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Re: [CPF0000] The globalization of COMMON, or is this the right direction?

Trevor Perry wrote:
Aha! So you already KNEW about this, and forgot to tell Joe and Paul? I knew we would find the culprit soon enough.
Seriously, if this has all been predicted, why did no one DO anything about it? There is no point complaining about your house burning down if you were told that burning candles would start a fire.. 



Trevor,
They predicted Katrina, too. Remember? Futurists and historians can and do play all sorts of "What If" games and scenarios, but unlike elementary physics the variables (like Newton's Three Body Problem) mean that the outcomes are not 100% as predicted.
Predictions are only possibilities. Someone has to listen and take action. Sometimes one feels like Sisyphus and just gives up trying to tread what one perceives as quicksand.
By the way, I do want to say that I agreed with another of your posts (can you believe it, twice in one day!). COMMON is a great investment for both individuals and companies. I have to pay all of my expenses on my own time; if it wasn't worth the (for me) approximately $2500 every six months, I'd stay home. There is politics, but I stay out of that now. As long as the sessions are there and meet my needs, I'll keep coming back. In addition to that (and probably more than the sessions) are the personal contacts made there (yes, even you). The culture of COMMON from my perspective is not the politics, which can be found in any organization, but the sharing. More than once I've been able to call upon someone from COMMON to help me - and vice versa.
Finally, this thread originally started regarding one of the nominees for the COMMON board. I haven't seen it posted today, but the board of directors does not select the nominees. Heck, if that were true, I never would have been nominated, much less elected years ago! 


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