[Springboard] Checking in on book study, the Obama transition and invisible college matters

[jlepps at pc.jaring.my]

>Please count me in. I've read about two-thirds of the book.


John Epps


>At 12:24 PM 1/6/2009 -0800, you wrote:
>>If there is interest in a study group on Hot, Flat and Crowded, Bob Rafos 
>>has offered to get us started on JANUARY 14.  Let's talk.  The US ToP 
>>trainers meeting is going to be charting it for breakfast, and I will try 
>>to take pictures, share, and perhaps recruit some of them for an ongoing study.
>>
>>I experience myself in a kind of suspended animation . . . the incoming 
>>administration is asking for input (www.change.gov) and there is a 
>>contest for the 10 best ideas to implement for America 
>>(www.change.org).  There is also a call and infrastructure for continued 
>>local meetings, planning and relationship building -- with encouragement 
>>for service projects on MLK day and hosting of local inaugural 
>>celebrations (www.barakobama.com).  You can find out what is happening in 
>>any zip code, organize your own events, etc.
>>
>>Robert Schafer, a long time colleague of "the movement" stopped by over 
>>the weekend and we had a long talk, sort of like a reprise of our various 
>>Springboard gatherings -- what is our responsibility?  what do we have as 
>>a unique contribution based on our experience?  As you might expect from 
>>a couple of old, ecclesiola-trained guys, we waxed a bit philosophical, 
>>recalled several passages from the work that Anne Wood coordinated in 
>>spelling out the practical vision for a new social vehicle, he showed 
>>pictures of the earthship house he built out in the desert, etc.
>>
>>See attached for some of our thoughts.  What is going on with you all 
>>these days?
>>
>>Jim Wiegel
>>
>>The essence of ultimate decision remains impenetrable to the observer - 
>>often, indeed, to the decider himself (...) There will always be the dark 
>>and tangled stretches in the decision-making process - mysterious even to 
>>those who may be intimately involved.   John F. Kennedy
>>
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