2009-08-10T08:40:50Z http://www.theworldcafecommunity.org/forum/topics/the-new-face-of-community?feed=yes&xn_auth=no tag:www.theworldcafecommunity.org,2009-08-04:3306069:Comment:4487 2009-08-04T19:32:37.541Z Ellia Ryan

I'll be delighted to!

I'll be delighted to! tag:www.theworldcafecommunity.org,2009-08-04:3306069:Comment:4483 2009-08-04T19:28:00.070Z Amy Lenzo

Your thoughts are really insightful, Diane, thank you - and also I appreciate that you point out how many ways there are to look at community - what makes a community, what holds it together, what community is for.<br /> <br /> Indeed I don't think there are singular answers to these questions, and that community morphs and changes in response to different needs and times and people and places.<br /> <br /> And yet ... somehow there is SOMETHING that is at the core of the urge for community in the human heart, and perh…

Your thoughts are really insightful, Diane, thank you - and also I appreciate that you point out how many ways there are to look at community - what makes a community, what holds it together, what community is for.<br /> <br /> Indeed I don't think there are singular answers to these questions, and that community morphs and changes in response to different needs and times and people and places.<br /> <br /> And yet ... somehow there is SOMETHING that is at the core of the urge for community in the human heart, and perhaps that something is the same for all of us - at least at the core of it.<br /> <br /> Fascinating questions. Thanks again to Ulrich for starting this thread. tag:www.theworldcafecommunity.org,2009-08-04:3306069:Comment:4480 2009-08-04T19:21:04.870Z Amy Lenzo

Ellia,<br /> <br /> I'd love to hear the stories from your conversation! Please share what happens in the StoryNet here, will you?

Ellia,<br /> <br /> I'd love to hear the stories from your conversation! Please share what happens in the StoryNet here, will you? tag:www.theworldcafecommunity.org,2009-08-04:3306069:Comment:4479 2009-08-04T19:17:42.214Z Ulrich Soeder

Hi Astrid and Debra,<br /> <br /> I think the financial aspect is of vital importance for any community, and of utmost importance for the world community right now. While the profits are privaticed the costs are socialised. This won't last for long.<br /> <br /> Thank you for bringing this aspect to the table.<br /> <br /> I wish the New Face of Community would be as near as the face in your photo behind the veil.<br /> <br /> Cheers, Ulrich

Hi Astrid and Debra,<br /> <br /> I think the financial aspect is of vital importance for any community, and of utmost importance for the world community right now. While the profits are privaticed the costs are socialised. This won't last for long.<br /> <br /> Thank you for bringing this aspect to the table.<br /> <br /> I wish the New Face of Community would be as near as the face in your photo behind the veil.<br /> <br /> Cheers, Ulrich tag:www.theworldcafecommunity.org,2009-08-04:3306069:Comment:4476 2009-08-04T19:08:23.451Z Ulrich Soeder

Hi Astrid, here is your original comment:<br /> <br /> ...what I would need to be able to tell from reading the Face of a New Community, it would be how CARING & SHARING = INCLUSIVE the community really is -not just in rhetorics,like our society today!

Hi Astrid, here is your original comment:<br /> <br /> ...what I would need to be able to tell from reading the Face of a New Community, it would be how CARING & SHARING = INCLUSIVE the community really is -not just in rhetorics,like our society today! tag:www.theworldcafecommunity.org,2009-08-04:3306069:Comment:4466 2009-08-04T18:55:11.571Z Debra Debozy

Greetings Astrid. I don't know if I am seeing your comment in the place it should be, but all the same, thank you for bringing the phony nature of our monetary system to light. I will definitely explore the link you posted. It saddens me to no end to think that money (currency, whatever you choose to call it) can and does come before human wellness.<br /> <br /> You are indeed a gem.......<br /> <br /> ~Deb

