[Dialogue] Secret
Myra Griffin
mrgriff at eos.net
Tue Mar 27 08:03:49 EDT 2007
NPR discussed this today. Had some negative things to say about how
they change what they say in lectures from what is on the DVD.
kayfulkerson wrote:
> I recommend the secret too. "How we attract the want we want".
> I have the DVD & the set of four auto CD
> and the book.
> I host secret DVD watching parties, in my home, so I will take time to
> see it again.
> Also a magnet board, in my bed room for what I want to attract in to
> my life.
> Kay Fulkerson
> www.JoyfulHealth.biz <http://www.JoyfulHealth.biz>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Marge Philbrook <mailto:msphilbrook at gmail.com>
> To: Colleague Dialogue <mailto:dialogue at wedgeblade.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 5:26 AM
> Subject: Re: [Dialogue] Creating Citizen Participation at the
> state level
>
> I knew you must be out there somewhere.
>
> My first suggestion is watch the dvd of The Secret. which is about
> how we attract the results we want (I have just tried three
> sentences to say what it is about and I can't.) Anyway just watch
> it. I'd love to know how it effects your planning process. Marge
>
>
>
> On 3/20/07, Walter Kargus <wak3 at wowway.com
> <mailto:wak3 at wowway.com>> wrote:
>
> Hi
>
>
>
> For many years I have listen and read you emails and I want to
> thank you all for your thoughts and feelings on
>
> all sorts of subjects, many I have had great interest. So I
> have decided to engage you and participate with the
>
> rest of you. Many may have thought I dropped off the face of
> the earth, but I have only been off your horizon.
>
> This I offer you it be just the start of many online
> communications.
>
>
>
> Many years ago we had discussed and believe also have done
> some in-depth research on citizen participation
>
> In the political process. For those of you who remember, I
> would like to pick your brain. For those who have not
>
> participated in those discussions, I welcome your input.
>
>
>
> Having participated in the Local Church Experiment back in the
> 70's in which our church participated in the Parish
>
> Tactics, I gained an understanding of working in the political
> arena. Since leaving the local congregation in
>
> 1980, I have been engaged in networking with people who are on
> the inside the Detroit City and Wayne County
>
> political community. It has presented a great listening
> platform to understand how things actually get accomplished.
>
>
>
> With that as a context, I decided to get involved last year in
> State Politics. I live in a predominately Republican
>
> Area of Michigan , the western suburbs of Wayne County of
> which Detroit is the major city. I connected with a
>
> Democratic candidate who showed up on my doorstep during the
> Primary Election. He was running for the House
>
> of Representatives for the 20th District of Michigan. The
> journey to November was a slow and unsupported campaign
>
> by the Democratic Party. They did not provide much support
> because they focused on potential winners. The
>
> candidate Marc Corriveau was not one of them. However,
> November showed that an underdog can win. We turned
>
> the District from Red to Blue.
>
>
>
> The Democratic Party woke up and to their surprise took
> control of the State House. They had been on the defensive
>
> for so long they were not ready for this win. They had to run
> to do an internal paradigm shift. Marc has now
>
> become Number 1 in the party's eyes. He has been given
> chairman of the Ethics Committee along with membership on
>
> Education Committee and Health Committee. The Democratic
> Party has laid out a concept of building Constituent
>
> Relations with the citizens in the District. Their aim is to
> build a strong bond between Marc and the citizen in which
>
> the next election in 2008 can be assured.
>
>
>
> Knowing what that includes I have been hired to be the
> District Coordinator to make this happen. The KEY to winning
>
> people's commitment will be the Internet. I am in the
> process of developing a proposal for a Web Site that is the Node
>
> through which we reach out to the community in a new way.
> Marc's schedule includes being in the District on Monday
>
> and Friday along with other events on Saturday. He commutes
> to Lansing every day for Legislative Sessions on Tuesday
>
> through Thursday. So in addition to this schedule, the task
> is to be seen everywhere while becoming effective in the
>
> House during his two year term.
>
>
>
> The questions to you that I would like to pose are the following:
>
>
>
> 1. How can we get ongoing citizen participation in
> political process during these two years rather than
> just on election
>
> Day?
>
>
>
> 2. How can the Internet and Web Site be developed to get
> people interested in politics on an ongoing basis?
>
>
>
> 3. What do you do to get citizens to see the importance of
> engaging in State Politics?
>
>
>
> There may be other questions to be asked, that I haven't
> thought of, and invite you to help me participate in a cutting
> edge
>
> opportunity to develop a new model that can be reduplicated
> elsewhere.
>
>
>
> Also I have a new email address different from the directory:
> wak3 at wowway.com <mailto:wak3 at wowway.com> My home phone is
> 734-927-4563 and my
>
> cell is 248-867-9416.
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
> Walt Kargus
>
>
>
> PS - I would like very much to participate in this weekend in
> Denver with Jack and David as you discuss ideas on OE.
>
> Please include me in your discussions. Thanks.
>
>
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