Dear Chris and Community of Constellation Talk'ers,
With much surprise, ten years have passed by in a wink of the eye, and we are
growing and expanding in ways we had never imagined. We are a community of so
many countries, different cultures and points of view, and ConstellationTalk
has been an exercise in sensibility, intelligent participations, tolerance and
exchange that has enriched my personal and professional life.
Thank you, Chris, for your support, guidance and sometimes putting limits on
our contributions and still giving the space for everybody to participate.
Thank you to all of you who are making this a place of growth.
Best regards and going for the next ten years!
Ingala Robl
Dean,
Instituto de Estudios Superiores SOWELU, S.C.
MEXICO
On Mar 19, 2013, at 1:29 PM, ConstellationTalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
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1aTENTH ANNIVERSARY WHOOPEE!!! 861 members :-) by "Chris Walsh"
constellationflow
1bRe: TENTH ANNIVERSARY WHOOPEE!!! 861 members :-) by "Dimitrina Spencer"
1cRe: TENTH ANNIVERSARY WHOOPEE!!! 861 members :-) by "Stephen Campbell"
elcoachuno
1dRe: TENTH ANNIVERSARY WHOOPEE!!! 861 members :-) by "francescamasonboring"
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1eRe: TENTH ANNIVERSARY WHOOPEE!!! 861 members :-) by "Deborah Gavrin
Frangquist" deborah_g_frangquist
1fRe: TENTH ANNIVERSARY WHOOPEE!!! 861 members :-) by "Barbara Morgan"
1gRe: TENTH ANNIVERSARY WHOOPEE!!! 861 members :-) by "Carolyn Zahner"
1hRe: TENTH ANNIVERSARY WHOOPEE!!! 861 members :-) by "Claire Khudai
Dagenais" clairekhudaidagenais
1iRe: TENTH ANNIVERSARY WHOOPEE!!! 861 members :-) by "Tomás Kohn" tomas_kohn
1jRe: TENTH ANNIVERSARY WHOOPEE!!! 861 members :-) by "Rosalba Stocco"
rstocco@xxxxxxxxxx
1kRe: TENTH ANNIVERSARY WHOOPEE!!! 861 members :-) by "Elmar Dornberger"
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1lRe: TENTH ANNIVERSARY WHOOPEE!!! 861 members :-) by "Stephan Knierim"
1mRe: TENTH ANNIVERSARY WHOOPEE!!! 861 members :-) by "An Rubens"
1nRe: TENTH ANNIVERSARY WHOOPEE!!! 861 members :-) by "France Amala"
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1oRe: TENTH ANNIVERSARY WHOOPEE!!! 861 members :-) by "Rosabelle White
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1aTENTH ANNIVERSARY WHOOPEE!!! 861 members :-)
Tue Mar 19, 2013 6:17 am (PDT) . Posted by:"Chris Walsh" constellationflowHi
all
We have now reached the tenth anniversary of Constellation Talk. I thought
it was a good opportunity to begin a reflection on where we have come from,
how we are doing and where we are going.
The very first message of this group was posted on February 15 2003,when
the group was started by me for people in Australia and New Zealand. It was
a natural place for such a group to start. We here in the south are so far
away from everyone else in our vast sparsely populated island continent of
Australia with the distant islands of New Zealand. We here are also very
long distances away from each other. So this group was designed to help us
to overcome this geographical isolation.
Somehow by the end of April 2003 the group transmogrified into an
international group. Over the years this group has been through a number of
distinct phases of development as it has gotten bigger and as we have had
to navigate our way through various controversies. We seem to have matured
in a good way through these processes. I have done my best as group founder
and moderator to shepherd it through. I have tried to maintain a culture of
transparency and openness to different viewpoints whilst supporting
respectful communication and severely limiting the use of this group for
the purposes of promotions or advertising. Sometimes some people have been
very unhappy with me but generally people seem quite happy and if voting
with your feet counts we now have 861 members from all around the globe.
