Soul in Community
(Bill Price)
Scott Peck points out that people are either 'secular' (they believe they are the center
of the universe) or they are 'spiritual' (they believe there is something greater than
themselves). So, would a secularist (believing they are the center) be interested in true
community? In a more powerful thought, turn this around... is Community, therefore, a
powerful tool for increasing and understanding Spirituality?The Context for Community (Bill Price)
What are the 'environmental' elements that give Community a chance to form?
- Common interest?
- Common personality type?
- Spiritual participants?
- Physical environment?
- A triggering event?
Why have several Communities I have been involved with recently
formed spontaneously? In these instances, there was no pre-existing clique... most of the
members' lives merged at a single point in time.
Elements of
Effective Community (Bill Price)
What are the elements which create an effective Community? It appears to me I could
start a list, but really want to share ideas from different perspectives and experiences.
An examples could be: Mask Removal... letting down your guard and being willing to
be vulnerable.
The Role of the Leader
(Bill Price)
What must the Leader of a community do to get it started? To maintain it? When
does that role become to strong, and the Community lapse into cultism? How can this
be avoided? Can the Community be healthy if leadership is not shared? What are
the implications of a strong leader tuning out for a period, or permanently? How can
a Community leader be compared and contrasted to other forms of leadership?
Roles in Community
(Bill Price)
OK, so we know the role of the community leader now. So, what other roles are
critical to a functioning community? Historian? Master of Ceremonies?
Social Director? Are these roles universal (to all forms of Community)?
Ways to Access Spirit
through Community Building (Arline
Berman)
(no further description)
The Emergence
of Virtual Aggregators (Bill Price)
The Internet seems to be causing a shift in business transaction processes, that it
forming a pattern. 'Aggregators' of information are emerging. Unlike
traditional distributors or retailers, these aggregators handle no physical merchandise.
They fill a gap between the sellers and buyers, both of which are willing to
'outsource' the operation of the rapidly emerging e-commerce acitivities of their
businesses. Aggregators are emerging in the busines-to-business arena, as well as
the business-to-consumer. Defacto, these aggregators become the cornerstone of
electroninc trading communities. What are the implications, and the opportunities? |