So what was that about?

I thought I was posting a new message, but it suddenly went to publish before I even got any text in! Must have hit the right key combination, I guess.

I'm waiting for print jobs to finish, preparing the schedules for Pagan Pride Day 2004. We sure have been spending a lot of time on this. Of course, there has also been the Overture Opening, getting the house ready for appraisal, etc., keeping Rae and I busy.

I think there are some other things I'd like to do.

Like chants and music. Taychopera could have a seciton on that!

I do have some good bioregional stuff, and could always spend some time gathering that together, posting it, looking for others to contribute...

Oh, well, gotta go check the printer....

Math

That public service thing

Thanks and mullings

Sage, that was a very helpful tutorial. I couldn't remember how to get into this thing!

What I'm thinking about is: could we come up with a mission statement for the site and the collective, using this blog? Or maybe a statement apiece? That's the first step in usable site design. The second is identifying and characterizing the user groups / target audience / whatever.

My ideas aren't jelled enough for sentences, but I'm mulling: conflict transformation as practice and study; intentional community discussion; intentional wellness of self, circle, biosphere; the magic of place.

Cheers.
Farrell

Tutorial #1

Cheryl is among us! Woo Hoo!

So here's a tutorial about how to make a blog post from the web:

1. GO TO http://www.blogger.com/start
2. Type in your Username and your Password
3. CLICK ON THE "Blogging Taychopera" link
4. CLICK ON THE "Create a new post" button
5. SELECT "Compose" view (as opposed to the "Edit HTML" view)
6. ENTER THE TITLE IN THE "Title" Box
7. Type away in the big box and use the Word-like Icons (optional) if you wish, by highlight some text and clicking on one of the icons:
   font = choose one or don't
   size = normal or large or tiny, etc.
   "b" = bold
   "i" = italic
   icon = text color
   icon = add a link
   align: left, center, right, justify
   numbered list
   bulleted list
   " = insert a block quote (indented material)
   check = check spelling
   icon = upload image (when you're ready to do that, let's talk)
   icon = get rid of one of the above formatting commands
8. "Preview" before publishing (see the "preview" link at the right -- you toggle back and forth between "preview" and "compose" views)
9. WHEN IT'S ALL GOOD, CLICK ON THE ORANGE "Publish Post" BUTTON ON THE BOTTOM LEFT
10. AFTER IT GOES THROUGH ITS PACES AND SAYS "Your blog published," click on "View Blog" link (or the "in a new window" link to its right)
11. ANY TIME YOU WANT TO, SELECT "Edit Posts" in the upper row of links (under "Posting, Settings, Template" tags, etc. AND EDIT A GIVEN POST, THEN REPUBLISH IT.

More tutorials to come....

Sage

I did it!

Well, I'm blogging! This could be fun! I was successful at transforming a conflict with a neighbor this evening. It is always so interesting to me the audacity of people. But I kept my center and made space for each of us to express our needs. We came to an aggreement within a relatively quick manner. I think the thing thats most surprising to me about this work we are doing on conflict is how it is helping me in my personal relationships, even with myself. That's all for now, Cheryl

Now what?

Well, I was hoping to hear back from Cheryl and from Marian before I responded to this question, but I haven't.

My answer:

We start talking, here, about --

1. what we want to do next with the site
2. what we want to do with the collective

And also I thought I'd give some pointers/mini-tutorials on blogging and on using our blogger interface.

But without Cheryl and Marian on board, I'm not sure we're ready to take a next step. Any thoughts?

Me too!

OK, so here we all are. I actually created my own BLOG, Mathonwy's little boy.

Now what?

We are Not Alone: Alliance for Conflict Transformation

Recently when surfing the Net, I came across the Alliance for Conflict Transformation, "an independent nonprofit organization dedicated to building peace." From their site:

"ACT believes that conflicts are embedded in relations at the individual, interpersonal, organizational, community, and international levels, and include psychological, socio-cultural, spiritual, political, historical, and economic dimensions. We use multi-faceted approaches to develop better understandings of conflict situations and create effective interventions."

They have articles, projects, a set of basic ethical values, and some discussion boards, which don't seem to be being used much.

It might be interesting to have a discussion here about their ethical values. Anyone up for copying & pasting them here (with attribution) to get that going? If not, well, that's ok too.

I did it, I am in, how cool am I!? Way cool!!!

This is only a test.

This may only be a test, but where's the shelter ?