Wednesday, December 28, 2011
IDEAS
Ideas that come in will be put in the section titled "Look here for new club format ideas" which is part of the "more info" links on the left hand side of the page.
Time to regroup
Hi everyone--sorry to have been absent for awhile. Hope everyone had a Happy Christmas, and best to all for the coming new year. We had a lovely time at Shirley's for our Cookie Exchange, it was great to see everyone and the cookie selection was tremendous. Sue collected some used clothing for her cause and we hope they were put to good use. Thanks to Sue for thinking of others. Thanks again to Shirley for being always our "port in the storm". Your commitment to helping keep us trundling along by providing a place to meet is a tremendous help.
Now that we have completed our second year, it seems that big changes are upon us. You all know the results of our voting with respect to federation, which leaves us with the question of where to go from here. Having put forward a model that no one seemed to like, I am not really ready to step forward with another model--so it's in all of your hands. I have never felt equal to the task of leading a group--I am too solitary, too unconventional and WAYYYY too anti "rules and regulations" to do it. So where does that leave us? I think it takes us back to the beginning--but this time we have more members, so more voices can be heard and the form the group takes will be a better reflection of the people who comprise it.
I am reluctant to even be a source point for this process because I am not sure if I SHOULD be--but we have to start somewhere. So the process begins here, on this blog, with me as it's trigger, but it does not have to end or even continue from this point with me at its origin if that isn't what anyone wants. I love this group of people and the energy that we have between us--I think we all agree on that. But I don't care about being in charge--I just want to be a part. If being in charge is what is needed of me--fine, I can do it, but its not something I can't live without. But for this group to work as everyone wants it to--the structure of it needs to come from somewhere other than my head.
So for right now--please send me ideas that I can compile and put on the blog. Ideas about anything--how, when and where you want to meet, what you want to do, how you want to spread the word among members, how you want get togethers to happen--obviously no one liked the meeting format--do you just want to have a picnic once a quarter and have fun and post events on the blog and that's it or what? I really mean ideas about ANY OF IT. This will be a brainstorming time. I will post ideas that you send in your own words, unedited except for spelling to make communication clear. You can send them to me in email, on facebook or call me. If you call me I will probably paraphrase what you say, but will do my best to clearly communicate what your ideas are. Once again--I am only doing this because someone HAS to. I don't want to be in charge. If anyone wants to take over this job, all you have to do is say so. I will be happy to send you the password if you want to manage the blog.
We have the winter to think and create our ideas. I was thinking March would be a good time to get together and hash out the ideas that come up. And if no ideas come in this way, we can still get together and maybe figure things out in person. I just thought that doing it this way will get some creative juices flowing so our thoughts will be a little farther along when next we meet.
I am asking for help and contributions from everyone--that's the only way this group will be what everyone wants--if we are ALL a part of the process.
Have a terrific winter everyone--if any garden related fun stuff comes along before we meet I will put it here and make a note on the FB page.
See you all soon. Fearless
Now that we have completed our second year, it seems that big changes are upon us. You all know the results of our voting with respect to federation, which leaves us with the question of where to go from here. Having put forward a model that no one seemed to like, I am not really ready to step forward with another model--so it's in all of your hands. I have never felt equal to the task of leading a group--I am too solitary, too unconventional and WAYYYY too anti "rules and regulations" to do it. So where does that leave us? I think it takes us back to the beginning--but this time we have more members, so more voices can be heard and the form the group takes will be a better reflection of the people who comprise it.
I am reluctant to even be a source point for this process because I am not sure if I SHOULD be--but we have to start somewhere. So the process begins here, on this blog, with me as it's trigger, but it does not have to end or even continue from this point with me at its origin if that isn't what anyone wants. I love this group of people and the energy that we have between us--I think we all agree on that. But I don't care about being in charge--I just want to be a part. If being in charge is what is needed of me--fine, I can do it, but its not something I can't live without. But for this group to work as everyone wants it to--the structure of it needs to come from somewhere other than my head.
So for right now--please send me ideas that I can compile and put on the blog. Ideas about anything--how, when and where you want to meet, what you want to do, how you want to spread the word among members, how you want get togethers to happen--obviously no one liked the meeting format--do you just want to have a picnic once a quarter and have fun and post events on the blog and that's it or what? I really mean ideas about ANY OF IT. This will be a brainstorming time. I will post ideas that you send in your own words, unedited except for spelling to make communication clear. You can send them to me in email, on facebook or call me. If you call me I will probably paraphrase what you say, but will do my best to clearly communicate what your ideas are. Once again--I am only doing this because someone HAS to. I don't want to be in charge. If anyone wants to take over this job, all you have to do is say so. I will be happy to send you the password if you want to manage the blog.
We have the winter to think and create our ideas. I was thinking March would be a good time to get together and hash out the ideas that come up. And if no ideas come in this way, we can still get together and maybe figure things out in person. I just thought that doing it this way will get some creative juices flowing so our thoughts will be a little farther along when next we meet.
I am asking for help and contributions from everyone--that's the only way this group will be what everyone wants--if we are ALL a part of the process.
Have a terrific winter everyone--if any garden related fun stuff comes along before we meet I will put it here and make a note on the FB page.
See you all soon. Fearless
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