Fwd: [searchnet] Very sad news

[Peggy Holman]

Friends,

From the Future Search listserv, here is more information about Ralph's passing.

I'll still in shock to loose him so young.

Peggy

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> From: Sandra Janoff <sjanoff at futuresearch.net>
> Date: January 7, 2011 11:53:37 AM PST
> To: Peggy Holman <peggy at peggyholman.com>
> Subject: [searchnet] Very sad news
> Reply-To: searchnet at list.nea.org
> 
> Dear Friends,
>> 
>> We're very saddened to report that our dear friend and colleague Ralph Copleman, a founding member of Future Search Network, died last night in Mt. Sinai hospital, New York City. The details of his illness are still not certain. He was diagnosed with lymphoma in the spring but it was treated and under control. All was well until he got an unexplained fever this week. He went into distress and his organs failed.
> 
>> Ralph was 65. He had celebrated his 60th birthday with a memorable coast-to-coast bicycle ride during which he included many of us vicariously by sending email stories of his adventures from the Rockies, across the Great Plains, and all the way home. He was for many years an OD consultant and large group practitioner. He organized FS Network pro bono training in New Jersey and helped do the same in Seattle and D.C. In Berrien County, MI, he co-facilitated a critical business sector FS that contributed to the turn-around of that community.
> 
>> Some years ago he gave up general consulting to become a sustainability advocate, organizing Future Searches to that end, founding an ongoing organization, Sustainable Lawrence (NJ), in his home town and helping other communities do likewise. We had the privilege also of knowing him as a client a few years ago when he recruited us to run a pro bono FS for Delaware Valley environmental organizations. In October Ralph celebrated his retirement from Sustainable Lawrence and was looking forward to getting back on his bike. 
> 
>> It is hard to comprehend that we have lost Ralph's advice and support. Ralph's was a voice for all things humane, just, daring and loving, for people and our planet. He was usually among the first responders to strategic questions on the FSN listserve, He was full of encouragement, practical advice, and provocative questions. He was quick to share his broad experience and systems knowledge. He was one of the early integrators of Future Search and Open Space. He saw that each had a place in an ongoing change strategy and understood how each reinforced the other.
>> 
>> One way to honor Ralph would be a gift to the Network and/or Sustainable Lawrence in his name or to any charity of your choice.  If you will respond to the listserve, we will collect your thoughts and  pass them to his family--his wife Joyce, his two sons, daughters-in-law and grandchildren.
>> 
>> Warm wishes to all at this very sad time.  We have lost a loving friend and a good person who cared about this world.
>> 
>> Sandra and Marv 
> 
> Sandra Janoff, Ph.D. and Marvin Weisbord 
> Co-Directors, Future Search Network
> Phone: 1 610 896 7034, Mobile: 1 610 909-0640 (Sandra)
> 1 610 896 7035 (Marv)
> Email: sjanoff at futuresearch.net (Sandra); mweisbord at futuresearch.net (Marv)
> See www.futuresearch.net for stories of positive social change around the world
> 
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