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<DIV>Dear All</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Looking for a 'hope-full big picture' in which OST and the World Cafe,
among other group process technologies, will likely play a major role? </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>One in which you may feel inspired to engage - as it could fit with your
own vision and purposes - is called the <STRONG>Great Transition Initiative
- Visions and Pathways for a Hopeful Future</STRONG>. The head of the group
undertaking this work is Paul Raskin. <A
href="http://www.gtinitiative.org/">http://www.gtinitiative.org/</A></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>A few days ago I sent an em about this to a few people on my mailing list.
*</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Lovely responses to this prompt me to distribute the 'picture' more widely.
</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>For example, a great friend, David Isaacs noted . </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><EM>Alan </EM></DIV>
<DIV><EM></EM> </DIV>
<DIV><EM>this is wonderful stuff... hat's off to you, alan, in</EM></DIV>
<DIV><EM>uncovering it...</EM></DIV>
<DIV><EM><BR></EM></DIV>
<DIV><EM>who is Paul Raskin? and Ned Iceton?</EM></DIV>
<DIV><EM><BR></EM></DIV>
<DIV><EM>yes, processes like the World Cafe and OS " did help to make 2084
happen " </EM></DIV>
<DIV><EM><BR></EM></DIV>
<DIV><EM>what a ride it was!!</EM></DIV>
<DIV><EM><BR></EM></DIV>
<DIV><EM>sending well being from me and Juanita</EM></DIV>
<DIV><EM></EM> </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV>Who is Paul Raskin? An answer can be found in a separate posting to follow
shortly about a press release issued two days ago. I have had no personal
contact with Paul's group. It was Ned Iceton who alerted me to their
<STRONG>Great Project.</STRONG> (I <smile> when adding this emphasis for
reasons that you will no doubt discern ...)</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>And who is Ned Iceton? In my knowing Ned is a gentle yet very fervent
activist with a particular passion for social development in Australia. I have
been on his mailing list for perhaps a decade or so and had the great
privilege of meeting him in Adelaide a few years ago. Ned alerts people to
things that matter to the wellbeing of humanity and ecosystems. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>
<P align=center><FONT face=Verdana><FONT
size=2>---------------------------------------<BR><FONT color=#000098>Social
Developers’ Network (SDN)<BR>& Nurturing Evolutionary Development (N.E.D.)
Foundation<BR>C/ Ned Iceton E-mail:
sdn@ned.org.au<BR> "The art of progress is to preserve order amid change,
and<BR>to preserve change amid order." - Alfred North Whitehead.<BR>Denial of
voluntary euthanasia is abuse of the elderly!<BR>Australia is meant to be a
secular state!<BR>Globalise goodwill, not greed; cooperation, not coercion.
Use your vote<BR>to take back political control from the ‘big end’: Adopt
the Simultaneous Policy! - <www.simpol.org><BR>SDN Website:
<http://ned.org.au/sdn> NED-Net Website:<A
href="http://ned.org.au/">http://ned.org.au</A><BR></FONT></FONT><FONT
color=#000098>------------------------------------- </FONT></FONT></P>
<P align=center><FONT face=Verdana
color=#000098></FONT></FONT> </P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I wonder how this resonates with you? </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Go well</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>With love</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Alan</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hong Kong </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>* </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>This is what I had
posted to Elisabet Sahtouris, Paul Raskin, Ned Iceton and others:
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, September 30, 2006 8:56 AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: What 2084 could be like if more attention was paid to
making it happen </DIV></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><FONT
face=Arial size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">Dear Elisabet and All</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">Hello from Hong Kong. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">We met at an enchanting gathering of Cafe
people at Nancy Margulies' home in Nov 2001.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">Since then I have followed your work
periodically, as may have my friends included here.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">And was delighted to see the recent piece
on your conversation with Tijn Touber<SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">, </SPAN>published
in Ode Magazine and posted by Tom Atlee. <SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><A
href="http://www.odemagazine.com/article.php?aID=4329">http://www.odemagazine.com/article.php?aID=4329</A></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">Which has prompted me to send this to you, an
exquisitely imagined articulation of who we as a more mature species would
be in 2084. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">I wonder if you have seen this?
If not I have great pleasure in introducing you to it
<smile> (I am distributing it quite widely). </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><o:p><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"></FONT></o:p> </DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">AN
'HISTORICAL' VIEW FROM 2084 (ASSUMING HUMANITY IS STILL EXTANT) by Paul Raskin *
</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS"></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">Paul,
your most inspiring composition was passed on to me recently by Ned Iceton
in Armidale, Australia. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS"> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><A
href="http://www.gtinitiative.org/documents/ReviewDrafts/GTTodayReviewDraft.pdf"><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS"
color=#800080>http://www.gtinitiative.org/documents/ReviewDrafts/GTTodayReviewDraft.pdf</FONT></A></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS"> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">This
is a 16-page ‘historical’ view from the vantage point of the year 2084, of a
possible future for humanity if current global man-made disasters are
avoided. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS"></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">What a
wondrous gift through which to set our sights …</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS"> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">As you
Elisabet would be aware, group processes such as the <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">World Cafe</I> and <EM>Open Space
Technology</EM> could be instrumental in enabling us to co-evolve such a future.
</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS"> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">For
with the<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>starting premise: 'We are
here to treat each other well' they are tailor made to harness collaboration,
imagination, goodwill, energy and collective wisdom ... key underpinnings of the
'self organised' actions required to co-create a livable future for our
humanity and the ecosystems of which we are an integral part. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS"></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">And
to help redress what President Bill Clinton noted recently: That the
world's biggest problem today is the </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS">illusion that our differences matter more than our common
humanity. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS"></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">I see
that my misssion is to join that of growing numbers of others to bring to
the notice of as many constituencies - including young people - as possible that
these conversational processes exist. Just how useful they could be
for diverse purposes could emerge through posing an 'umbrella' question
such as: </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS"></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS">. Do we as a species have the humility, capacity for
cultural invention based on dissolving boundaries and beliefs in our
deficits/limitations, and desire to co-operate in the manner required to bring
about the way of being and doing outlined so inspiringly in Paul Raskin and
colleagues' vision? </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">And
coming to know the answer from addressing this other question:</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT> </P><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">. What
happens when we turn to face each other and ask 'What do you think?' </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS"></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">Which
is ... MAGIC. Always. </FONT></P></FONT>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS"></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">Go
well </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS"></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">With
love</FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS"> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS">Alan</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS"></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-AU
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS">Alan Stewart, PhD<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-AU
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS">Professional
Conversationalist <BR>Principal, MultiMind Solutions<BR>Now based in
Hong Kong and operating throughout Asia-Pacific <BR><BR>Tel +852 9438
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">*
Entitled 'The Great Transition: A Report from the Future' it
is in a current draft form as of June, 2006. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS"></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">This
is a postscript to a more comprehensive paper published in 2002 which
is available at: <A
href="http://www.tellus.org">www.tellus.org</A></FONT></P>
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