[Springboard] [Oe List ...] May 5 photos from the MayArchiveSojourn crew in Chicago

Fri May 7 07:52:06 CDT 2010

Bill, Marianna and I went to see the play "Always Expect Miracles". It was well done. We were aware of the program when it began and followed along with each step that took place.

At the present moment Marianna and I are helping our third neighborhood build a vision for their future. We use the 4 workshop session (vision, challenges, proposals, and implementation). The staff of the planning department for the city of Asheville volunteer to facilitate the small groups so they can experience and learn the methods.

We also plan to participate in the Oklahoma City University program in July as the Archives of the EI/ICA are presented to the University. The plan is to have three research group to deal with student/facility education in Planet Earth, Poverty, Peace. Marianna and I are on the team exploring Poverty. 

It seems that we are as busy as we were in those great days of EI/ICA programs and OE relationships.

Grace and Pease (say hello for us to Nan)

Bill Bailey
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  From: Bill Grow 
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  Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2010 5:39 PM
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  Hi, Bill.  That issue about Swamp Gravy you have is from the ICA "Initiatives".  It was written by Nancy.  I still have great memories of the fine teaching you, Marianna and the Packards did in our 1998 Swamp Gravy Academy.  Swamp Gravy continues with regular performances to (unrecruited) full audiences in its 18th year in Colquitt with replications exploding spontaneously across Georgia and beyond.   The latest one opened in your Asheville backyard in April with the billing "Always Expect Miracles".  It was directed by Richard Geer and written by Jules Corriere.  I wondered if you saw it.

  I have a lot of archives from our ICA partnership with Swamp Gravy, going back to the initial contact with my (surprise) cousin, Joy Jinks, in April of 1978.  I probably should organize it and send it to the Archive team in Chicago but am not sure of the process. 

  Joy and Clyde spent the night with us last week in York, PA.  We discussed the question of what is the edge for Swamp Gravy now that it has become a national movement.  Community Performance, Inc. is doing a lot of the current artistic leadership in the replications outside Georgia, but there's a desperate need to train new script writers to supplement Jo Carson and Jules, and there's no overall organization/coordination for the massive marketing and production needs.   Just imagine "what God hath wrought!"

  It's nice to hear from you!

  Bill Grow 
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    From: Bill Bailey 
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    Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2010 12:50 PM
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    Bill Grow; JUST BY CHANCE, and what a surprise;

    Yesterday while cleaning out a closet, I found a copy of Swamp Graves news letter "INITIATIVES" Volume 12, No. 2, Spring 1996, "Rural Revitalization Southern Style." I also located my work book called  "the story of our lives and Times", An Academy of Arts and Culture. Sponsored by the Swamp Grave Institute and the ICA. Colquitt,Georgia, May 4 - 16, 1998.

    Bill Bailey
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      From: Bill Grow 
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      Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2010 11:07 AM
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      And don't forget Oklahoma 100!

      Bill Grow
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        From: McCabe, Diann A 
        To: Order Ecumenical Community ; Dialogue' Listserv ; Springboard Listserv 
        Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2010 10:50 AM
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        My heart sings to see the file of Mississippi Town Meetings.  I hope the data can be organized so the stories can be heard, the stories embedded in the files.  
        Thanks,
        Diann McCabe
        San Marcos, TX

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        From: oe-bounces at wedgeblade.net [oe-bounces at wedgeblade.net] On Behalf Of David Dunn [dmdunn1 at gmail.com]
        Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2010 11:36 PM
        To: OECommunity Community; Dialogue' Listserv; Springboard Listserv
        Subject: [Oe List ...] May 5 photos from the May Archive Sojourn crew in Chicago

        Hello all.      

        Here are tonight's photo links.

        http://gallery.me.com/dmansel#100108

        http://www.facebook.com/photo_search.php?oid=380378332617&view=all

        http://www.flickr.com/photos/spiritjourneys/sets/72157623878185185/

        We're getting a little nervous that it's Wednesday and we still have several large piles to work through—Texas and Mississippi come to mind. We decided today to do sorting of the files by state and data entry for the town meetings not yet in the database simultaneously in teams of two. Evelyn Philbrook is our champion data entry typist at some amazing speed like 80+ words per minute. Sally Fenton gets our stamina and attitude award for data entry typist for sheer exercise of will to make stiff fingers do her will. They obey.

        We're getting our hanging file frames into the file cabinet drawers, the Filemaker Pro software is installed on two computers and we're about to make the transition from the Excel spreadsheet to the new Filemaker database. This will be a step up into a very powerful, user friendly and highly adaptable tool for making data entry, search and arranging our data, and useful reporting much easier. We'll make the transition carefully over the weekend before next week's team arrives and expects us to have our act together.

        What questions would you like to address to the members of this week's team? I'd like to do a podcast of various answers.

        Good wishes to all.

        David

        David Dunn
        dmdunn1 at gmail.com

        Creative direction and spiritual companioning

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