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From: Steve Marshall <forumbahai@es.co.nz> Subject: Re: Letter of resignation Date: Monday, August 02, 1999 6:38 PM Sorry, I don't listen to individuals when they accuse others of being "weak in the Covenant". We *could* argue back and forth what the Covenant is and who is within it or not, but I don't want to. As Rachel seems to indicate, it just perpetuates "chaos - the second stage of community functioning where the pretense of unity in pseudocommunity has been given up for the unproductive clamour and clash of opinions." I think that the "program' you refer to is the Internet itself. Suddenly individual Baha'is aren't reliant on institutional events, magazines, functions and programs to communicate with each other. Formerly nearly all communication between individual Baha'is was through institutional channels. Now, alternate non-institutional channels are opening up and lateral communication, not just the hierarchical up-down stuff, is starting to flow. The network model of communication that favours people in the middle of the organisation who maintain lots of links, is coming into its own. The hierarchical model of communication, that gives power to the body isolated at the top of the pyramid, is no longer the only model around. So, welcome to the program! ka kite, Steve -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alison & Steve Marshall, Aotearoa | "Fanaticism consists in redoubling forumbahai@es.co.nz (New Zealand) | your efforts when you have forgotten Try: https://www.rightwords.co.nz/ | your aim." - George Santayana Homepage |