Even with the advent of a number of constellation face book pages and
blogs, this group still remains strong. Nonetheless I don't expect it to
last forever. It will last as long as people find it helpful in a way that
works better than other alternatives. When it is meant to finish it will.
Meanwhile it still seems to be quite vibrant and lively. Any comments about
this -positive or negative or any suggestions for improvement are welcome.
If suggestions are made I would appreciate if people would consider how
easy they might be to implement and how much work might be involved. Also
it is worthwhile considering if you support the culture created here and to
consider the impact your suggestions may have on that as well.
I am looking forward to some interesting responses on our tenth anniversary
Cheers
and
Hasta la vista
Chris Walsh
Melbourne, Australia
ph +61 (0)3 9487 4647
www.cwalsh.com.au
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Tue Mar 19, 2013 6:49 am (PDT) . Posted by:"Dimitrina Spencer"This is a
fruitful development, Chris! Congratulations and thank you!
Warmly, Didi
--
Dr Dimitrina Spencer
www.coreconstellations.co.uk
and
Linacre College
University of Oxford
OX1 3JA
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Tue Mar 19, 2013 7:11 am (PDT) . Posted by:"Stephen Campbell" elcoachunoDear
Chris,
Congratulations on your initial vision and your willingness to support an
even greater vision of Constellation Talk as a worldwide forum for English
conversant members of the worldwide Systemic Family Constellation family to
visit, congregate and share insights and learnings. THANK YOU!
As a more recent participant and occasional contributor I am deeply
grateful to have this medium to learn from and to share my own experiences
in hopes that they find value of others.
Thank you again for your time, energy, dedication and helmsmanship through
not always calm waters. CT has served me well and I look forward to
celebrating many more anniversaries and milestones.
Fondly,
Stephen
On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 8:17 AM, Chris Walsh <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
**
Hi all
We have now reached the tenth anniversary of Constellation Talk. I thought
it was a good opportunity to begin a reflection on where we have come from,
how we are doing and where we are going.
The very first message of this group was posted on February 15 2003,when
the group was started by me for people in Australia and New Zealand. It was
a natural place for such a group to start. We here in the south are so far
away from everyone else in our vast sparsely populated island continent of
Australia with the distant islands of New Zealand. We here are also very
long distances away from each other. So this group was designed to help us
to overcome this geographical isolation.
Somehow by the end of April 2003 the group transmogrified into an
international group. Over the years this group has been through a number of
distinct phases of development as it has gotten bigger and as we have had
to navigate our way through various controversies. We seem to have matured
in a good way through these processes. I have done my best as group founder
and moderator to shepherd it through. I have tried to maintain a culture of
transparency and openness to different viewpoints whilst supporting
respectful communication and severely limiting the use of this group for
the purposes of promotions or advertising. Sometimes some people have been
very unhappy with me but generally people seem quite happy and if voting
with your feet counts we now have 861 members from all around the globe.
Even with the advent of a number of constellation face book pages and
blogs, this group still remains strong. Nonetheless I don't expect it to
last forever. It will last as long as people find it helpful in a way that
works better than other alternatives. When it is meant to finish it will.
Meanwhile it still seems to be quite vibrant and lively. Any comments about
this -positive or negative or any suggestions for improvement are welcome.
If suggestions are made I would appreciate if people would consider how
easy they might be to implement and how much work might be involved. Also
it is worthwhile considering if you support the culture created here and to
consider the impact your suggestions may have on that as well.
I am looking forward to some interesting responses on our tenth anniversary
Cheers
and
Hasta la vista
Chris Walsh
Melbourne, Australia
ph +61 (0)3 9487 4647
www.cwalsh.com.au
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Tue Mar 19, 2013 7:33 am (PDT) . Posted by:"francescamasonboring"
francescamasonboringThank you Chris for this beautiful mentor! Your
consistent care with this chat has opened so many doors and I am moved to
reflect on how personal challenges, wild fires, your own professional
practice, travel, and many other obligations have never prevented you from
providing this opportunity for so many of us. Such a good time to say Thanks
to you and all who have been willing to share so openly on this chat. I am so
grateful! All My Relations, Francesca
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Tue Mar 19, 2013 8:19 am (PDT) . Posted by:"Deborah Gavrin Frangquist"
deborah_g_frangquistThank you, Chris, for keeping this community such a
wonderful resource. These ten years have seen an enormous growth of on-line
communication - some of it wonderful, some pretty awful. Your attention and
wisdom have made this one of the most useful places I have for learning and
community.
