[Oe List ...] Order Polity document

[Jim Baumbach]

Shelley,

Here is something you can check on your documents.  Under the section 
III. notice the sentence beginning "To insure a common operating context 
rot the total group and..."

I don't know what "...rot the total group..." means but if the same 
phrase shows up in your document, we probably all have it in the Golden 
Pathways CD.

Jim Baumbach

"

*III. THE DELIBERATIVE FUNCTION*

*A. The Local Collegium*

The local collegium is the daily gathering of all in each place for 
deliberation of issues affecting the common life and mission. It occurs 
in formalized structures such as breakfast collegiums and meal 
conversations, as well as informal conversations with colleagues over 
missional issues. It represents the deliberative aspect of the 
democratic or community dynamic of corporate polity. It is the basic 
vehicle through which a common mind is forged and thus is the 
foundational aspect of consensus.

The paramount function of the local collegium is to shape and give 
expression to the consensed will of the people. Without the collegium 
dynamic, the refinement of strategy and maneuvers and the building of 
implementies becomes an exercise in abstraction, divorced from the 
significant engagement of the people in decision making. The basic 
functions of the local collegium are:

To insure a common operating context *rot* the total group and..."

Jeanette Stanfield wrote:
> Hi Shelley and all,
>
> I just checked the Golden Pathways archive disk.  It looks like all of
> Polity document is printed there.
>
> Jeanette
>
>
>
>
> Marilyn R Crocker
>
>   
>> Hi Shelley et. al,
>>
>> This was the final and only version, although it bore the disclaimer
>> "working copy not for distribution."  I mistakenly typed 1976 in my
>> recent e-mail, when it was actually spring of 1977 when we began our
>> work.  The "working copy" disclaimer was put on the cover prior to
>> completing our work at the end of Summer '77.  We felt very accountable
>> to the Order and hoped to get wide and deep input.  This began with our
>> presentation to those gathered in Chicago at what might have been Order
>> Council, I don't exactly recall.  But then the agenda for us all changed
>> when JWM became ill and died.  The work of the Panchayat suddenly became
>> communicating the fact of his completed life to the Order around the
>> world and helping to "guard the comprehensive and defend the deeps" (as
>> its role was defined) during the transition year.
>>
>> Marilyn
>>
>> Marilyn R. Crocker, Ed.D
>> Crocker & Associates, Inc.
>> 123 Sanborn Road
>> West Newfield, ME 04095
>> (207) 793-3711
>>
>>
>> On Mon, 13 Nov 2006 13:14:46 -0500 Shelley Hahn <shahn at iquest.net>
>> writes:
>>     
>>> Wow!  Talk about one person's trash being another's treasure!  Sure
>>> glad I 
>>> didn't throw it away. :)
>>>
>>> David, if you're willing to scan this and put it on the web, that
>>> would be 
>>> great.  That way everyone who wants it can access it.  I'll mail a
>>> copy to you 
>>> in the next day or two.
>>>
>>> Will you post something to the list when you've added it to the wiki
>>> site?  
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> BTW all, this document does say something like "this is a working
>>> document; 
>>> not for general distribution."  So it's possible it's not the final
>>> final 
>>> thing.  I assume folks will still find it of interest.
>>>
>>> Shelley
>>>
>>>       
>>  
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