[Oe List ...] Trashing the Archives

[Len Hockley]

Pat and all,

There is a start on a list of Global Assignments in the Repository 
under  Subject Index/Organizational Structure/Global Assignments:

http://twiki.wedgeblade.net/bin/view.cgi/Main/GlobalAssignments

It might well be cross referenced under other categories (We could well use 
an experienced librarian on our team) but please anyone, put up (or send to 
me) any assignment documents you have.

Len

At 08:42 AM 6/27/2007 -0700, Patricia Tuecke wrote:
>Dear Colleagues,
>
>This message is addressing thoughts I've had - some in the past days as this
>part of the saga unfolds, some I realize for years - about the "hard copy"
>of our common memory.
>
>1.  David, when I hear the details of your experience in trying to care  -
>in many ways - the JWM & the Global Archives, I am appalled. I know of the
>Trainers Network experience with the Board, but, not all at this detail.
>True to our spirit of collegiality, I could have if I had chosen to be on
>all the conference calls. Thanks for letting us know this part of the story.
>Thanks, also, for the remarkable and passionate care you've taken on our
>behalf in this.
>
>2.  I remember the first time I had the thought, "someday we will probably
>want some of these files." I was a 2nd prior in Rapid City House. My
>assignment to the San Jose House had come from the Order Council in the late
>summer of 1972. Up to this point we had been moving our worldly goods we had
>left across country in moving vans & station wagons. But the word had come
>that it was just 2 suitcases from now on. I, being an inveterate keeper of
>information, had accumulated lots of files from 1967 on. I was piling them
>up in the garage prior to disposing of them. They made quite a large pile.
>Thankfully I saved a few.
>
>3.  I still have some files, though not many, thinking as many of us may
>have, the archives are in Chicago. As Marilyn wrote, we have the common
>memory & history in our file cabinets & in our being. I'm willing to be part
>of this venture. I have some models in my office files. I have a box more
>stuff in storage. Some we would consider pertinent; some probably not. I've
>noticed that people related to hard copy stuff differently. For some, being
>a more of a historian, these things were important & so we filed away.
>Others think they are not high on the priority list and dispose of them
>without a pang. Many of these two types are married to each other. :-) Dan,
>for instance, has moved us three times from one international post to
>another. He, being of the second leaning, never even thought to bring or at
>least copy, all my LENS files and network notes from my years of working
>with that program in many countries. I had many pangs over that & he never
>remembered. Go figure.
>
>4.  Here's a piece I've wished for. With today's electronics, it's not out
>of the question. Over the past few years as I was thinking about or telling
>"those were the days" stories with colleagues, I can't recall all the people
>or, if I can recall the face and shared experiences, the names of those with
>whom I've worked. I've often wished I had all the assignment sheets from our
>years of work. Remember those lavender mimeographed pages? Yesterday, the
>familiar thought came to me again as I pondered the archive discussion. I
>bet we could come close to re-creating such a list. If we can remember what
>houses there were & when & who was there. Together we could fill in some
>memory blanks.
>
>5.  Now, even if this isn't high on the list of what could be saved for
>posterity, this could be fun! And spark lots of stories for the Repository.
>To steal a line from Capital One, "What's in your wallet? Or, the thought
>hits me, maybe ICA Canada has this or a lot of it in their Toronto files.
>One thing this will take is for us to get in the habit of regularly checking
>the Repository. If a file or section (I haven't checked lately, you can
>tell) could be set up for the Assignment project, people could fill in what
>they remember - when/if they remember - if it works like that. What do you
>think?
>
>Now I need to get to work.
>
>Pat
>
>
>Patricia R. Tuecke
>Sierra Circle Consulting
>775-333-6998   ptuecke at charter.net
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: dialogue-bounces at wedgeblade.net
>[mailto:dialogue-bounces at wedgeblade.net] On Behalf Of Wayne Nelson
>Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 1:21 PM
>To: Colleague Dialogue
>Subject: Re: [Dialogue] [Oe List ...] Trashing the Archives
>
>
>We have files from ICA Canada and OE in Canada. We also have integrated
>extensive files from Greg Harris and Ken Fisher.  We go to them primarily
>for use in course design and things like that. We have them in our basement.
>Anyone is welcome - anytime.
>
>\\/
>
>"David Dunn"  wrote:
>
> > It seems important to notice, however, that there is a third kind of
>global
> > archives that has existed for many years and a fourth that is growing. All
> > of us have greater or lesser archives of our own. There is even a catalog
> > scheme created during the '90s that has been used in at least one
> > location--ICA Toronto--to categorize the entire archival collection of the
> > Toronto office. In a sense, taken collectively, we all represent a kind of
> > dispersed, virtual global archive.
>
>
>< >  < >  < >  < >  < >
>Wayne Nelson - ICA Associates Inc
>416-691-2316 - http://ica-associates.ca
>
>
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