Deborah Frangquist
--- In ConstellationTalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Chris Walsh <chris@...> wrote:
Hi all
We have now reached the tenth anniversary of Constellation Talk. I thought
it was a good opportunity to begin a reflection on where we have come from,
how we are doing and where we are going.
The very first message of this group was posted on February 15 2003,when
the group was started by me for people in Australia and New Zealand. It was
a natural place for such a group to start. We here in the south are so far
away from everyone else in our vast sparsely populated island continent of
Australia with the distant islands of New Zealand. We here are also very
long distances away from each other. So this group was designed to help us
to overcome this geographical isolation.
Somehow by the end of April 2003 the group transmogrified into an
international group. Over the years this group has been through a number of
distinct phases of development as it has gotten bigger and as we have had
to navigate our way through various controversies. We seem to have matured
in a good way through these processes. I have done my best as group founder
and moderator to shepherd it through. I have tried to maintain a culture of
transparency and openness to different viewpoints whilst supporting
respectful communication and severely limiting the use of this group for
the purposes of promotions or advertising. Sometimes some people have been
very unhappy with me but generally people seem quite happy and if voting
with your feet counts we now have 861 members from all around the globe.
Even with the advent of a number of constellation face book pages and
blogs, this group still remains strong. Nonetheless I don't expect it to
last forever. It will last as long as people find it helpful in a way that
works better than other alternatives. When it is meant to finish it will.
Meanwhile it still seems to be quite vibrant and lively. Any comments about
this -positive or negative or any suggestions for improvement are welcome.
If suggestions are made I would appreciate if people would consider how
easy they might be to implement and how much work might be involved. Also
it is worthwhile considering if you support the culture created here and to
consider the impact your suggestions may have on that as well.
I am looking forward to some interesting responses on our tenth anniversary
Cheers
and
Hasta la vista
Chris Walsh
Melbourne, Australia
ph +61 (0)3 9487 4647
www.cwalsh.com.au
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Tue Mar 19, 2013 9:43 am (PDT) . Posted by:"Barbara Morgan"Hi Chris,
I want to applaud you! I think you have done a fantastic job in fielding
this huge discussion group, drawing boundaries when necessary whilst
managing to keep the field open for all sorts of controversial and very
interesting topics. I'm sure you have had to deal with lots of flack that
we don't know about, quite apart from the ones we have been witness to and
I think you have demonstrated how to 'hold' an extremely large, somewhat
amorphous, virtual group!
With my stepping down from editing The Knowing Field, which at the moment
has quite an uncertain future, I think this group will become even more
important and I will continue to offer my support to keep it going, with my
somewhat sporadic inputs when I can find the time!!
Congratulations and heartfelt gratitude!!
Barbara.
On 19 March 2013 13:17, Chris Walsh <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
**
Hi all
We have now reached the tenth anniversary of Constellation Talk. I thought
it was a good opportunity to begin a reflection on where we have come from,
how we are doing and where we are going.
The very first message of this group was posted on February 15 2003,when
the group was started by me for people in Australia and New Zealand. It was
a natural place for such a group to start. We here in the south are so far
away from everyone else in our vast sparsely populated island continent of
Australia with the distant islands of New Zealand. We here are also very
long distances away from each other. So this group was designed to help us
to overcome this geographical isolation.
