[Oe List ...] [Springboard] PROCESS WITHIN THE VALUES FOR THE ARCHIVES

Tue May 26 07:56:36 EDT 2009

Dear Jim, Bill et al,
Thanks for all these  hope-filled musings, info, interviews.
You may be familiar with LISTENING IS AN ACT OF LOVE, Dave Isay  
editor (Storycorps project).  It is a treat!
Grace and Peace, Ellen
On May 24, 2009, at 12:09 PM, James Wiegel wrote:

> Bill, just "listening" to you, seeing your red hair, smile,  
> Suzanne's smile (better), I get so consumed with raw delight, it is  
> hard to focus on the content of what you are saying -- had the same  
> problem at 5 am collegiums, but it was not delight so much that  
> distracted me.
>
> This is TREMENDOUS.  We could end up with a sort of ICA-pedia --  
> but also including real people.
>
>
> It sounds as though you have come upon a marvellous opportunity!!   
> And, in Oklahoma City.  There has always been something special (in  
> my imagination) about Oklahoma and the work of the Institutes --  
> galaxy churches, large RS-1's, Indiahoma, that great house,  
> Oklahoma 100 the first town meeting campaign.  Not sure if you know  
> this, the state youth commission facilitated full ToP strategic  
> planning sessions in every county of the state.
>
> I had dinner with Terry Bergdall and Jim Troxel a month or so ago  
> and got them talking about their initial contact with the Institute  
> while in high school and college.
>
> Anyway, all the past. Thunderbird, here in Arizona, one of the top  
> international business schools in the world, also works to commit  
> their students to a sustainable future through projects and  
> commitments.  We have worked with people in Yavapai county (north  
> of here) on Community Forums and stuff and they have developed a  
> partnership with Prescott College which has similar values.  That  
> is to say, you may have opened a door to more than an isolated  
> opportunity, to an opportunity grounded into a broader trend.
>
> A good way, perhaps, to pay back the Methodist for all those  
> special assignments over the years.
>
> And the intentional community part -- I flashed to the opening of  
> the movie, "Little Big Man" where Dustin Hoffman, made up with  
> wrinkles on wrinkles, points to the tape recorder and says to the  
> anthropologist, "Turn that thing on!  My name is Jack Crab. I am  
> the sole surviver . . ."
>
> Judy and I now have almost 80 interviews with colleagues that  
> retell, from this time and in a personal voice, the stories of what  
> happened.  I just uploaded a video clip of Fred Lanphear explaining  
> the questions we asked one another to celebrate birthdays.
>
> All this is a long way to say you are making my days.  Thanks.
>
>
> Jim Wiegel
>
> If anyone tells you something strange about the world, something  
> you had never heard before, do not laugh but listen attentively;  
> make him repeat it, make him explain it; no doubt there is  
> something there worth taking hold of. -- Georges Duhamel.
>
> 401 North Beverly Way
> Tolleson, Arizona 85353-2401
> +1 623-936-8671
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> jfwiegel at yahoo.com
> www.partnersinparticipation.com
>
> --- On Sun, 5/24/09, Bill Parker <bparker175 at cox.net> wrote:
>
> From: Bill Parker <bparker175 at cox.net>
> Subject: [Springboard] PROCESS WITHIN THE VALUES FOR THE ARCHIVES