Greetings Astrid. I don't know if I am seeing your comment in the place it should be, but all the same, thank you for bringing the phony nature of our monetary system to light. I will definitely explore the link you posted. It saddens me to no end to think that money (currency, whatever you choose to call it) can and does come before human wellness.<br /> <br /> You are indeed a gem.......<br /> <br /> ~Deb tag:www.theworldcafecommunity.org,2009-08-04:3306069:Comment:4450 2009-08-04T18:42:05.385Z Astrid

Ooops.... Ulrich, I think I wrote my comment in the wrong place!.... (no wonder I only had 200 characters to my disposal! ( I'm so backwards with PCs... Can you move my comment here? )<br /> <br /> I also wanted alert every one to this: <a href="http://www2.aspca.org/site/MessageViewer?em_id=61924.0">http://www2.aspca.org/site/MessageViewer?em_id=61924.0</a><br /> <br /> It brakes my Heart that Mankind still is all too willing to abuse those who can't speak up for themselves!... Why do we do this???.... Well...I can't…

Ooops.... Ulrich, I think I wrote my comment in the wrong place!.... (no wonder I only had 200 characters to my disposal! ( I'm so backwards with PCs... Can you move my comment here? )<br /> <br /> I also wanted alert every one to this: <a href="http://www2.aspca.org/site/MessageViewer?em_id=61924.0">http://www2.aspca.org/site/MessageViewer?em_id=61924.0</a><br /> <br /> It brakes my Heart that Mankind still is all too willing to abuse those who can't speak up for themselves!... Why do we do this???.... Well...I can't help it , but after studying this social phenomenon; what makes our Western Culture to tick, so to speak I always --unfailingly--arrive to the same conclusion ( as did the guys we call Jesus) this phony monetary System we (still) have in place! Remove this one for a better more FAIR FOR ALL M-system and 90% of ALL abuse will end "over night"!<br /> I can give links and article to any person who is interested in knowing more about better social/money systems! tag:www.theworldcafecommunity.org,2009-08-04:3306069:Comment:4420 2009-08-04T15:05:57.385Z Ellia Ryan

Many thanks Ulrich!

Many thanks Ulrich! tag:www.theworldcafecommunity.org,2009-08-04:3306069:Comment:4402 2009-08-04T14:39:10.157Z Ulrich Soeder

Hi Ellia,<br /> <br /> all the best for your nighborhood salon!<br /> If you find out where the sense of community comes from, please let us know! Once you have this sense of community, how do you grow and nurture it?<br /> I wish you have inspiring inquiries!<br /> <br /> Cheers, Ulrich

Hi Ellia,<br /> <br /> all the best for your nighborhood salon!<br /> If you find out where the sense of community comes from, please let us know! Once you have this sense of community, how do you grow and nurture it?<br /> I wish you have inspiring inquiries!<br /> <br /> Cheers, Ulrich tag:www.theworldcafecommunity.org,2009-08-03:3306069:Comment:4208 2009-08-03T09:57:13.252Z diane nancekivell

Hi im back in Australia having lived for 4 years in scotland in the findhorn eco village community and then 2 years in and out of morocco living in the old Medina in Fez and experiencing a closely knit urban society.<br /> <br /> I contemplated on this question of what makes a community come together and act as a unit<br /> I thought it was sharing a space then sharing ideas and dreams together however each time i thought i had isolated the governing principles another example would defy the definition or perceiv…

Hi im back in Australia having lived for 4 years in scotland in the findhorn eco village community and then 2 years in and out of morocco living in the old Medina in Fez and experiencing a closely knit urban society.<br /> <br /> I contemplated on this question of what makes a community come together and act as a unit<br /> I thought it was sharing a space then sharing ideas and dreams together however each time i thought i had isolated the governing principles another example would defy the definition or perceived requirements<br /> <br /> I can comment on the success of the Findhorn community which is the size of a large village and still growing and its growth and Change??<br /> What i most appreciated was the care and support of each other and tolerance of differences. Definately being open in communication and trying many models of leadership out together!Anyway nice to connect and looking forward to sharing thoughts with you