Somehow by the end of April 2003 the group transmogrified into an
international group. Over the years this group has been through a number of
distinct phases of development as it has gotten bigger and as we have had
to navigate our way through various controversies. We seem to have matured
in a good way through these processes. I have done my best as group founder
and moderator to shepherd it through. I have tried to maintain a culture of
transparency and openness to different viewpoints whilst supporting
respectful communication and severely limiting the use of this group for
the purposes of promotions or advertising. Sometimes some people have been
very unhappy with me but generally people seem quite happy and if voting
with your feet counts we now have 861 members from all around the globe.
Even with the advent of a number of constellation face book pages and
blogs, this group still remains strong. Nonetheless I don't expect it to
last forever. It will last as long as people find it helpful in a way that
works better than other alternatives. When it is meant to finish it will.
Meanwhile it still seems to be quite vibrant and lively. Any comments about
this -positive or negative or any suggestions for improvement are welcome.
If suggestions are made I would appreciate if people would consider how
easy they might be to implement and how much work might be involved. Also
it is worthwhile considering if you support the culture created here and to
consider the impact your suggestions may have on that as well.
I am looking forward to some interesting responses on our tenth anniversary
Cheers
and
Hasta la vista
Chris Walsh
Melbourne, Australia
ph +61 (0)3 9487 4647
www.cwalsh.com.au
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--
Barbara Morgan
Family Constellations Trainer, Supervisor & Practitioner
Editor of
The Knowing Field
International Constellations Journal
www.cominghome.org.uk
www.theknowingfield.com
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Tue Mar 19, 2013 10:01 am (PDT) . Posted by:"Carolyn Zahner"Dear Chris,
Your efforts, courage and diligence in maintaining the inclusiveness and
integrity of this forum have served to provide a wonderful gift to us all! It
is a blessing to have access to the input of so many and to be exposed to the
great depth and wealth of this community. Thank you for providing the space
for us to explore beyond the familiar paradigms and to remain connected to
our global community.
Deep gratitude and many blessings as we all embark on the 2nd Decade,
Carolyn
Carolyn Zahner, MSW, LISW, Inc
513-697-0260
Private Practice, Integrative Psychotherapy
Systemic Constellations
www.carolynzahner.com
From: Chris Walsh
Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 9:17 AM
To: ConstellationTalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ConstellationTalk] TENTH ANNIVERSARY WHOOPEE!!! 861 members :-)
Hi all
We have now reached the tenth anniversary of Constellation Talk. I thought
it was a good opportunity to begin a reflection on where we have come from,
how we are doing and where we are going.
The very first message of this group was posted on February 15 2003,when
the group was started by me for people in Australia and New Zealand. It was
a natural place for such a group to start. We here in the south are so far
away from everyone else in our vast sparsely populated island continent of
Australia with the distant islands of New Zealand. We here are also very
long distances away from each other. So this group was designed to help us
to overcome this geographical isolation.
Somehow by the end of April 2003 the group transmogrified into an
international group. Over the years this group has been through a number of
distinct phases of development as it has gotten bigger and as we have had
to navigate our way through various controversies. We seem to have matured
in a good way through these processes. I have done my best as group founder
and moderator to shepherd it through. I have tried to maintain a culture of
transparency and openness to different viewpoints whilst supporting
respectful communication and severely limiting the use of this group for
the purposes of promotions or advertising. Sometimes some people have been
very unhappy with me but generally people seem quite happy and if voting
with your feet counts we now have 861 members from all around the globe.
Even with the advent of a number of constellation face book pages and
blogs, this group still remains strong. Nonetheless I don't expect it to
last forever. It will last as long as people find it helpful in a way that
works better than other alternatives. When it is meant to finish it will.
Meanwhile it still seems to be quite vibrant and lively. Any comments about
this -positive or negative or any suggestions for improvement are welcome.
If suggestions are made I would appreciate if people would consider how
easy they might be to implement and how much work might be involved. Also
it is worthwhile considering if you support the culture created here and to
consider the impact your suggestions may have on that as well.