> To: "Order Ecumenical Community" <oe at wedgeblade.net>,  
> springboard at wedgeblade.net, "Colleague Dialogue"  
> <dialogue at wedgeblade.net>
> Date: Sunday, May 24, 2009, 8:04 AM
>
> ARCHIVAL PROCESS WITHIN THE VALUES FOR THE GLOBAL ARCHIVES
>
> CREATING THE PERMANENT INDEX WHICH SHOWS THE PHYSICAL LOCATION OF  
> EACH ARCHIVE
>
> 1.       FORMULATE THE REQUIRED INDICES FOR THE ARCHIVES AND  
> DETERMINE THE RATIONAL OF EACH. ONE OBVIOUS INDEX WOULD BE PHYSICAL  
> LOCATION, ANOTHER WOULD BE CHRONOLOGICAL IF THAT IS THE WAY THE  
> ARCHIVES ARESTORED. THE CERTAIN POINT OF BEGINNING WOULD BE THE  
> PHYSICAL LOCATION OF ANY DOCUMENT ANY WHERE IT IS.
> 2.       WITH OUT INVADING THE FILES, ATTEMPT TO ORDER THE FILE  
> CABINETS, NOT FILE FOLDERS, IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER
> 3.       ASSIGN A NUMBER TO EACH FILE CABINET (1-172)
> 4.       ASSIGN A LETTER TO EACH DRAWER WITHIN EACH FILE CABINET  
> (A,  B, C, OR D)
> 5.       ASSIGN A TITLE TO EVERY FILE FOLDER AND MAKE A LIST OF  
> FILE FOLDER TITLES IN EXCELL (RSI)
> 6.       SHOOT A DIGITAL PICTURE OF EACH PAGE CODED WITH THE NUMBER  
> OF THE FILE CABINET, THE LETTER OF THE DRAWER, THE TITLE OF EACH  
> FILE FOLDER, THE NUMBER OF EACH PAGE AND ALLOW THE CAMERA TO NUMBER  
> EACH IMAGE [00210 (64B/RSI/23)]
>
> GETTING THE ORGANIZATIONAL WORK DONE THROUGH SIMULTANEOUS EFFORTS
>
> 1.       ASSIGN A TEAM OF FOUR TO EACH REVIEW DIGITALLY THROUGH THE  
> IMAGES TAKEN ONE OF THE FOUR DRAWERS  IN A FILE CABINET
> 7.       ORGANIZE THE CONTENTS OF THE DRAWERS BY PULLING THE  
> TOGETHER THE IMAGE NUMBERS ASSOCIATED FOR EACH PAGE. THIS WOULD BE  
> A FILE SAVED AS THE DIFFERENT FILE FOLDER TITLES. IT WOULD NOT  
> CHANGE THE PERMANENT ORGANIZATION OF THE TOTAL GLOBAL ARCHIVES. BUT  
> AT THE END OF THIS PROCESS THE GLOBAL ARCHIVES COULD BE  
> RECONFIGURED INTO ANOTHER STRUCTURE, BUT WITHOUT DESTROYING THE  
> ORIGINAL CONFIGURATION, THE FC/D/FT/P/I = FILE CABINET, DRAWER,  
> FOLDER TITLE, PAGE, AND IMAGE.
> 8.       THAT TEAM WOULD COLLABORATE TO PULL TOGETHER THE RESULTS  
> OF THE DRAWER WORK AND COMPLETE THE ORGANIZATION OF THE ENTIRE FILE  
> CABINET.
> 9.       A REPRESENTATIVE  FROM EACH TEAM WOULD WORK WITH OTHER  
> REPRESENTATIVES FROM OTHER TEAMS TO PULL TOGETHER THE SUBJECT  
> CATEGORIES FOR THE ENTIRE ARCHIVE
> 10.    A COMMISSION FOR THE GLOBAL ARCHIVES OF THE ORDER ECUMENICAL/ 
> EI/ICA WOULD ALL SIGN OFF ON THE ORGANIZATION OF ALL OF THE FILE  
> CABINETS INTO OVERARCHING CATEGORIES.
>
> SUPPORTING THE ENGAGEMENT OF THESE ARCHIVES FOR THE 21ST CENTURY
>
> 1.       AT THIS POINT ANYONE COULD HAVE ON-LINE ACCESS TO CONDUCT  
> RESEARCH ON ANY SUBJECT THAT MIGHT BE ON THEIR MIND.
> 2.       GET THIS ARCHIVES INTO THE HANDS OF UNIVERSITIES TO  
> PROVIDE A “LIVING ARCHIVE” THAT CAN, FOR EXAMPLE, TEACH A CS1  
> COURSE SO THE RESEARCH BECOMES DYNAMIC AND ALIVE WITH PEOPLE WHO  
> DID THIS IN THE 20TH CENTURY AS A WAY THEY RESPONDED IN THEIR TIME.  
> FOLLOWING THE COURSE AN INTENSIVE WORKSHOP WOULD BE CONDUCTED WITH  
> THOSE WHO TOOK THE COURSE TO DETERMINE WHAT WAS THE IMPACT OF THE  
> COURSE, HOW THIS COURSE IS ADDRESSING TODAY’S ISSUES, AND WHAT IT  
> MEANS TO BE RESPONSIBLE HUMAN BEING TODAY.
>
>
> BY BILL PARKER
>
>
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