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<DIV><SPAN class=700354601-27082001><FONT size=2>Hi.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=700354601-27082001><FONT size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=700354601-27082001><FONT size=2>Attached is a version of the
Annual Spirited Work Invitation that goes out at the
beginning</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=700354601-27082001><FONT size=2>of each four-season
cycle. The schedule dates are for the next cycle (Cycle 4:
2002).</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=700354601-27082001><FONT size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=700354601-27082001><FONT size=2>I apologize for the length of
the description: </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=700354601-27082001><FONT size=2> The
Online Community that supports Spirited Work is not publicly
available.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=700354601-27082001><FONT size=2> So you
can't find or see the website.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=700354601-27082001><FONT size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=700354601-27082001><FONT size=2>May this be of benefit to you .
. .</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=1></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Algerian color=#0000ff><STRONG>Mark R.
Jones</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Algerian color=#0000ff size=2><STRONG>Chief Information
Officer: SEA-IS</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Algerian color=#0000ff size=2><STRONG>Executive Vice
President: SEA</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><STRONG>P.O. Box 1457; </STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><STRONG> Lynnwood, WA 98046</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><STRONG>Direct
Line:
425-413-6000</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><STRONG>Mobile
Line:
206-696-7000</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><STRONG>Message
Line:
504-304-2460</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT
size=2><STRONG>e-Mail:
</STRONG></FONT><A href="mailto:mark.r.jones@seabase.com"><FONT
size=2><STRONG>mark.r.jones@seabase.com</STRONG></FONT></A></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><SPAN class=700354601-27082001><FONT
size=2>
_____________________________________________________________</FONT></SPAN></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><EM><FONT face=Palatino size=3><STRONG>We Invite You To
Participate in<BR><BR></DIV></STRONG></FONT></EM>
<H1>SPIRITED WORK! 200<SPAN class=700354601-27082001>2</SPAN></H1>
<H3>A Creative, Innovative Learning Community <BR>Meeting Seasonally at the
Whidbey Institute<BR><BR></H3>
<DIV><STRONG>Spirited Work brings together professional people from the
Northwest and other parts of the continent who feel called to participate in a
conscious learning community with a committed group of people who offer each
other support, challenge, and inspiration in our work on behalf of a hopeful and
sustainable future. Our <SPAN class=700354601-27082001>fourth </SPAN>cycle
begins in January 200<SPAN class=700354601-27082001>2</SPAN>, <BR><BR>Spirited
Work invites your participation. It is designed especially for:<BR><BR>*
People who see themselves as both learners and leaders<BR><BR>* People who are
cognizant of the environmental, social, and spiritual challenges facing our
generation and that of our children<BR><BR>* People who want to share their
experience and learn together about innovative organizational and leadership
dynamics<BR><BR>* People who are making a courageous commitment to a hopeful and
life-sustaining future<BR><BR>* People who want to join with others in imagining
and implementing innovative strategies that can help </STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><SPAN class=700354601-27082001> </SPAN>change the
cultural<SPAN class=700354601-27082001> </SPAN>course<BR><BR>The Spirited Work
community uses the "open space" model as a primary way of organizing our
learning process and the seasonal archetypes of cultural anthropologist Angeles
Arrien. Each gathering includes "market place" seminars, art, music,
ritual, experiences in the natural world, time for personal renewal, and
wonderful celebrative meals. Between our face to face gatherings, we are
linked in an online learning community served by Big Mind Media.<BR><BR>Primary
conveners: Anne Stadler, Fritz Hull, Peter Donaldson, Vivienne
Hull<BR><BR> Dates: January <SPAN
class=700354601-27082001>24 -</SPAN> 2<SPAN
class=700354601-27082001>7</SPAN> 200<SPAN
class=700354601-27082001>2</SPAN><BR> <SPAN
class=700354601-27082001>April </SPAN><SPAN class=700354601-27082001>11
-</SPAN> <SPAN
class=700354601-27082001>14</SPAN><BR> August <SPAN
class=700354601-27082001>1 - </SPAN> <SPAN
class=700354601-27082001>4</SPAN><BR> <SPAN
class=700354601-27082001>November </SPAN><SPAN class=700354601-27082001>14
-</SPAN> <SPAN class=700354601-27082001>14</SPAN><BR><BR>For Further
Information please write, call, or email Vivienne Hull <BR>at the Whidbey
Institute, P. O. Box 57, Clinton, WA 98236<BR>Telephone: 360-341-1884<BR>Email:
</STRONG><STRONG><U>fvhull@whidbey.com<BR><BR>_______________________________________________________________________________________</U></STRONG><BR></DIV>
<H1>Spirited Work! 200<SPAN class=700354601-27082001>2</SPAN></H1><STRONG>
<DIV><BR>Dear Friend and Colleague,<BR><BR>We invite you to join the third cycle
of Spirited Work! We are an innovative, creative, and enthusiastic
learning community of professional people from the Northwest and other parts of
the continent who meet together for a weekend retreat each season, with online
conversations and projects in between. Our new cycle begins in January.
