[Oe List ...] Introducing the Repository

[Tim Wegner]

Colleagues --

This past weekend, the ICA Gathering Extraordinaire in Seattle marked 
the scheduled public announcement of the OE/EI/ICA Repository. A 
project that has been a year in the making and that a number of you 
from six nations have contributed to in some way, went public. Have 
a look--you're all invited to participate in this!

We pause, as we did in announcing it at this weekend's gathering, to 
honor the memory of Brian Stanfield, whose contribution to the 
project you'll read about on the website. 

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The Design Team
*Gordon Harper 
*Len Hockley 
*Tim Wegner 

                                  
                Welcome to the OE/EI/ICA Repository 
This web site is dedicated to making available the stories, materials 
and forward thinking of those who have worked with OE (the Order: 
Ecumenical), EI (the Ecumenical Institute) and ICA (the Institute of 
Cultural Affairs) over the last five decades.) 
As we announce its birth, we pause to celebrate the completed life of 
Brian Stanfield, whose work contributed much to this venture, as to 
so many others.
                   The OE/EI/ICA Repository is ...
... a window into the history of those who have participated in the 
journey of a lifetime. 
... a place for us to reconnect and interact with one another, to 
reminisce, tell stories, share events and perspectives, look at 
photos and video, listen to our recorded voices and singing, as well 
as read, share and preserve important documents. It is not only about 
the past, but also about how this legacy lives on in our knowing, 
doing and being today. 
It is our hope that this website will help us to more fully grasp the 
scope and significance of what we were all about--and perhaps still 
are. By gathering in one place materials that shed light on the 
events of our lives, it may also be that members of our families will 
better understand some of the decisions that we made. 
We see this as a collaboration in sharing the things we treasure 
about our journey together and the ways we have benefited and learned 
from that adventure. 
We don't see this as the long awaited history of our community. 
Perhaps it is our Chronicles. It will surely be a resource for anyone 
bold enough to take on the challenge of writing that history at some 
point in the future. 
This venture is clearly a work in progress. We want it to grow and 
are trying to make things here as user friendly as possible. 
Come and visit: www.wedgeblade.net You´ll be glad.