Intentional Community Group Discussion Report 6/26/06 - Sage Linden

Report #: 14

Name of Topic: Intentional Community Group to connect people and visions              

Name of Leader: Sage Linden

Names of Participants: 13 participants including Sage Linden, Mary Sylva, Michael Malone, Gayatri, Debbie, Lee, Charlotte, etc.

Previous story regarding this topic if there is one:

There was once SENIC (Southeast Network of Intentional Communities) where they held a couple of large sessions where communities gave presentations and had a potluck together.  They were recognized by the FIC (Federation of Intentional Communities). 

Highlights of Discussion (present story unfolding):

Sage Linden has created a yahoo group website/email listserv to provide an online space for people to have discussions, post their community visions, find a community vision they might want to help with, and to see other website resources and existing community websites.  Hoping to have a tour of existing WNC intentional communities in the fall.  There was discussion about different community aspects and a few specific community examples.  Some innovative ideas, book titles, and resources were shared among the group.

Future Action/Next Steps:

-Plan intentional community tour

-Get more people to post community visions to the website

-Start a book group reading a book about creating communities

-Have a meeting soon and Mary Sylva offered the space at the upcoming Center for Possibilities

Resources Required (who should be involved, finances, non-paid labour, other):

-Sage is running the group right now and no money has been needed so far.

Intentional Community Group Initiative Report, 6/27/06

Intentional Community Group

to Connect People and Visions

Champion: Sage Linden

Interested People: Cathy Holt, Michael Malone, Debby Cochran

Future Action: Yahoogroups: IntentionalCommunitiesofAsheville (listserv)

Already created and has links to FIC, etc.

* Get people to Post their visions!

Next Steps:

  • Hold meeting in July (advertise) Craigs list
  • Intentional Communities tour in fall (with carpools – ZimZam, Westwood Cohousing, Steve Arpin’s homestead) October?
  • Diana Christian’s extended Earthaven tour
  • Visioning potluck/meeting
  • Talk to organizers of Green Guilding tour, etc, Twin Oaks Communities gathering
  • ? of website

Resources Required:

None listed.