So I have been trying to figure out why we haven't gotten very far in building our community, officially anyways. I think we are stuck on the naming of the community as opposed to what the community really means. A name is important to have.
However, I think one of the things that we are limited by is perhaps the three of us are not sufficient to take such an important task on before we build the community. Perhaps it may be a better idea to actually get the group of like-minded folks together, talk about the intentions of the community and get more brains on the ideas behind the community rather than wait until we can come up with a great name for it.
If after those who decide that this really is a great idea, which I think it is, then we can pursue the idea of naming it. I certainly don't want to open membership to just any Schmoe off the street regardless of our name, but it should be named by those who we hope would be in this community.
Just a crazy thought I guess, but perhaps invite folks who are important in our lives and will reinforce the idea of our community, meet up, chat about the ideas about the community, figure out what we will name ourselves and the kind of community we are (not necessarily the same name), and figure out a good time to have regular get-togethers.
The get-togethers, I envision, would be about community strengthening, like skill training, crafting (which is being done already on a different scale), and discussing needs and wants of those in the community and see if there are ways to accomplish those goals, and if not, figure out ways to achieve them using external means.
Just a crazy thought I guess to try to keep pushing the stone up the hill.
2 comments:
Yes and no.
Since this is a limiting media it is much better to do it in person after a while of throwing it around on the blog.
we need an extreme circumstance for it solidify other wise people don't understand the need, people by & large react after the fact, not prepare before the fact
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