[Dialogue] Archives Work and Open Source

[Evelyn Kurihara Philbrook]

Dear Colleagues,

I was very happy to work voluntarily to prepare the archives of the Town
Meetings from the EI/ICA basement the first week of May with my many
colleagues from the past and new ones from the present. I realize now that
these documents do represent a baseline of data that research would find
very helpful from our past work in making gold all the counties in many
states and in many countries we conducted Town Meetings, though we only
focused on the USA counties. The work began to reveal the huge amount of
time it would take to finish the whole task. We just scratched the surface
and it was exciting and overwhelming to realize how much has been done and
how much more needs to be done. However, at some level I assumed that all
this information of the movement which we are all working on together
voluntarily, would become open source material so that those who helped
create the materials and worked jointly on these many projects could use
them in the future to build ICA movements in the future around the world.

However, I am not so sure this is a true statement. I do want to acknowledge
the new current work of colleagues that bring new forms into being of old
models we used in the past. I am clear that in each unique situation,
adjustments must be made to adapt to customize a specific method to meet the
needs of each client and each culture and that work is the brain power of
the individuals who work on the model to bring it into being. However, the
spirit belongs to us all. The original models created in the Academy, RS-I
and on Imaginal Education, or in Town Meetings or any other methods, Social
Process Triangles, etc... are we saying now that any model adapted
individually are now owned by ICA USA or ICA Canada?

If any of us shares its models freely with other organizations with the
proviso that they receive acknowledgment so that the methods may be used by
anyone and not copyrighted to prevent others from using them, that seems on
target. However to have methods copyrighted to prevent others from using a
method which is based on a common understanding of our whole body, like RS
I, CS I, or any of our other courses, does not make sense to me either. I
understand if a method is being used without acknowledgment or without
permission to make a profit is not correct, but to prevent anyone else from
using a method at all who cannot pay for it, but is need of that method does
not seem right either. We need to work this through so there is no
misunderstanding.

Anyone who has been working to transpose RS I into a secular course and
would like to continue to share their work with people in Asia, please feel
free to contact me.

I am currently in USA right now and on skype: joyfuleakp  or Evelyn
Philbrook.  My landline for the next two weeks is 559-875-4007 and ask for
Evelyn.

Those who come to work on the archives, how is this material to be made
available to colleagues that helped create it, or will we have to pay to
have access to the materials once they are digitized? Will this mean only
those who can afford to access them will have the right to read and use the
material, or only students at a specific university, what does it mean? Is
this what will happen to Joe's work because it is technically owned by the
family?

I had hoped we can grow and share together for the future of the planet and
those who care.

Evelyn Kurihara Philbrook
ICA Certified Facilitator
ICA International Director, VP of Asia and the Pacific
ICA Taiwan Office:
3 fl.,#12, Lane 5, Tien Mou W. Rd,
Taipei, 11156, Taiwan ROC
Tel: (886) 2-2871-3150
Email: joyful52 at gmail.com, joyful at icatw.com
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