Since we came together <SPAN class=700354601-27082001>four
</SPAN>years ago, Spirited Work has evolved into a very exciting community of
practice offering support, challenge, and inspiration as we all work on behalf
of a hopeful and generative future. <BR><BR>We see ourselves as learners and as
leaders. The learner within us is curious, open to the unknown,
self-disciplined. The leader within us feels called, divinely so, fiercely
at times, to take what we know and put it to service in the world.<SPAN
class=700354601-27082001> And we have extended our community to include
colleagues and gatherings in India !</SPAN><BR><BR>Four people, Anne Stadler,
Peter Donaldson, Fritz Hull, and Vivienne Hull are the primary conveners of
Spirited Work. We are joined by members of the Spirited Work community who
have been involved in this unique program since its beginning.<BR><BR>We want
you to consider this as an opportunity to nourish the continuing spiritual
transformation of yourself, your life<SPAN class=700354601-27082001>'</SPAN>s
work, the people and organizations you touch, and your commitment to the shared
future of our earth. We consider these times urgent in nature yet fertile
with opportunity, demanding from us new forms of conscious spirit and dedicated
action.<BR><BR>We seek people like you to join with others from many
disciplines, traditions, persuasions and experiences, who are ready to deepen
our own call to Spirited Work. We look forward to this creative
adventure! <BR><BR>For further information, please call or email us at the
Whidbey Institute, 360-341-1884;
whidinst<U>@whidbey.com</U>.<BR><BR><BR><BR>Anne Stadler
Peter
Donaldson
Fritz
Hull
Vivienne
Hull<BR><BR>______________________________________________________________________________________________________<BR><BR></DIV></STRONG>
<H2>SPIRITED WORK 200<SPAN class=700354601-27082001>2</SPAN></H2>
<H3>INTENTION<BR></H3>
<DIV><STRONG>A community of learners and leaders gathering four times a year to
deepen our commitment to personal transformation through to the
world.<BR><BR>GUIDING QUESTION<BR>How can we build personal and collective
capacity to support healthy and <BR>productive relationships, organizations, and
communities for "Earth, Spirit, and <BR>the Human Future?"<BR><BR><BR>CRITERIA
FOR PARTICIPATION<BR>People with awareness of themselves as both learners and
leaders.<BR><BR>People who feel called to participate in a conscious learning
community with a committed group of people over a committed period of
time.<BR><BR>People who are firmly cognizant of the environmental, social and
spiritual challenges facing our generation and that of our
children.<BR><BR>People in touch with the spirituality of their being who
possess the courage and openness to explore the universality of human wisdom as
it appears and reappears in diverse faith traditions.<BR><BR>People who seek a
new "economic imagination" in organizing for productivity and
sustainability.<BR><BR><BR>ORGANIZATION<BR>Gatherings are held at the Whidbey
Institute, a beautiful retreat and conference center nestled in the intimacy of
a hundred acres of forest three miles from the ferry dock on Whidbey Island, one
hour travel time from Seattle. We meet seasonally beginning our <SPAN
class=700354601-27082001>fourth </SPAN>cycle in the winter of 200<SPAN
class=700354601-27082001>2</SPAN>. <BR><BR>Our gatherings are conducted in Open
Space, a method of self-organizing based on the simplest structural principles
inviting the highest level of personal integrity and responsibility.<BR><BR>Our
content focus for each season of learning is based, in part, on the work of
anthropologist and educator Angeles Arrien. See attached excerpt from her
book </STRONG><STRONG><I>The Four Fold Way.<BR><BR><BR></I>COMMITMENT<BR>We ask
participants to commit to being part of a community of practice which gathers
seasonally and whose members are linked in an on-line learning environment.