I am looking forward to some interesting responses on our tenth anniversary
Cheers
and
Hasta la vista
Chris Walsh
Melbourne, Australia
ph +61 (0)3 9487 4647
www.cwalsh.com.au
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Tue Mar 19, 2013 10:06 am (PDT) . Posted by:"Claire Khudai Dagenais"
clairekhudaidagenaisHi Chris
I join my voice to many others to thank you for creating and for
continuing to keep this great forum going.
I seldom speak here, but listen quite intentely to what is said and
offered. I have learned a lot and continue sharing that with others.
With gratitude
Claire-Khudai Dagenais
Montreal, Canada.
Le 2013-03-19 12:43, Barbara Morgan a écrit :
Hi Chris,
I want to applaud you! I think you have done a fantastic job in fielding
this huge discussion group, drawing boundaries when necessary whilst
managing to keep the field open for all sorts of controversial and very
interesting topics. I'm sure you have had to deal with lots of flack that
we don't know about, quite apart from the ones we have been witness to and
I think you have demonstrated how to 'hold' an extremely large, somewhat
amorphous, virtual group!
With my stepping down from editing The Knowing Field, which at the moment
has quite an uncertain future, I think this group will become even more
important and I will continue to offer my support to keep it going, with my
somewhat sporadic inputs when I can find the time!!
Congratulations and heartfelt gratitude!!
Barbara.
On 19 March 2013 13:17, Chris Walsh <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
**
Hi all
We have now reached the tenth anniversary of Constellation Talk. I thought
it was a good opportunity to begin a reflection on where we have come from,
how we are doing and where we are going.
The very first message of this group was posted on February 15 2003,when
the group was started by me for people in Australia and New Zealand. It was
a natural place for such a group to start. We here in the south are so far
away from everyone else in our vast sparsely populated island continent of
Australia with the distant islands of New Zealand. We here are also very
long distances away from each other. So this group was designed to help us
to overcome this geographical isolation.
Somehow by the end of April 2003 the group transmogrified into an
international group. Over the years this group has been through a number of
distinct phases of development as it has gotten bigger and as we have had
to navigate our way through various controversies. We seem to have matured
in a good way through these processes. I have done my best as group founder
and moderator to shepherd it through. I have tried to maintain a culture of
transparency and openness to different viewpoints whilst supporting
respectful communication and severely limiting the use of this group for
the purposes of promotions or advertising. Sometimes some people have been
very unhappy with me but generally people seem quite happy and if voting
with your feet counts we now have 861 members from all around the globe.
Even with the advent of a number of constellation face book pages and
blogs, this group still remains strong. Nonetheless I don't expect it to
last forever. It will last as long as people find it helpful in a way that
works better than other alternatives. When it is meant to finish it will.
Meanwhile it still seems to be quite vibrant and lively. Any comments about
this -positive or negative or any suggestions for improvement are welcome.
If suggestions are made I would appreciate if people would consider how
easy they might be to implement and how much work might be involved. Also
it is worthwhile considering if you support the culture created here and to
consider the impact your suggestions may have on that as well.
I am looking forward to some interesting responses on our tenth anniversary
Cheers
and
Hasta la vista
Chris Walsh
Melbourne, Australia
ph +61 (0)3 9487 4647
www.cwalsh.com.au
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Tue Mar 19, 2013 10:07 am (PDT) . Posted by:"Tomás Kohn" tomas_kohnCheers
Chris! I will certainly down a glass of good Chilean Cabernet in a most
grateful and appreciative toast.
Your "thankometer" will reach high levels as many of CT's members
(actively or in the quiet of their hearts and minds) join the
anniversary's goodwishes. So, some more thanks from another place "down
south": thanks for creating this space and for your care, energy and
persistence in keeping and looking after it for all these years.
In this new discipline you have consistently maintained a space open to the
many different approaches to the work, whilst providing also the necessary
"order" (with the occasional and inevitable discrepancies). In this way you
show a living example of inclusion, openness and holding the space. I am also
certain that though few members speak out, there is a big listening audience
and for all, this has been a true resource, an excellent source of support
and development of the work, both for the English and non-English speaking
international Constellations Community.
