[WXBH-Discuss] kristin's input to our community

Thu May 17 22:44:32 CDT 2007

Yeah... isolating myself has never been my intention... i simple get overrun with responsibility when single minded collectives do not contribute time or energy to the community as it is currently growing with each event.  tabling each event as outreach and providing clear access and opportunity for involvement is something that each collective will directly benefit from as well as the entire organization... if i risk isolating myself by asking for participation by collectives to become accessible to the community then i ask for the sake of success within all our actions... i ask for meeting times to be written down so anyone who walks in the brick house can partake of both the benefits and active growth

  Lets not lead ourselves back to dismissing the basic ideas of community, accessibility and mutually beneficial dialogue which is what occurred tonight when over half of the 40 or so people in the building had never been there before decided to stay for the full 2 hours and hold conversations with people from around the world, dance in circles of 30 or so strangers, sing together and learn more about how to support those who work to end hate. 

  We will be getting new volunteers to work in and on the building during open studio time,  new additions to most of our mailing lists and an entire class has been formed of qi gong students who will have to pay nothing as a part of our expanding weekly programming.

  I believe in this organization for all the right reasons and have stuck with it through thick and thin for over 7 years now and its clear to me how important actually being at events and learning to work together really is to this organization.  I encourage anyone and everyone to come to the Sustainability Fair this Saturday from 10am to 6pm not as a casual visitor but as an organized group of presenters ready to distro our products for financial support while outreaching into one of the most progressive communities in currently commited to social change and long term wellbeing locally and globally... 

  Can I count on anyone to relieve our workers at the booth at noon or at 2pm??  We could use a strong and unified presence there as well as amongst ourselves... it could be a great way to spend the day moving towards common goals as communities and individually represented collectives.  Please call 589-4978 and sign up to take a shift at our booth located at the Clifton Unitarian Church just off Frankfort Avenue this Saturday.  We especially need someone to close down the booth and drive it back home since my shift at the center starts at 3pm and Christina will have to leave for work then as well.

  My apologies to those who might have not related to what I felt could no longer be ignored.

  Kristin 

David Morrison <krake17 at hotmail.com> wrote:
  Sorry Everyone, I had hit reply all yesterday and thought this went to 
everyone.

Since I wrote this before the meeting, I just want to add that after 
attending the meeting I feel even better about a genuine warming of 
relations between 'Brick House people' and 'radio people', and the 
possibility that these distinctions will fade more over time. I had been 
'optimistic' that this would develop. But this warming of relations is 
happening now.

Kristin herself actually said to me that there are members of political and 
social groups in the community that would meet at the Brick House, but don't 
feel comfortable coming into a divisive situation. I echo Matt's email, that 
we are now moving past that. Good things are already happening and 
developing at the Brick House. And the community is coming together.

I want to mention that I have solid 'Brick House people' credentials, as do 
John and Matt - and the overall tone of our emails is unitary, not devisive. 
If Kristin continues handling her concerns in an unprofessional and 
unproductive manner, all she will succeed in doing is isolating herself. I 
hope she can see this, but that is up to her.

The Brick House is here to stay and we are moving forward in grappling with, 
reflecting on and resolving our problems.

Lastly don't forget:

The Sacred Tour of the Tibetan Deprong Gomang Monestary Monks
Tonight (Thursday) at 7:30 (See attached flyer.)

I think we could all use some of what they have to offer here. (Kristin did 
a service here in organizing this.)

David Morrison.

(Original message follows)

----Original Message Follows----
From: John Hicks 
To: David Morrison 
Subject: Re: Kistin's email
Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 17:34:41 -0400

David--

Very well put. (But my copy was addressed only to me. I hope you sent it to 
others as well.)

- John

David Morrison wrote:
>To all (especially Kristin),
>
>This kind of email is really counter-productive to our organization right 
>now.
>
>I had expressed to Kristin that radio is under the gun right now, and 
>probably feeling a bit overwhelmed on their side, and that the best thing 
>the rest of us can do for them is let them focus - and get the radio 
>station off the ground.
>
>By 'best thing' I mean best thing for all of us in the Brick House 
>community. I have always believed that there is a great synergy to be had 
>between having a community center and having a radio station. While there 
>are lots of other community centers in the US, and many other alternative 
>media outlets (though not enough) - I am only aware of one other place in 
>the country (http://www.ciw-online.org/) that has both sides working 
>together. (Tell me if you've heard of others.)
>
>We can spend (I should say 'waste') a lot of time and energy on infighting, 
>or we can try to be as supportive and understanding of each other as we 
>can, and let people focus on their business at hand.
>
>I feel a confidence that I haven't felt before that the Brick House 
>community center is going to be able to pay its bills, survive, and grow 
>over time. (Part of how we're going to grow, of course, is by showing 
>potential new recruits that we are working together for important common 
>goals; and that working for Brycc House Inc. is an enjoyable and enriching 
>way to spend one's time.)
>
>I also feel confidence that the radio collective is going to get their 
>station off the ground. Although, from the meetings I've been to: it 
>doesn't look easy, there are sure to be problems once we are ON the air, 
>and they need to be able to focus on that.
>
>I am optimistic that at some point the factionalism that has hampered our 
>organization will recede, and that we will see, as a community, how 
>innovative and rare what we are trying to achieve here is. I think once the 
>Brick House starts showing that we can get new groups in there and pay our 
>bills, we will earn more confidence from the radio collective. And once 
>radio is on there air and things start happening with that, people focusing 
>on the Brick House will see how much both sides of our organization are 
>really working for the same things: community awareness, and the community 
>building partnerships that come out of that.
>
>We have tried to support radio in our 'brickhouse flyers' and community 
>surveys (spreading awareness). I have plugged them lots of places (to 
>George Unseld's office and to Tom Owen, for example - in this by the way, 
>they have already been helpful to the community center, in helping get 
>indications of support from the metrocouncil). At some point I think that 
>events happening at the Brick House are going to be a significant source of 
>quality programming (we taped the Farm Bill talk, for example). Over time, 
>I think we can give them more support, but we have had a lot of problems of 
>our own thus far.
>
>Its the vision of what's possible here that keeps me going.
>
>Dave Morrison.
>
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