<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal">Hello Beret<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal">Thanks for your good work on the
archives, and for your questions about Oaxtapec. I’ve scanned my files and
discovered that memory will have to suffice. I do have some memories of the
event that may be worth recording.<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><u>First,</u> the place was gorgeous.
However it was selected, it was an excellent choice. <span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><u>Secondly</u>, there were at
least three “outside” notable worthies as guest speakers: Harrison Owens, Jean
Houston, and David Campbell.<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><u>Third</u> is a story: I was
assigned to be on the regulatory to plan the event. Karen Snyder and LeDona
Wagner were also on that team, along with others who I can’t remember. We
arrived on sight a week in advance and got to work. Most of us had experience
of planning Priors Councils and Summer Programs, so it was sort of a familiar
task, though challenges were significant: dealing with the dispersed location
of the housing and the incorporation of the guests into the program. We worked
morning til night in dialogue with the Panchayat and finally came up with a
detailed design that seemed to incorporate the activities and dynamics we all
wanted to happen.<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal">Sorry, but I don’t have a copy of
that design.<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal">Anyway, at the appropriate time,
we presented our design to the priory for their modification before
finalization. It had assigned times, places, teams, and activities in what we
considered a trans-rational format that would get us where we wanted to
go. Harrison Owens, who was invited to
sit in on the meeting erupted with objections at such structures. This was
before he published <u>Open Space,</u> but he was already committed to a
structure-less process, and recommended that we ditch our plans and let happen
whatever would. As a group wedded to intentionality, that seemed heretical (to
me), but that’s essentially what happened. Of course, the guests had scheduled
times for their presentations, but beyond that, our carefully crafted plans
went down the tubes! <span style="font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif">😊</span>.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal">Later, during the week Harrison
and I met on the porch of our cabin for pre-breakfast coffee and informal chats
with cordial collegiality, though neither of us managed to convince the other
of the effectiveness of our respective dynamics. <span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><u>Fourth</u>, and this is not
for publication, the discussion and decision about dissolution of the Order was
never in any of the pre-plans. We had to leave the conference a day early, but
nothing about such a move had been publicly discussed before then. The later
announcement came as a complete surprise and probably contributed to my
“Theology of Surprise” book. What’s happened since has obviously been beyond
our wildest expectations, but at the time it came as a bolt out of the blue.<span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal">I hope you find these memories useful as background information. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal">John</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><br></p></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jun 10, 2017 at 5:10 PM, Beret Griffith via OE <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net" target="_blank">oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Wendell, <div>I know you checked for Oaxtapec documents. Wondering if you checked Frank's drive for the video?</div><div><br></div><div>Colleagues,</div><div>Do any of you have a copy of that Sunny Walker and Rick Jones filmed as a report of the event?</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks, Beret<br><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jun 10, 2017 at 5:56 PM, Beret Griffith <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:beretgriffith@gmail.com" target="_blank">beretgriffith@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Perhaps the three of you can pool your memories and come up with Oaxtapec information and stories.<span class="m_-3786796304001591552HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><br></div><div>Beret</div></font></span></div><div class="m_-3786796304001591552HOEnZb"><div class="m_-3786796304001591552h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jun 10, 2017 at 5:42 PM, Dennis Jennings <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dennisjennings1@gmail.com" target="_blank">dennisjennings1@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">Mary Warren Moffat was in attendance at Oaxtapec. As I recall, she fell and broke her leg while there. Nevertheless she is known for having a great memory<div>about these events. Al Lingo was there also. He likely shepherded Andrew Young.</div><div><br></div><div>I would probably need to be sitting with a group of people to help stimulate my memory of events. I am pretty sure I do not have any written records.</div><div><br></div><div>Dennis</div><div><br></div><div><div><div class="h5"><div><div class="m_-3786796304001591552m_4043881651303942402h5"><div><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Jun 10, 2017, at 4:59 PM, Beret Griffith <<a href="mailto:beretgriffith@gmail.com" target="_blank">beretgriffith@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="m_-3786796304001591552m_4043881651303942402m_-2771183973518745473Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Hello again colleagues, </span><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">There is very little information on the Chronological History re: Our Common Future Conference in Oaxtepec in the archives, so very little in the ChronHist. There are a couple of brochures and very LARGE MP3 files of Andrew Young's talk. (via Wendell Refior) </span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> now available on <a href="http://Wedgeblade.net" target="_blank">Wedgeblade.net</a>. (see link at the end of this message).</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">And, Oaxtepec represents a huge turn for the organization. It would be very good to have more details on the event and outcome.</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">Mary Laura suggested those of you individually named above as colleagues she recalled were at the conference. </span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:12.8px">Glenda Long Eggerling looked at the timeline and wondered if there is more information surrounding the Order being called out of being at the <span class="m_-3786796304001591552m_4043881651303942402m_-2771183973518745473m_9220687145892651900gmail-m_-233932829176100645gmail-il">Oaxtepec</span>. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:12.8px">Glenda's questions:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:12.8px"><ol><li style="margin-left:15px">Is there information about the gathering?<br></li><li style="margin-left:15px"> Who led conference?</li><li style="margin-left:15px">What was written about dissolving the Order? Is there a document declaring the structures of the Order being called out of being?</li><li style="margin-left:15px">Role of the Panchayat?</li><li style="margin-left:15px">When was the Panchayat called out of being?</li><li style="margin-left:15px">Who was on the last Panchayat?</li><li style="margin-left:15px"> What were the practics of letting people know, manage the staff centers, etc, etc.?</li></ol><div><div style="font-size:12.8px">Below is the link to the Chronological History 1952-1988 to see the original text in the document. You cannot add material in this part of the document. </div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="https://wedgeblade.net/files/archives_assets/20197.pdf" style="font-size:12.8px" target="_blank">https://wedgeblade.net/files/a<wbr>rchives_assets/20197.pdf</a><br></div></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">Go to page 110 to see text. If you have changes please send to myself <a href="mailto:beretgriffith@gmail.com" target="_blank">beretgriffith@gmail.com</a> & <span style="font-size:12.8px">David Dunn <a href="mailto:dmdunn1@gmail.com" target="_blank">dmdunn1@gmail.com</a> and additions will be made to the text. </span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Thank you! Beret & David</span></div></div></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">______________________________<wbr>__________________________-</span></div><div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br><div>Andrew Young - Part 1</div><span class="m_-3786796304001591552m_4043881651303942402m_-2771183973518745473m_9220687145892651900gmail-m_-233932829176100645gmail-im"><div>ICAI Address to ICAI Summer Conference in Mexico City Part 1<br></div><div><br></div></span><div><a href="https://wedgeblade.net/files/archives_assets/20060.mp3" target="_blank">https://wedgeblade.net/files/a<wbr>rchives_assets/20060.mp3</a><br></div><div><div><br></div><div><span class="m_-3786796304001591552m_4043881651303942402m_-2771183973518745473m_9220687145892651900gmail-m_-233932829176100645gmail-im"><div>ICAI Address to ICAI Summer Conference in Mexico City Part 2<br></div><div><br></div></span><div><a href="https://wedgeblade.net/files/archives_assets/20061.mp3" target="_blank">https://wedgeblade.net/files/a<wbr>rchives_assets/20061.mp3</a></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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