Congratulations, heartfelt thanks and gratitude and best wishes to you and
for the continuation of CT's journey.
Tomás Kohn
Santiago, Chile
----- Original Message -----
From: Chris Walsh
To: ConstellationTalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 9:17 AM
Subject: [ConstellationTalk] TENTH ANNIVERSARY WHOOPEE!!! 861 members :-)
Hi all
We have now reached the tenth anniversary of Constellation Talk. I thought
it was a good opportunity to begin a reflection on where we have come from,
how we are doing and where we are going.
The very first message of this group was posted on February 15 2003,when
the group was started by me for people in Australia and New Zealand. It was
a natural place for such a group to start. We here in the south are so far
away from everyone else in our vast sparsely populated island continent of
Australia with the distant islands of New Zealand. We here are also very
long distances away from each other. So this group was designed to help us
to overcome this geographical isolation.
Somehow by the end of April 2003 the group transmogrified into an
international group. Over the years this group has been through a number of
distinct phases of development as it has gotten bigger and as we have had
to navigate our way through various controversies. We seem to have matured
in a good way through these processes. I have done my best as group founder
and moderator to shepherd it through. I have tried to maintain a culture of
transparency and openness to different viewpoints whilst supporting
respectful communication and severely limiting the use of this group for
the purposes of promotions or advertising. Sometimes some people have been
very unhappy with me but generally people seem quite happy and if voting
with your feet counts we now have 861 members from all around the globe.
Even with the advent of a number of constellation face book pages and
blogs, this group still remains strong. Nonetheless I don't expect it to
last forever. It will last as long as people find it helpful in a way that
works better than other alternatives. When it is meant to finish it will.
Meanwhile it still seems to be quite vibrant and lively. Any comments about
this -positive or negative or any suggestions for improvement are welcome.
If suggestions are made I would appreciate if people would consider how
easy they might be to implement and how much work might be involved. Also
it is worthwhile considering if you support the culture created here and to
consider the impact your suggestions may have on that as well.
I am looking forward to some interesting responses on our tenth anniversary
Cheers
and
Hasta la vista
Chris Walsh
Melbourne, Australia
ph +61 (0)3 9487 4647
www.cwalsh.com.au
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Tue Mar 19, 2013 10:10 am (PDT) . Posted by:"Rosalba Stocco"
rstocco@xxxxxxxxxxx heartfelt thank you Chris, for making this forum
possible, a glass of wine in your honour is definitely happening this evening!
I rarely speak, I always listen. :)
Rosalba
╲World peace will never be stable until enough of us find inner peace to
stabilize it╡
~ Peace Pilgrim
Rosalba Stocco, msw, rsw
34 Neeve Street
Guelph, ON N1H 4C1
519 827 0528
www.rosalbastocco.com
www.guelphfamilyconstellations.com
On 2013-03-19, at 1:06 PM, Tomás Kohn <tkohnr@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
Cheers Chris! I will certainly down a glass of good Chilean Cabernet in a
most grateful and appreciative toast.
Your "thankometer" will reach high levels as many of CT's members
(actively or in the quiet of their hearts and minds) join the
anniversary's goodwishes. So, some more thanks from another place "down
south": thanks for creating this space and for your care, energy and
persistence in keeping and looking after it for all these years.
In this new discipline you have consistently maintained a space open to the
many different approaches to the work, whilst providing also the necessary
"order" (with the occasional and inevitable discrepancies). In this way you
show a living example of inclusion, openness and holding the space. I am
also certain that though few members speak out, there is a big listening
audience and for all, this has been a true resource, an excellent source of
support and development of the work, both for the English and non-English
speaking international Constellations Community.
Congratulations, heartfelt thanks and gratitude and best wishes to you and
for the continuation of CT's journey.
