I deeply agree with Stephen's sentiments here, Chris. In a very real way
you've created a container of great strength and beauty - something of
transcendent value - to hold our explorations, our ponderings, our
questions and where we learn both powerful and respectful ways of
communicating with each other. It's now in hindsight easy to see the
trajectory, yet each step it took to get here was made with only that step's
ground in view - and sometimes perhaps not even that. It's become an
inspiring model and a huge accomplishment no matter what unfolds in the
future.
A deep bow of gratitude here from Edmonton, Alberta Canada.
Barbara
Barbara Ashley Phillips
Executive Coach, Mediator and Facilitator - Creative Attention Canada
780-465-1721 | www.co-creating.ca
-----Original Message-----
From: ConstellationTalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:ConstellationTalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Stephen Campbell
Sent: March-19-13 8:11 AM
To: ConstellationTalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ConstellationTalk] TENTH ANNIVERSARY WHOOPEE!!! 861 members
:-)
Dear 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:
**isolation.
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
we now have 861 members from all around the globe.
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
it will.
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
Meanwhile it still seems to be quite vibrant and lively. Any commentswelcome.
about this -positive or negative or any suggestions for improvement are
If suggestions are made I would appreciate if people would consideras well.
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
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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