Dear Colleagues,
With a little prompting, we have gathered information from nearly everyone. I am one who required prompting! We think it is auspicious that cooperation has been so good. The kind of information provided has been diverse and often informally presented. Some have already sent directly to everyone. This is a good introduction to how we can communicate and how the platform can be used. We have added a little in some cases. Obviously, much more information about many of the organizations you represent is available on the web. Writing up what we have does not mean that the door is closed to others. The door is wide open. If you know other organizations that might like to join with us, please invite them. And if you think of individuals who might be interested but are not members of any of our organizations, jot that down. Up to this point our focus has been on reaching out to organizations that are part of the process movement. Whether or not to work with individuals who do not represent or are not members of an organization is our next big decision.
We hope you will enjoy looking through the attachment or information on the Google drive. Even if no one of us is achieving very much, let’s all claim that “we” are doing a lot. And let’s all think about what more we can do together.
Working together is already happening. An example. Pando Populus has launched its new Pando Days initiative for 2021, bringing higher educational institutions together with the focus of implementing Los Angeles County’s excellent sustainability goals. One of the Pando Days projects from among last year’s sterling initiatives proposed innovative solutions in creating affordable dwelling units. This caught the eye of Michael Witmer who leads the Cobb Institute’s work in Pomona. Pomona has a large homeless population and may build a factory to make tiny houses and take advantage of work made possible by the Pando Days partner. That way more Pomonans will have jobs and the money spent on housing can circulate in the city. Michael is now a key player in planning for Pando Days ’21 with a Pomona-specific opportunity.
Now, the big job is to set up a platform where stories like this and many other things can be shared. Richard is eager that this be a collective operation. He will be asking a few people to work with him. But, again, if you would like to help or know someone who would, PLEASE.
Even before the platform exists, we can communicate with one another. Let us know if you are holding a conference to which all are invited or have news you want to share. We’ll do what we can.