We ask participants to familiarize themselves with the work of Angeles
Arrien, author of <I>The Four Fold Way</I>, and Harrison Owen, creator of Open
Space Technology. Reading through the information in this packet is a good
start but for those who like to read from the source we recommend <I>The Four
Fold Way </I>by Angeles Arrien (Harper San Francisco, 1993), and <I>Expanding
our Now: The Story of Open Space</I><U> </U><I>Technology</I>, by Harrison Owen
(Berrett Kohler, 1997). We encourage participants to suggest (and to
bring) your own favorite resources to contribute towards a community
bibliography.<BR><BR><BR>SCHEDULE<BR></DIV></STRONG>
<DIV><STRONG>Winter, <SPAN
class=700354601-27082001>Jan</SPAN>uary <SPAN
class=700354601-27082001>24</SPAN>, <SPAN
class=700354601-27082001>25</SPAN>, <SPAN
class=700354601-27082001>26</SPAN>, <SPAN
class=700354601-27082001>27</SPAN></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>The Way of the Warrior "Show up. Choose to be
present."</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>Spring, <SPAN class=700354601-27082001>April </SPAN><SPAN
class=700354601-27082001>11</SPAN>, <SPAN
class=700354601-27082001>12</SPAN>, <SPAN
class=700354601-27082001>13</SPAN>, <SPAN
class=700354601-27082001>14</SPAN></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>The Way of the Healer "Pay attention to what has heart and
meaning."</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>Summer, <SPAN class=700354601-27082001>August
01</SPAN>, <SPAN class=700354601-27082001>02</SPAN>, <SPAN
class=700354601-27082001>03</SPAN>, <SPAN
class=700354601-27082001>04</SPAN></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>The Way of the Visionary "Tell the truth without blame or
judgment."</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>Fall, November <SPAN
class=700354601-27082001>14</SPAN>, <SPAN
class=700354601-27082001>15</SPAN>, <SPAN
class=700354601-27082001>16</SPAN>, <SPAN
class=700354601-27082001>17</SPAN></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>The Way of the Teacher "Be open to outcome."</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>Each gathering begins with supper on Thursday at 6:30 pm and ends
in a</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>closing circle Sunday at 3 pm.</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><BR><BR><STRONG>Each gathering begins with dinner on Thursday at 6:30 pm
and ends by 4pm on Sunday afternoon.<BR><BR><BR>BASIC (SHARED) COST<BR>We are
committed to sharing all costs related to facilities, food, materials, supplies,
mailings, and administrative overhead. We have <SPAN
class=700354601-27082001>not yet completed our </SPAN>estimated cost<SPAN
class=700354601-27082001> </SPAN>per participant for all four retreats,
including accommodation and all meals. We want to make it possible for people to
join us from varying income levels. Costs are adjusted for participants
who do not need accommodation at the Center.<SPAN
class=700354601-27082001> The Cost Model information will be available in
October.</SPAN><BR><BR>We are also building a scholarship fund and welcome your
contribution. If you need scholarship support, please let us
know.<BR><BR><BR>REGISTRATION<BR>To register fill out the enclosed form and send
a $100 deposit to SPIRITED WORK, Whidbey Institute, PO Box 57, Clinton, WA
98236. We appreciate full payment by our first gathering. We are
also happy to work out a financial arrangement that works best for
you.<BR><BR><BR>________________________________________________________________________________________<BR><BR>PERSONAL
STATEMENTS FROM THE FOUNDING CONVENORS <BR><BR>ANNE STADLER<BR>I want to be part
of a gift-giving learning community, in harmony<FONT size=4> </FONT>with the
earthšs cycles and rhythms. I want to experience how that affects my/our
capacity to engage fully in spirited work and in life. The gifts I bring: my
life experience includes being a child, wife, mother, grandmother, friend,
lover. I have worked as a community organizer, TV producer, learning
organization consultant and sometimes teacher. I bring enthusiasm for
learning and following the creative spirit. At this stage of my life, I am
particularly interested in co-creating learning communities in which individuals
are fully engaged and fully responsible for themselves and the evolution of the
collective.<BR><BR>PETER DONALDSON<BR>I am interested in learning more about
service leadership, and I want to be in <BR>the company of others who are
similarly dedicated. My focus is creativity<BR>spirituality, education and
the arts. I work in schools a lot and herešs why: I believe that
arts‹drama, dance, music, writing and the visual arts‹make the teaching/learning
experience intrinsic to the spirit, meaningful to the mind and of practical
value to the long term sustainability (creative response) of our culture, our
country and the planet. My lifešs work is to bring forth beauty. To
tell and retell the stories that make us powerfully human. I see my work
through the imaginative possibilities inside this one question: "What if
there were no distinction between art, religion, and life?" This
fascinates me. And I donšt wonder any more about how the story is going to
come out. Išm in it.<BR><BR>FRITZ HULL<BR>Raised in my early summers on
Whidbey Island, I grew up loving this place with its islands, magical waterways,
old farms and forests. Kayaking became a passion. Since 1966 I have
been working to make Chinook a unique, resource-rich learning center. I
have had a hand in shaping the exciting new facilities for the Whidbey
Institute. I am committed to discovering ways we can craft a new
relationship to the natural world, strengthen the human community, explore our
spiritual depths and work together for a hope-filled and sustainable future.
