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_-wGavYSECcrMotoySJb8... 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@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@lists.wedgeblade.net> on behalf of Catherine Welch via Dialogue <dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net> *Reply-To: *Colleague Dialogue <dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net> *Date: *Tuesday, April 9, 2019 at 11:50 AM *To: *"dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net" <dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net> *Cc: *"catherine@welchbox.com" <catherine@welchbox.com> *Subject: *[Dialogue] Jean
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.
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