[Dialogue] Dear Jean!

[Beret Griffith]

Jean Remembered....
The year Jean Long joined the ICA Global Archives team...I can't even
remember the year. It always seemed like she had been there forever.
Paul and I were very excited, along with the rest of the archive team, when
Terry announced  that Jean would be moving to Chicago. Her presence was
much anticipated and lifted our spirits.

It is wonderful to hear all of your memories of Jean. Thank you....

Jean kept the archive team on its toes. One of her MUST HAVES in the
archive space...a square table whenever possible, with decor in the center
of the table...ALWAYS a colorful cloth, something growing, even a small
piece of growing "greenness" in a tiny vase, a piece of international decor
and a candle. And.. she was particular about processes in the archive..."be
sure you put an orange paper in the files whenever you take a file out of a
drawer." She took great delight in throwing out unnecessary files that seem
to continually accumulate in the archive space. She did not operate easily
in the electronic universe and readily gave "us" notice that she was NOT
going to dive in to learning how to do everything in cyberspace. She did
like email and the archive team "hangovers" as she called the Archives
Advisory Council (AAC) weekly on-line meetings. She had strong opinions on
most everything...and the team listened. She was the anchor of the archive
sojourns, welcoming everyone who could spend time working in the archives
with open arms. She handled all the logistics, meal arrangements with
Alice, orchestrated housing for everyone and was always up early to put on
the coffee. She sat in the same chair, in the same spot during pre-sojourn
preparation meetings where she oversaw those who came in early as we
created a long list of "to-dos" to keep us out of trouble the weekend
before the sojourn.

Two tasks she took upon herself to make sure they got done:
1. Guiding a team of herself, Marge Philbrook and Sally Fenton to make sure
every page of every publication was scanned, then instructed Wendell to put
it all on line. Take a look:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15rvwId-UEezAAFU_-wGavYSECcrMotoySJb8ZdemTow/edit


2. Building the ICA Book Collection - if you have written a book, you no
doubt got a request from Jean to "send in your book." Well...

Every year, since I can remember, Paul and I would keep in touch with Jean
as we drove to Chicago. Each time we arrived we would unload "stuff" as
quickly as possible and call Jean to meet in the lobby and go to dinner
around the corner at DIB. The last few years Frank Knutson joined us and
the four of us would laugh, gossip and talk about the current sojourn...

Journey on...all of us
Beret & Paul






On Tue, Apr 9, 2019 at 11:24 AM John C via Dialogue <
dialogue at lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:

> Spot on, Catherine!
>
>
>
> Been thinking about you, dear JEAN … for hours!
>
> I will never forget our many times together (especially that BIG BEAR HUG
> when you lifted
>
> me off the floor coming in our door to spend the night with us in
> Greensboro).  Your
>
> zest, spirit, and love for all of us of OE/EI/ICA, and those you touched
> globally, will be
>
> heartfelt forever.
>
>
>
> We will be deeply touched by your up-coming send-out celebration.
>
>
>
> John (and Lynda)
>
>
>
> P.S. We remember your helping to get the Profound Journey Dialogue going …
> oh,
>
> and your passion for singing.
>
>
>
> *From: *Dialogue <dialogue-bounces at lists.wedgeblade.net> on behalf of
> Catherine Welch via Dialogue <dialogue at lists.wedgeblade.net>
> *Reply-To: *Colleague Dialogue <dialogue at lists.wedgeblade.net>
> *Date: *Tuesday, April 9, 2019 at 11:50 AM
> *To: *"dialogue at lists.wedgeblade.net" <dialogue at lists.wedgeblade.net>
> *Cc: *"catherine at welchbox.com" <catherine at welchbox.com>
> *Subject: *[Dialogue] Jean
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>
>
> Jean will remain on my meditative council forever as one of the most
> intentional/decisional women I’ve ever known.  During the years we spent
> together in Denver, Jean worked as an administrative assistant in Law Dept
> at University of Denver.  She made sure that all the young law students she
> encountered got the popular preaching version of RS-1. When she received
> funds from the Order retirement investment, she spent the money on a trip
> to India to revisit villages she’d worked with and to underwrite a Profound
> Journey seminar for colleagues in Denver.  When she discerned that it was
> time to move on from Denver she embraced the GreenRise community as where
> she wanted to live forever. Many thanks to colleagues who helped Jean
> complete her journey.  Jean created a life that was a gift to so many
> people.
>
> Catherine Welch
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