Of
FacilitationFla at aol.com
Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 4:59 PM
To: springboard at wedgeblade.net
Subject: Re: [Springboard] Grows and Jones' inspiring e-mails

In a message dated 11/26/2007 8:06:45 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
jpc2025 at triad.rr.com writes:

How do we get more "younger" folks committed to the order dynamic,

What is the "order dynamic"?   Who says that "younger" folks are not doing a
significant mission in history?  What more do you/we want?

Cynthia N. Vance, M. A.
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