The first of several articles can be found here.
Everytime I post a new part, I'll post it in the replies of this thread.

Gary
SeattleIntegral

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Gary Stamper
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Thanks, Gary!  I'm really looking forward to reading these posts!

Rainier

For the second article in this series, go here.

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Gary Stamper
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http://garystamper.blogspot.com/

Recently, integral salon leaders from around the world, friends all, even though I haven't met them all....yet...were hit with a request from one of us to help with the energy of the salon they lead. Another salon leader followed that up with their own questions about dominant voices taking over meeting with uninformed knee-jerk reactions, leaving the leaders of the group struggling with how to handle those situations. I'll eventually post the entire conversation (as soon as we've agreed how), but wanted to share some insights on group process that we've learned from at SeattleIntegral. Lord knows, we've had our share of disastrous meetings! I remember one Meetup in particular, that had fallen apart with those knee-jerk reactions, where my wise-beyond-her-years friend Kari and I sat across from each other smiling and laughing inside, and wondering, what the F*** just happened? Here's an excerpt I posted from the email exchange.

Here

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Gary Stamper
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"What is becoming clearer and clearer for me all the time, and reinforced by Keith's article and Steve's quotes, is the absolute need for salons, and other organizations, to (1) have a structured membership that actually means something more than just belonging to a list, and (2) that SeattleIntegral, or any other organization, will not be an ongoing mature entity until it can support itself."

Read the whole post here

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Gary Stamper
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"I've been thinking about this for several years. It first came up with my friend Cherie Beck, who is on the Board of Directors for the Center for Human Emergence, when we talked about how our salons might support themselves, and how could we facilitate that shift? I think we (SeattleIntegral) is at the point where not only can that shift happen, but in terms of evolutionary organizational development, it must happen. Let me explain."

Read more here

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Gary Stamper
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"My proposal to the Core (leadership) group of SeattleIntegral is that we institute a 3-4 tiered membership program, consisting of several different levels of membership. Please keep in mind that this proposal is a starting point to develop needed structure. These proposed membership levels as I will be submitting to the Core Group are:"

Read more here

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Gary Stamper
www.garystamper.com
http://garystamper.blogspot.com/