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rowuk · 01-05-2008, 06:28 AM

Let's look at what has happened in America. We also used to have factory bands and more community ensembles.
The problem seems not to be funding, although that is what would perhaps be required to get this started again. I see the problem as a growing lack of commitment. How many of our kids (or even us) plan ANYTHING medium to long term? Mine generally do not know on Friday what they will be doing for the weekend. To a certain extent, I have been able to prove to my kids that PLANNING well enough in advance can heighten the experience - regardless of venue. Can we run a band without commitment of the players, conductor, funders? Can we become proficient at anything without commitment?
The second "problem" as I see it is that if you haven't made any plans, electronic entertainment fills the gaps, further numbing our senses and robbing us of valuable time to think about our state. I used to be a road representative travelling from customer to customer. I often turned the car radio off and used that time to think about me, my wife, my family, my goals. it is amazing how uneasy some people get when robbed of external "irritations".
Then we can bring globalization into the picture. The globalized Robin, Ed or any of the rest of us are simply not available on a vital, continual basis for our COMMUNITIES (actually, this is the wrong word as the sense of commune is not key when globalized! A better term is found here: http://encarta.msn.com/thesaurus_561...ommunity.html).

Anyone that thinks that MONEY can pull us out of our "isolation" is WRONG. WE must seek "community", WE must invest locally, WE must battle the sense of consumption that is numbing our desire to communicate. When we are ready to deglobalize, we will open up opportunities for getting groups going - the seed for the way it used to be..........

Community
The word "community" has old roots, going back to the Indo-European base mei, meaning "change" or "exchange." Apparently this joined with another root, kom, meaning "with," to produce an Indo-European word kommein: shared by all.

We think the idea of "change or exchange, shared by all," is pretty close to the sense of community in organizations today. Community building is a core strategy for sharing among all its members the burdens and the benefits of change and exchange. (Juanita Brown)

01-05-2008, 06:28 AM	#4 (permalink)
rowuk Moderator Fortissimo User Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Germany Posts: 4,153	Re: Grass Roots Let's look at what has happened in America. We also used to have factory bands and more community ensembles. The problem seems not to be funding, although that is what would perhaps be required to get this started again. I see the problem as a growing lack of commitment. How many of our kids (or even us) plan ANYTHING medium to long term? Mine generally do not know on Friday what they will be doing for the weekend. To a certain extent, I have been able to prove to my kids that PLANNING well enough in advance can heighten the experience - regardless of venue. Can we run a band without commitment of the players, conductor, funders? Can we become proficient at anything without commitment? The second "problem" as I see it is that if you haven't made any plans, electronic entertainment fills the gaps, further numbing our senses and robbing us of valuable time to think about our state. I used to be a road representative travelling from customer to customer. I often turned the car radio off and used that time to think about me, my wife, my family, my goals. it is amazing how uneasy some people get when robbed of external "irritations". Then we can bring globalization into the picture. The globalized Robin, Ed or any of the rest of us are simply not available on a vital, continual basis for our COMMUNITIES (actually, this is the wrong word as the sense of commune is not key when globalized! A better term is found here: http://encarta.msn.com/thesaurus_561...ommunity.html). Anyone that thinks that MONEY can pull us out of our "isolation" is WRONG. WE must seek "community", WE must invest locally, WE must battle the sense of consumption that is numbing our desire to communicate. When we are ready to deglobalize, we will open up opportunities for getting groups going - the seed for the way it used to be.......... Community The word "community" has old roots, going back to the Indo-European base mei, meaning "change" or "exchange." Apparently this joined with another root, kom, meaning "with," to produce an Indo-European word kommein: shared by all. We think the idea of "change or exchange, shared by all," is pretty close to the sense of community in organizations today. Community building is a core strategy for sharing among all its members the burdens and the benefits of change and exchange. (Juanita Brown) __________________ Whenever I feel blue, I start breathing again.