Tomás Kohn
Santiago, Chile
----- Original Message -----
From: Chris Walsh
To: ConstellationTalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 9:17 AM
Subject: [ConstellationTalk] TENTH ANNIVERSARY WHOOPEE!!! 861 members :-)
Hi all
We have now reached the tenth anniversary of Constellation Talk. I thought
it was a good opportunity to begin a reflection on where we have come from,
how we are doing and where we are going.
The very first message of this group was posted on February 15 2003,when
the group was started by me for people in Australia and New Zealand. It was
a natural place for such a group to start. We here in the south are so far
away from everyone else in our vast sparsely populated island continent of
Australia with the distant islands of New Zealand. We here are also very
long distances away from each other. So this group was designed to help us
to overcome this geographical isolation.
Somehow by the end of April 2003 the group transmogrified into an
international group. Over the years this group has been through a number of
distinct phases of development as it has gotten bigger and as we have had
to navigate our way through various controversies. We seem to have matured
in a good way through these processes. I have done my best as group founder
and moderator to shepherd it through. I have tried to maintain a culture of
transparency and openness to different viewpoints whilst supporting
respectful communication and severely limiting the use of this group for
the purposes of promotions or advertising. Sometimes some people have been
very unhappy with me but generally people seem quite happy and if voting
with your feet counts we now have 861 members from all around the globe.
Even with the advent of a number of constellation face book pages and
blogs, this group still remains strong. Nonetheless I don't expect it to
last forever. It will last as long as people find it helpful in a way that
works better than other alternatives. When it is meant to finish it will.
Meanwhile it still seems to be quite vibrant and lively. Any comments about
this -positive or negative or any suggestions for improvement are welcome.
If suggestions are made I would appreciate if people would consider how
easy they might be to implement and how much work might be involved. Also
it is worthwhile considering if you support the culture created here and to
consider the impact your suggestions may have on that as well.
I am looking forward to some interesting responses on our tenth anniversary
Cheers
and
Hasta la vista
Chris Walsh
Melbourne, Australia
ph +61 (0)3 9487 4647
www.cwalsh.com.au
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Tue Mar 19, 2013 10:24 am (PDT) . Posted by:"Elmar Dornberger"
elmar_dornbergerDear Chris
Thank you for these ten years. I admire your dedication and endurance. So
much sharing and learning is happening here. It's all good.
With gratitude,
Elmar
Boulder
Colorado
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Tue Mar 19, 2013 10:38 am (PDT) . Posted by:"Stephan Knierim"Thank you Chris
and of course all of the other contributors to this forum.
Greetings and thank you notes will come from all over the world and I don't
want to leave Mexico out.
For me, CT is a continuous forum for learning, actualizing, sharing, reading
and more and more and more∑
One of the primary concepts I have learned here is that of The Field and its
immense wisdom and it has become very important for me in my daily life and
work.
Through the daily/weekly updates I keep on learning and marveling at the
enormous resource and importance of family and organizational constellations.
Thanks again.
Saludos!
Stephan Knierim R.
Director
INTELIGENCIA SISTEMICA SOWELU
MEXICO
www.inteligenciasistemica.com
On 19/03/2013, at 11:24, Elmar Dornberger <elmar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Dear Chris
Thank you for these ten years. I admire your dedication and endurance. So
much sharing and learning is happening here. It's all good.
With gratitude,
Elmar
Boulder
Colorado
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Tue Mar 19, 2013 10:56 am (PDT) . Posted by:"An Rubens"Dear Chris (and all
the other participants)
Thanks. I'm a member of this rich forum somewhere from 2005.
These conversations inspire and challenge me.
They started (within meself) a profound inner learning process, mostly not
visible at the outside.
For facilitating, guiding, organising and so much more.....THANK YOU.
According to Peter Drucker 'The task of leadership is to create an alignment
of strenghts, making our weaknessess irrelevant!'
Thanks, Chris, for being that leader. I feel blessed.
Kind regards
An Rubens
Belgium
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:-)
Thank you Chris and of course all of the other contributors to this forum.
