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<DIV><SPAN class=484102621-10012003><FONT face="Trebuchet MS">I am in Dallas,
TX. I would love to hear more about what it means to join SW and how to spawn a
similar group here in TX. I do tons of collaborations. Everything from strat
planning, team chartering, leadership and team development. I was trained by
Interaction Associates (and the IISC) and have been using OST for the past year
and LOVE it. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=484102621-10012003><FONT face="Trebuchet MS">Tell me
more.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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class=484102621-10012003>PS I love The Change Handbook! Love it, Love it,
Love it!</SPAN></SPAN></I></B></P>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> OSLIST
[mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Peggy
Holman<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, January 10, 2003 3:13 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<BR><B>Subject:</B> Fw: Re: Learning at Spirited
Work about spirit, money and our material needs<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Bobbi,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>What a great question! How about coming to
Spirited Work as a starting point? It will give you a chance to see what
it looks like in action and pursue the question with people who are living in
it. Our next session is coming up -- Jan. 23-27.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>In addition, I've copied Anne Stadler, who wrote
the story I sent. She's done a great deal of reflection on this subject
and I suspect has something already written on the subject.
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Peggy</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=bobbi@concinnity.net href="mailto:bobbi@concinnity.net">Bobbi
Bilnoski</A> </DIV>
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href="mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU">OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU</A>
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<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Friday, January 10, 2003 12:23 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: Learning at Spirited Work about spirit, money and our
material needs</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=459042320-10012003><FONT face="Trebuchet MS">Where can I find
good instructions on forming an OST learning community?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> OSLIST
[mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Peggy
Holman<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, January 10, 2003 1:37 PM<BR><B>To:</B> <A
href="mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU">OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU</A><BR><B>Subject:</B>
Learning at Spirited Work about spirit, money and our material
needs<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>From time to time, I've mentioned Spirited
Work. It is an Open Space learning community, about to enter its fifth
year of meeting four times a year in OS using Angeles Arrien's archetypes as
a learning lens. (More info is at <A
href="http://www.spiritedwork.org">www.spiritedwork.org</A>.)
Anne Stadler just wrote a delicious piece on an amazing story about our
relationship to money. In the past year, we've moved from a debt of
$5,000 to available funds of $7,000 (a $12,000 swing) through following a
feeling of abundance and following what has heart and meaning. To me,
it has been a fabulous example of learning to collecitvely live in open
space.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thought you might enjoy her story.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Peggy</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>P.S. If you're interested in buying a
copy of Spirited Food, the cookbook Anne mentions in the story, let me
know.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>CREATING KNOWLEDGE AT SPIRITED WORK<BR><BR>OUR STORY ABOUT SPIRIT,
MONEY AND OUR MATERIAL NEEDS<BR><BR>By, Anne
Stadler<BR><BR> The four Founding SW Convenors
started with a commitment to "Sharing Costs" AND "transparency" as the basis
of how we would care for the material level of Spirited Work.
<BR> Initially, Vivienne handled this aspect
of our common life. As far as I can tell, Vivienne operated on an
implicit assumption of "enough". That is, she assumed that if she
articulated a sliding scale of costs, and everyone were honest about what
they could pay, it would all come out even. So that's what we
did. BUT, Whidbey Institute didn't know how much it cost to run the
place, AND the sliding scale she established didn't communicate the actual
costs. So, the first two years we were very hit or miss in meeting our
costs-and it was never very clear whether we did do so, or not. For
instance, in 2000, we thought we had given Whidbey Institute enough money to
pay for our share of costs, then later on we learned we did not-so we took
up a collection at the end of the year to make up the difference-then later
it seemed that this figure had been wrong as well and we still owed
money. In any case, the whole issue of sharing the costs of our
material welfare became a s!<BR>ource of anxiety and confusion-indicating
this was a grand opportunity for new learning!!<BR>
Quite a bit of energy gathered around this: positive and negative.
Marketplace offerings reflected this focal point of interest in the
community. We began to talk about the Radiant Bank. We began to
focus on abundance-rather than lack, as a result of noticing the world
around us and the lessons of the natural world. We began to pay
increasing attention to what sustainability means: that you had to address
the material level as well as the emotional and spiritual levels to do
spirited work in the world. People were stepping forward in the
Marketplace, offering a variety of topics which indicated their interest in
helping with the material aspect of our life as a
community.<BR> So we Convenors realized that people wanted
to steward the material level of our community in a more thoughtful and
efficient way. We named that function "stewarding", and invited those
who cared about stewarding to do so. Initially the Stewards group
focused on the material level of our welfare. Leadership came forward,
and interested stewards evolved a workable approach to realizing our
commitment to sharing costs and creating abundance as the basis for how we
share the material support of SW. (This was the result of many
conversations between MaryElla Keblusek, Walt Blackford and responsible
Whidbey Institute folks, as well as numerous marketplace offerings and
conversations on Catalyst.)<BR> As a result, we sorted out
the real costs, started a Community Fund to realize our intention to support
all who were attracted to Spirited Work, and we decided on a course of
transparent communication so that the whole community of Spirited Work was
aware of the details of our material life. <BR> Here is
what we did:<BR> We started the year with a debt of $5,000 to
BigMindMedia. This debt resulted from the fact we'd had an agreement for the
year 2001 to pay BigMindMedia $5,000 for its services in maintaining our web
environment BUT we forgot to actually figure that into our costs or to pay
them. So, starting 2002, we had this debt to BigMind, we had a
commitment to create a Community Fund so we could realize our SW Community
Agreement intention to "create the abundance necessary for all who are
attracted to Spirited Work to be able to participate" AND we had to
each pay our share of the total cost of being together at Spirited
Work.<BR> The morning of the first Friday of our first gathering
in January 2002, we put a large copper bowl in the middle of our
circle. In that bowl, we put information about all these costs.
