[Oe List ...] [Dialogue] The Directory

Thu Jan 5 20:45:25 PST 2023

Dick,

Tim & Martha Karpoff are alive and well. I just saw them at Fred's 100th
birthday celebration. I'll get after them to update their Directory listing.

Sharon Fisher

On Thu, Jan 5, 2023, 8:34 PM Michael Shaw via OE <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net>
wrote:

> Bud Wilson hosted ICA 5th and/or 6th grade trips in mid-80’s. Our son
> Jeremiah was there for one summer.
>
> Peace,
> Michael
> sent from my phone
>
> On Jan 5, 2023, at 20:47, Nancy Trask via OE <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net>
> wrote:
>
> 
> Thank you, Dick.
>
> Suzie Frazier was a college acquaintance of those of us who attended
> Phillips University in the late 60’s & early 70’s (Alan Gammel, Larry
> Loeppke, Cheryl Hood Addington, Barbara Garrison, myself, others?).  Suzie
> evidently took ToP training and provided facilitation services.  I will try
> to find out if she still wants to be listed; contact info; etc.
>
> Our social networks are wide and interesting, and we could use them better!
> Nancy Trask
>
> On Thu, Jan 5, 2023 at 7:40 PM Richard Alton via Dialogue <
> dialogue at lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
>
>> Dear Colleagues, my birth month has passed but I keep witnessing. It is
>> hard to stop once you get in the flow.
>>
>> I was in Santa Fe, late December, working with Louise Singleton on Africa
>> Climate Change when she mentioned that her name was not listed under New
>> Mexico in The Directory. Looked at her Directory and sure enough she was
>> not listed under the State of New Mexico or Colorado or North Carolina, but
>> was listed under Singleton inside the Directory. So, who gets listed under
>> a state? Big mystery? There are eight names listed for New Mexico: Epley;
>> Frazier; Gilbert; Karpoff; MacKay; Packard; Rippel and Wilson.
>>
>>
>> Looked up Wilson-- we have some great Wilsons in the Directory, but only
>> John N ‘Bud’ Wilson lives in New Mexico: born 27 Sept, 1925 (yes, he is
>> either 97 or 98); Youth Work; Sangre de Cristo Youth Ranch; El Prado
>> NM…now, I think I remember this Bud as we had a late Indian lady named
>> Shakuntala who use to help at this ranch. So googled Bud: It turns out the
>> ranch is now partnering with an organization called Localogy which has
>> Bud’s story on their front web page. Bud grew up running a farm as a young
>> man, then flew planes with the Navy, went to school and for fifty years Dr.
>> Wilson practiced open heart surgery with practices in the US and India. Bud
>> poured in his money developing this ranch for youth-- all free-- he wanted
>> all youth to lead a life as blessed as his.
>>
>>
>> Now, I still don’t know why Bud has his name in the Directory, but I did
>> talk to the ranch manager and he said Bud has had some health difficulties,
>> but has made his way through them.
>>  Am sure others know more about Bud?
>>
>>
>> Now I was intrigued about these names under the State of New Mexico: Know
>> Packards, but they were visiting their son in Mexico City and then could
>> not get out of Dallas. Two of the names listed under New Mexico, I could
>> not find inside: Gilbert and MacKay. There was a Frazier listed in New
>> Mexico – a Suzie Frazier in San Juan Pueblo, listed as a facilitator but
>> the two numbers listed were disconnected. The Karpoff’s number did not
>> work; Elsie Rippel did not answer her phone, but Walt Epley did answer the
>> phone and we chatted about what he knew about his New Mexico colleagues--
>> not much-- in the middle of the conversation Walt stopped- “you are that
>> Richard who does the Last Chapter?” Walt is very sharp.
>>
>>
>> I also realized that Kaze Gadway, my old Kenya Human Development Training
>> School (1979?) partner, who lives in Albuquerque should be listed under New
>> Mexico as well as Louise Singleton.
>>
>>
>> I did feed this to Michael Tippett, our Directory manager. Hey, the next
>> time you take a trip bring your Directory with you and give some people a
>> call. It is great to start by googling their name to see what comes up. Bud
>> had a story and Kaze has some great videos about her life. Just start by
>> saying, “Am visiting here and saw you are in the Directory. If you have
>> time, I would like to hear your story of why you are in the Directory? I
>> mean we are family."
>>
>>
>> This is better and easier than the Wiegels showing up at your front door
>> wanting to make a video of your life story. But this all reminds me when I
>> was first around the Institute in San Francisco, Saturdays were set aside
>> for RS-1 recruitment, and this was serious recruitment. I mean we would do
>> cold calling from the phone book or just show up at a recent RS-1
>> graduate’s house to ask, “If we could just take a moment of their time, to
>> do some reflection about the course.”  This usually ended up with them
>> agreeing to invite their friends to a course.
>>
>>
>> Keep that Directory close at hand… and make sure your information is up
>> to date.
>>
>> Dick
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Richard H. T. Alton
>> ICA Global Fund
>> Methodist Eco-Sustainability T/F
>> T: 773.344.7172
>> richard.alton at gmail.com
>> Make Plain the Vision, Habakkuh 2:2
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