I want to work with others to encourage creative leadership as we seek to
serve our world.<BR><BR>VIVIENNE HULL<BR>Though Whidbey Island has been my home
since 1972, my soulšs landscape is the mythic and spiritual geography of Ireland
where I was born and spent my childhood. Because of this, I am intrigued
by each of our stories and our poetic imagination, as we seek to understand
ourselves and our place in the greater story of life. Though the human
adventure is poised at a critical threshold and the challenges we face in the
next decades are staggering, I am unapologetically hopeful. I believe that
together we can bring forth the necessary wisdom to engage our time in history
with imagination and creativity. I think the help we need will be found as
we go deeply into the "open space" of our inner lives, draw on the power of
Spirit, and go out into the wild and elemental spaces of the natural world.
A sense of humor and a bit of blarney will also
help!<BR><BR>__________________________________________________________________________________________<BR><BR></STRONG><STRONG><FONT
size=6>SPIRITED WORK 200<SPAN
class=700354601-27082001>2</SPAN><BR></FONT></STRONG><STRONG><FONT size=5>A
Leadership Learning Community<BR><BR><BR></FONT>Name</STRONG><STRONG><U>
________________________________________________________________<BR><BR></U>Address______________________________________________</STRONG><STRONG><U>
____________<BR><BR></U>City________________
State <U>__________ ___</U>
Zip____________<BR></STRONG><STRONG><U> <BR></U>Phone: Day<U>
_______________________</U>Evening</STRONG><STRONG><U>
___________________________<BR> <BR></U>E-mail
_________________________________________</STRONG><STRONG><U>
<BR></U><BR>Deposit of $100 enclosed to hold my registration ________<BR><BR>I
will pay quarterly. Amount: _____________
<BR><BR>Full
payment enclosed. Amount _________<BR><BR>I would like to donate
additionally to the SPIRITED WORK scholarship fund. Amount ____________
Thank You!<BR><BR>Scholarship request (attach personal
letter)<BR><BR>TOTAL ENCLOSED_________________________<BR><BR>Payment:
Check_______ <BR><BR>Credit Card
________________________<BR><BR><BR>Signature___________________________________
Date _______________</STRONG><STRONG><U>
<BR><BR></U>Thank you for
joining us!<BR><BR>The Whidbey Institute <BR>PO Box 57, Clinton, WA
98236<BR>Office Phone: 360-341-1884 or toll free from Seattle:
206-467-0384. <BR>Email: <U>whidinst@whidbey.com</U>
<BR>Website: www.whidbeyinstitute.org<BR></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><SPAN class=700354601-27082001><FONT
size=2>
_____________________________________________________________</FONT></SPAN></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Winston Kinch
[mailto:kinch@sympatico.ca]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, August 26, 2001 5:27
AM<BR><B>To:</B> mark_r_jones@worldnet.att.net;
mark.r.jones@seabase.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: Response to Inquiry Regarding
Collective Buddha <BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Hi Mark:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Would you please point me more specifically to the
"Centers for Spirited Work" to which you refer? I would like to find out more
about both the OST aspect and especially the ways in which children have been
involved, as I may myself be becoming involved with an organization which is
headed in the same direction.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Winston Kinch (a Tich Nhat Hahn fan)<FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT> </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=mark_r_jones@worldnet.att.net
href="mailto:mark_r_jones@worldnet.att.net">Mark R. Jones</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
href="mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU">OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU</A>
</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, August 25, 2001 10:45
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> (RESPONSE): Inquiry Regarding
Collective Buddha "Story of a recent 2.5 day OST"</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT><FONT face=Arial></FONT><BR></DIV>Hi.<BR><BR>Tich
Nhat Hahn is the Buddhist teacher that made the proclamation<BR>regarding the
"Collective" as the next manifestation of the Buddha.<BR><BR>I believe that
Open Space as a life practice creates the minimal structure<BR>required to
begin to grok "Community / Collective" -- in terms of<BR>intention,
communication, and behavior.<BR><BR>I believe that communities like the
(Centers for) Spirited Work<BR>that practice ongoing (3 years now) community,
organization,<BR>and business model using Open Space as the core
practice -- are the<BR>training grounds for the manifestation of the
Buddha as the Collective.<BR><BR>I note that the active inclusion of children
into the Spirited Work<BR>community in the USA has had a positive and profound
transformative<BR>effect on the community and the practice of Open Space as a
Life Practice<BR>(in contrast to using Open Space as just a "facilitation"
tool.<BR><BR><BR>Mark R. Jones<BR>Chief Information
Officer: SEA-IS<BR>Executive Vice
President: SEA<BR>P.O. Box
1457;<BR> Lynnwood, WA 98046<BR>Direct
Line:
425-413-6000<BR>Mobile
Line:
206-696-7000<BR>Message
Line:
504-304-2460<BR>e-Mail:
<A
href="mailto:mark.r.jones@seabase.com">mark.r.jones@seabase.com</A><BR><<A
href="mailto:mark.r.jones@seabase.com">mailto:mark.r.jones@seabase.com</A>><BR><BR><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>