Greetings and thank you notes will come from all over the world and I don't
want to leave Mexico out.
For me, CT is a continuous forum for learning, actualizing, sharing, reading
and more and more and more.
One of the primary concepts I have learned here is that of The Field and its
immense wisdom and it has become very important for me in my daily life and
work.
Through the daily/weekly updates I keep on learning and marveling at the
enormous resource and importance of family and organizational
constellations.
Thanks again.
Saludos!
Stephan Knierim R.
Director
INTELIGENCIA SISTEMICA SOWELU
MEXICO
www.inteligenciasistemica.com
On 19/03/2013, at 11:24, Elmar Dornberger <elmar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Dear Chrismuch sharing and learning is happening here. It's all good.
Thank you for these ten years. I admire your dedication and endurance. So
With gratitude,
Elmar
Boulder
Colorado
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Tue Mar 19, 2013 12:29 pm (PDT) . Posted by:"France Amala" sealionmagentaAs
Tomas Kohn said rightly
I am part of the listening audience and very appreciative of these talks
around constellation,I am learning a lot through these readings
thanks a lot mr Chris for ''holding the space''and long life to you and
this group
gratitude for your many wise input and for all who shared
France van der meerschen
(usually french speaking)
facilitator in québec ,canada
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Tue Mar 19, 2013 12:29 pm (PDT) . Posted by:"Rosabelle White Aguirre de
Rice"gracias Chris!!!!!! Le he mandado este link a muchos Consteladores
latinos. Of course it is English only thank goodness many of them can read
English well.
If you ever create a small list serv I trust your integrity.
Con cariño,
Rosabelle White Aguirre de Rice
Federally Certified Spanish Interpreter and Certified Medical Interpreter
Solutions@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
3036640852
Cell 7208389509
On Mar 19, 2013, at 9:19 AM, "Deborah Gavrin Frangquist"
<choices@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Thank you, Chris, for keeping this community such a wonderful resource.
These ten years have seen an enormous growth of on-line communication -
some of it wonderful, some pretty awful. Your attention and wisdom have
made this one of the most useful places I have for learning and community.
Deborah Frangquist
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Hi all
We have now reached the tenth anniversary of Constellation Talk. I thought
it was a good opportunity to begin a reflection on where we have come
from,
how we are doing and where we are going.
The very first message of this group was posted on February 15 2003,when
the group was started by me for people in Australia and New Zealand. It
was
a natural place for such a group to start. We here in the south are so far
away from everyone else in our vast sparsely populated island continent of
Australia with the distant islands of New Zealand. We here are also very
long distances away from each other. So this group was designed to help us
to overcome this geographical isolation.
Somehow by the end of April 2003 the group transmogrified into an
international group. Over the years this group has been through a number
of
distinct phases of development as it has gotten bigger and as we have had
to navigate our way through various controversies. We seem to have matured
in a good way through these processes. I have done my best as group
founder
and moderator to shepherd it through. I have tried to maintain a culture
of
transparency and openness to different viewpoints whilst supporting
respectful communication and severely limiting the use of this group for
the purposes of promotions or advertising. Sometimes some people have been
very unhappy with me but generally people seem quite happy and if voting
with your feet counts we now have 861 members from all around the globe.
Even with the advent of a number of constellation face book pages and
blogs, this group still remains strong. Nonetheless I don't expect it to
last forever. It will last as long as people find it helpful in a way that
works better than other alternatives. When it is meant to finish it will.
Meanwhile it still seems to be quite vibrant and lively. Any comments
about
this -positive or negative or any suggestions for improvement are welcome.
If suggestions are made I would appreciate if people would consider how
easy they might be to implement and how much work might be involved. Also
it is worthwhile considering if you support the culture created here and
to
consider the impact your suggestions may have on that as well.
I am looking forward to some interesting responses on our tenth
anniversary
Cheers
and
Hasta la vista
Chris Walsh
Melbourne, Australia
ph +61 (0)3 9487 4647
www.cwalsh.com.au
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