[Oe List ...] Jon Jenkins

[Sandra/Bob True]

John thank you for your eloquent witness to Jon's life in service.

Sandra


On Apr 15, 2010, at 5:51 PM, "jlepps at pc.jaring.my"  
<jlepps at pc.jaring.my> wrote:

> Jon Jenkins lived his life as a symbol of what the Order stood for.  
> He came across as thoughtful, outspoken, and skillful in the use of  
> consensus-building methods. His role in the development of the LENS  
> strategic planning process and of the Human Development Projects was  
> exemplary.
>
> Jon's contributions to history include helping make the social  
> process triangles and the Other World chart accessible to a wider  
> audience, and helping to transpose the NRM into Nine Disciplines of  
> a Facilitator. His co-authorship of the International Facilitator's  
> Companion and development and management of the IAF Methods Database  
> provided access to innumerable resources for those of us engaged in  
> encouraging organizations to adopt a collaborative, participative  
> style of operation. One cannot hope to name another's contributions  
> to history with any degree of adequacy, but these are a few of Jon's  
> that are notable.
>
> Jon lived the transestablishment style, always working to transform  
> society. He came to that perspective from the disestablishment  
> posture, and never quite relinquished that perspective. Conformity  
> was anathema to Jon. The perversions, distortions, and  
> contradictions of established institutions were intolerable to him,  
> and he voiced his perceptions without hesitation, whether the object  
> be ICA, IAF, or society at large. But you always sensed Jon was not  
> simply being negative; rather, he had cherished values he was  
> protecting and promoting. While Jon often seemed such a serious  
> person, he would often surprise us with a wild burst of creativity,  
> like the request to find a go-cart track in Kuala Lumpur so that he  
> could bring a client group there for team-bonding.
>
> It seems strange to think of Jon as an evangelist, but his passion  
> for making available to a wide audience the insights, methods, and  
> practices that promote full humanness certainly qualifies him for  
> the title. The task of teaching facilitation at university level in  
> Groningen is just one more way in which he played out the role.  We  
> were so impressed seeing Jon's students help organize a recent IAF  
> Europe Facilitators' conference in his university in Groningen.
>
> It's with the utmost respect and appreciation that we bid farewell  
> to our colleague and friend, Jon Jenkins, and commit him to the  
> Mystery which he served.
>
> In gratitude,
>
> John and Ann Epps
>
>
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