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Permalink Reply by Clive Durdle on February 24, 2010 at 1:49pm

http://onegeekspeaks.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/durdle-door.jpg

And kitten eating is part of the initiation rite of joining the Evil Atheist Conspiracy along with riding on the black helicopters!

Later on you get to enjoy pirates and worship the fsm!

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Permalink Reply by Clive Durdle on February 24, 2010 at 1:53pm

http://evilatheistconspiracy.org/en/about.htm

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Permalink Reply by Amy Lenzo on February 24, 2010 at 6:35pm

You sir, are quite goofy! :-) And I love the image - what part of the rock formation is the "durdle" - the opening? the whole thing?

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Permalink Reply by Clive Durdle on February 25, 2010 at 12:52am

All of it. Durdle Door is its name!

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Permalink Reply by Sami Sunchild on March 9, 2010 at 11:37am

Dear Benjamin, Dear Amy, Dear Everyone who is bringing the world together in face-to-face conversations

So much to say! So many conversations fulfilled! So many yet to be created!
I am so excited at the possibility of finding many of you who share a commitment for bringing small conversation groups toether in one focused effective global conversation community. I keep reading in this communit y created by Amy, of other people’s shared interest in face-to-face World conversations.

This is Sami Sunchild. To introduce myself, I have been hosting Conversations between strangers from all over the world for many years. I have participated as guest in other cultures I was visiting, and I have been a host to uncounted Peaceful World Conversations here at the Red Vic Peace Center in San Francisco.

I’d like to form with all of you an international conversation “Club” open to all travelers and locals who are working on behalf of a better world.
Our “Club” can have any name. We have been using Peaceful World Convesations, but now it is time to have ONE Name, ONE FAMILY, of face-to-face conversations happening everywhere in the world.

For years we in San Francisco have had small table cards on our conversation tables – with great success. However, now I like to think of a “game board” which can be downloaded anywhere on the planet - a folding table card, pehaps a membership card, which can be downloaded by Conversation hosts anywhere in the world, which beomes a membership card to Conversations everywhere in the world? To place on their Conversation Tables? This sketch is just a rough first adaptation of table cards we have been using for years at our Peaceful World Conversations
The Google maps you have created Ben, and the World Café Community you have birthed, Amy, fill my heart with hope that one day in all of these places strangers will be meeting and listening to each other.

Details, details
Much experimenting suggests that a reglarly named day of the week (like Rotary Club Wednesdays) facilitates finding your conversation when you travel. Presently we use “Sunday mornings at nine”

Sccess at being based in hospitalty locations, b&b’s, hostels, cafes, etc also facilitates travelers and locals coming together and finding each other, as well as supporting social change host enterprises.
Your community and intercultural experiences, Ben, are what it is all about. I so look forward to learning your ideas – and sharing wih you how our ”breakfast conversations” your responses to this letter.
I can hardly wait for your response to this message. So many new friendships to grow like a garden all over the world.

Juanita, kudos and love. David, thanks for your inspiration-by-doing. I may have not been visible to you, but you are all my inspiration, and hope, for our beautiful world

In love and service
Sami Sunchild

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Permalink Reply by juanita brown on March 10, 2010 at 8:12pm

Thank you dear Sami. We so admire what you have been doing over all these years!
Fond regards,
Juanita

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Permalink Reply by Clive Durdle on March 11, 2010 at 6:24am

I am very new to this, where is a summary of the principles and a to do list for a cafe? Ground rules etc?

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Permalink Reply by Sami Sunchild on March 11, 2010 at 10:48am

Peaceful World Conversations "How-To Manual" for bringing the world together
Please click on the link below to learn about Peaceful World Conversations, becoming a conversation host, as well as downloading our manual.
http://www.redvic.com/worldconversations.html

Dear Clive and all World Cafe Community,
Thank you for your kind responses, we look forward to sharing ideas with you.

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Permalink Reply by juanita brown on March 11, 2010 at 1:48pm

Hi Clive,
You can find of this in our book The World Cafe: Shaping our Futures though Conversations that Matter on Amazon. OR, go to our website under "Resources" and see Cafe To Go--which is a very short version of the principles and to do list-- or you can order the Resource Guide-- available through Pegasus Communications.

Warm regards,
Juanita

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Permalink Reply by Clive Durdle on March 11, 2010 at 2:13pm

I have some very interesting possibilities to do this in London. Who may I meet to experience how it is done? Where are they in London?

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Permalink Reply by Amy Lenzo on March 13, 2010 at 12:56pm

Hi Clive!

There are 31 people living in London according to my search here - you could do an advanced search to see which of them are experienced hosts who might be able to help you produce the World Cafes you are interested in. One of them is my dear friend Chris Chopyak, one of the most skilled and experienced World Cafe hosts I know.

World Cafes are often hosted in collaboration with particular sponsors for specific purposes, so to some extent they are not something you can just "go see". But you can experience one for yourself, using the design principles and hosting guides you'll find in the World Cafe book and resources Juanita mentioned above.

If you would like to share your "interesting possibilities", I'd be happy to connect with you back-channel and talk.

Warm Wishes,

Amy

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Permalink Reply by Clive Durdle on March 14, 2010 at 12:34am

Not yet on the interesting possibilities! I need more of a feel about what this is about.

I must be honest that red flashing lights are going off in my head about some of the language here - like harvesting - that to me sounds very evangelical xian.

I have experience of people drawing the events of conferences like those shown here, for example I made a very clear statement at one about what is the Blake's New Jerusalem, the vision we were after, and even spoke to the artist about this in a break, having got very clear verbal and body language support for my comments, yet it was not recorded!

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