AND we made it clear that as a community, this was our shared material
obligation. In welcoming people and articulating our intention for the
year, I spoke about this bowl, why it was in the middle of our circle, and
of the principles which guide our approach to money and our material
needs. I invited people to contribute to the whole of our material
welfare-as they found this had heart and meaning for them.
<BR> We also supplied detailed written information about how the
shared costs were arrived at, what they supported, etc. MaryElla also
spoke, and offered a marketplace session as well as her personal availablity
to anyone who really cared about these issues. Questions about money
and our material needs came up in the closing circle, and we again realized
the importance of continually reiterating how we care for those needs.
We have made all our decision-making and communication transparent on
Catalyst, and we have done the same each seasonal gathering in writing and
in speaking.<BR> At first, a group of Stewards volunteered to
take responsibility for the Community Fund and for raising money to support
that Fund and paying off our debts. Joan McNeary, Sue MacNab, Michael
Dobbie, Jo Shelver were all part of this initial group. They met
several times and came up with a variety of ideas for raising money-a one of
which was to have a big auction in the fall. Membership in that task
group fluctuated during the year, but those who stayed with it evolved a
very practical, inviting method of paying attention to our money
needs.<BR> Over the course of the year, what started as a Silent
Auction to "practice" for the REAL BIG Auction in the fall, became a regular
low-maintenance occasion for recycling our "extra" valuables, offering our
services, and buying them from each other in a Silent Auction which took
place each seasonal weekend. <BR> The Silent Auction
raises about $2,000 each season for the Community Fund. My favorite
story about the Silent Auction is that at the first one, Fritz Hull bought
an item for himself. He forgot to pick it up. At the second
Auction, it came back out again, and Vivienne bought it for Fritz and gave
it to him! Without knowing he'd bought it earlier!<BR> Our
efforts to help the whole materially also bring wonderful personal
connections between Spirited Work seasonal gatherings: eg. Gabriel
buys Yoga lessons from Candi, and sees her and other Spirited Workers in
town; Jerilyn, Anne and Dave, Paul, Joy M. and Sue McNab offer a
Pistolet dinner, and a SW consortium buys it! --and spends the evening
together eating up a storm.<BR> So one take-home lesson from
this is experience is do what is FUN, EASY, and brings JOY when you focus on
creating material abundance<BR> Another initiative
happened: Noticing our delight in eating and creating sustainable
approaches to food and abundance, Anne and Dave Stadler, Steve Silha,
Nancy Bond and Jo Shelver invited everyone to help create a Spirited
Food cookbook to raise money for the Community Fund. They were joined
by Leslye Wood (who turned out to be the REAL honcho behind getting the book
done!), Ann Amberg and Katie French. Anne and Dave, Steve Silha, and
Sue McNab choose to front the money for the cookbook, and are being paid
back as the cookbook sells. <BR> There seemed to be a deep
creative stream which supported the book all the way along. Nancy Bond
had to drop out. So we asked for help and Ann Amberg and Katie French
showed up to help on the graphic design. To begin with, Anne Stadler thought
she and Dave could front the entire amount of $$. But in the fall when we
were ready to print, she and Dave had unexpected family expenses which meant
they couldn't afford to front all the costs. So, she called Steve and
Sue McNab to ask for help, and they were able to give it. We were also
delayed getting the book together, and when Anne was called away to deal
with a family emergency, the book needed to be taken to the printers and
final production work was needed. Again, Anne asked for help.
Leslye had an opening in her busy professional schedule, so she stepped in
and took over the entire production process. The book came out in time for
the November gathering of Spirited Work in time for sale as Christmas gifts,
and is st!<BR>arting to earn money. The whole thing feels like SUCH a
lesson in how staying aligned with abundance.<BR>.<BR>What we have
learned:<BR> By being true to our Intentions, we are
creating abundance and sharing the wealth as well as the
costs.<BR> The year 2002, we ended up with a surplus of
money which we are sharing with the Whidbey Institute, giving as a turnkey
grant to Peter Donaldson for SalmonPeople development, buying a gift for the
Sanctuary, and starting the year with a bank account for the Community
Fund. <BR> We also have actualized the Radiant Bank
concept of individuals "lending" money and resources to help deserving
projects happen, which will then be paid back as the projects
earn. AND we have initiated a formal Resource Bank of people who
are offering their services through Spirited Work at the Whidbey Institute,
and donating part of the funds they receive back to SW at the Whidbey
Institute. <BR> We also learned that clear intention
applied in making practical decisions all the way along drives
manifestation. <BR>To take practical action, you follow what has heart
and meaning, measure what you are doing against the intention you declared,
and ask for what you need, when you need it. When glitches or
unexpected events happen, you keep the space open for emergence: notice what
is happening, listen for Guidance, and welcome places of anxiety and static
as evidence of the opening for new learning.<BR> <BR>LET'S
CREATE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THIS ALL IMPORTANT SUBJECT:<BR>Please ADD your part
of the story! <BR>What is your "aha" experience re. money and creating
abundance in SW? <BR>Please tell your story, and reflect on what it
means in general-<BR>AND ADD TO THIS NARRATIVE!.<BR><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>_______________________________<BR>Peggy
Holman<BR>The Open Circle Company<BR>15347 SE 49th Place<BR>Bellevue,
WA 98006<BR>425.746.6274<BR><A
href="http://www.opencirclecompany.com">www.opencirclecompany.com</A></FONT></DIV>
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