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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Georgia><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Georgia;color:black'>Scott, you might find the
work of Robin Dunbar interesting – he wrote Grooming, Gossip and the
evolution of Language. Also the article that Keith Hanna wrote is about two communities
in the <st1:place w:st="on">Pacific Northwest</st1:place>. He had some great
references you could check out too!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
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[mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On
Behalf Of </span></b>Scott Willard<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> 11 July 2006 09:55<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: community</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font size=3
  face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Nancy</span></font></st1:place></st1:City>,<o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>You're right on track with my purpose.  I am working this summer
on my graduate thesis paper (<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Seattle</st1:PlaceName>
 <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">U.</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>).  The topic
Community:  The theory and practice of developing community.  So your
reference list is excellent.  Most appreciated.<br>
<br>
<b><i><span style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Nancy McPhee <<st1:PersonName
w:st="on">nancymcphee@cablelan.net</st1:PersonName>></span></i></b> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:-.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Hi Scott – I just finished my thesis on
community conversation and used Open Space as my research tool. I too had a
hard time figuring out what community was exactly and found lots of different
meanings for the word depending on your situation. I have skimmed my reference
list and found some of the sources that I used to define community. What ever
definition you like, I think that community is a vital, exciting, challenging,
rewarding place that we create for ourselves where ever we go! <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:-.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Be well, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:-.5in'><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
 w:st="on"><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Nancy</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><o:p></o:p></p>

</u1:place></u1:City></div>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:-.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Dale, A. & Onyx, J (2005) <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>A Dynamic Balance: Social Capital and Sustainable
Community Development</span></i>. UNIpresses. <u1:place u2:st="on"><u1:City u2:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Georgetown</u1:City></st1:City>, <u1:State u2:st="on"><st1:State
 w:st="on">ON</u1:State></u1:place></st1:State></st1:place>. Retrieved December
5, 2005 from <a
href="http://www.ubcpress.ca/books/pdf/chapters/intro/daleonyx.pdf">http://www.ubcpress.ca/books/pdf/chapters/intro/daleonyx.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:-.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Dunbar, R. (1996). <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Grooming,
gossip and the evolution of language</span></i>. <u1:place u2:st="on"><u1:City u2:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">London</u1:City></st1:City>, <u1:country-region u2:st="on"><st1:country-region
 w:st="on">England</u1:country-region></u1:place></st1:country-region></st1:place>:
Faber and Faber Ltd.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:-37.4pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Hanna, K. (2005).
Planning for sustainability: Experiences in two contrasting communities. <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Journal of the American Planning Association.</span></i>
71. (1). 27-40.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:-.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt'>Human Resources Development <u1:place u2:st="on"><u1:country-region u2:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Canada</u1:country-region></u1:place></st1:place></st1:country-region>.
(1999). <i><span style='font-style:italic'>The community development handbook:
A tool to build community capacity.</span></i> Retrieved February 12, 2005 from
http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/en/epb/sid/cia/comm_deve/cdhbooke.pdf<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:-.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Olson, G. (2006). Love and its counterfeits [Review of
the book Bowling Alone: The collapse and revival of American community] <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Common Ground</span></i>, ¶8, ¶9. Retrieved February
9, 2006 from http://www.commonground.ca/iss/0602175/cg175_olson.shtml<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:-.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Resilient Communities Project. (2005). Retrieved
February 19, 2006 from http://www2.arts.ubc.ca/rcp/<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:-.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Schein, E. (1996). <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Three
cultures of management: The key to organizational learning</span></i>. Sloan
Management Review. Fall.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:-.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Smart Growth on the Ground. (2004). <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>What is sustainable community development?</span></i>
Retrieved February 19, 2005 from <a
href="http://www.sgog.bc.ca/content.asp?contentID=10" target="_blank">http://www.sgog.bc.ca/content.asp?contentID=10</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:-.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Sustainability Reporting Program. (2004). <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Sustainable communities.</span></i> Retrieved February
19, 2005 from <a href="http://www.sustreport.org/issues/sust_comm.html"
target="_blank">http://www.sustreport.org/issues/sust_comm.html</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:-.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Utne, L. (2004). The green M.B.A. <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Utne</span></i>, May/June. 28.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> OSLIST
[mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On
Behalf Of </span></b>Scott Willard<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> 10 July 2006 09:29<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> community</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>I have read a lot of e-mails about "community."  Does
anyone have a top 10 list of references around what community means?  What
it is, how it happens, why it matters?<br>
<br>
Live life and live it large,<br>
Scott<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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