John in Haiti

[Joelle Lyons Everett]

Elena--

I'm glad to hear you say that Rotary is alive and well in Russia.  I am not a
Rotarian, but was in Russia in 1991 with a group that was mostly Rotarians,
and we attended a meeting of the Moscow Rotary.

One impression from that trip which was very strong was the difficulty of
introducing democratic practices in a culture which has no history or
experience of democracy, whether that culture is in a country or in a
business organization.  That is a challenge which is hard for us to imagine.
Your Open Space conferences are a good tool for allowing participants to
experience democracy--my guess is it will be a faster method than Rotary
meetings.

My husband is a Rotarian, and I appreciate the good work Rotary does around
the world.

Joelle Everett
813 East Leeds Drive
Shelton, WA 98584 USA

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