Dear friends,
As of July 31, 2010 the Parks that are in conditions to carry out the works of School for the second and fourth groups are the following:
1 Red Bluff, United States, lacking a workshop, C of W unfinished, lacking C of S
2 Hudson Valley, United States, there is no webpage. C of W unfinished, lacking a workshop, and C of S
3 La Unión, Colombia, lacking a good broadband system, and C of S
4 Montecillo, Bolivia, lacking a workshop and C of S
5 Caucaia, Brazil. Lacking a C of S
6 Piribebuy, Paraguay. Lacking a workshop
7 Los Manantiales, Chile.
8 Punta de Vacas, Argentina
9 La Reja, Argentina
10 Carcaraña, Argentina, lacking C of S
11 Chaco, Argentina, lacking C of S
12 Patagonia Norte, Argentina, lacking remodeling the C of S and workshop
13 Toledo, Spain, C of W under construction
14 Attigliano, Italy, lacking C of S
15 Casa Giorgi, Italia, lacking C of S
16 La Belle Idée, France.
17 Mikebuda, Hungry, lacking a C of S
18 Berlin, Germany, use of buildings still to be determined
19 Kandharoli, India, C of W unfinished, lacking C of S and broadband
20 Banahaw, Philippines, lacking workshop and C of S
For a Park to operate the adequate conditions are: Commission, legalization, Personnel of the School, Buildings (C of W and/or C of S, workshop) and capacity for broadband connection to the whole.
There are other Parks and projects that have been in process in recent times but they are not in adequate conditions to carry out the works of School. After January 2010 we will reconsider this theme of the new Parks.
As of July 31st 2010 we consider only these 20 Parks as operating. We will not consider at this stage those still short of having the conditions.
The requirements just seen are those indispensable to be a Park. Those are the Parks in operation, and regarding the others we will see when they fulfill the conditions, after January 2011.
Regarding the autonomy of the Parks, we cannot speak of autonomy while there are no Parks. If they are autonomous, it means they do not have to ask for the opinion of others who are not in those Parks. It is precisely those Parks, not others, who decide about themselves. This autonomy will begin January 2011.
As for the Masters. Who are the Masters today? Those who have done the works of School. So, for a Park to be autonomous, it must fulfill the requirements already mentioned and have personnel of the School.
There is nothing to review regarding the first group. That is not the case with the second group, who are doing their things and who finish their process at the end of November. The third group never existed nor contributed anything. That’s how things are; nothing prevents the fourth group from starting. We have the names of the Masters from the first group. And those who begin their second group, we will know who they are on the 7th of August when they go to the 20 Parks. There are no others. They are real and are not lists that circulate.
We also know which are these 20 Parks that will work to turn-out new Masters. The first group already finished and the third group never existed. The second group, its tracks will be followed after 7 August and afterwards there will be an election with those who finish.
The theme is when to start the leveling for the fourth group. We will begin it next 14th of August (remember today is the 1st of August). Those who attend will follow in the tracks of the fourth group. The leveling could be shorter; two months. Each disciplinary step is worked for one week. The first quatern is given at the first meeting of the disciplinary process. Once again, we recommend doing these works at the Parks. By mid January 2011 we will have everything assembled. Masters with the works done and elected. Masters are Masters, whether they come from the first, second, or fourth group. And we can do the Final Examination and give the Ascesis with all of them, simultaneously. There we close that entire stage.
And what is the School? It is that ensemble of Masters with and in their respective places. And there, on giving that final examination with those last elements, we will say how the autonomous Parks will operate. This stage closes mid-January.
And it could be that in those two days in January we bring together all the people of the School; we could do it mid-January, in P d V. We will spread the people out in the places nearby the Park. P de V is a place of convergence in this case, but what counts is each Park. We could with time prepare a massive meeting for mid-January.
We are advising everyone about this and also about the milestones foreseen for the second and the fourth groups.
Autonomy of the Parks
It is those who put the Parks in motion, whether they make mistakes or not, that will make the decisions. Those are the people who are in charge and give the directions. And if they make mistakes they will clash with the people in the entire Park. It is not that one person takes charge on their own; it is those who have done the things, that is what corresponds.
When autonomy of implementation begins to develop the Parks will really be deciding. But we are not going to have a centralized organization; such a thing does not exist.
As far as can be seen, the Parks are working, and everything is very well with the people. Some Parks will be more acceptable than others, some situations more favorable, and that is all very well. The problem will be when people step on each other because of overcrowding (when they saturate). Then they will think of opening another Park. And it will be as though they start from zero. Here we have little space, they will say, and so we will open another Park. And in the future, the parks may do their own leveling and disciplinary processes, without asking anyone for advice.
It is very possible that the Parks will grow in that way. And no-one is more authorized to put a new Park in motion than those (who set it up). If there is sufficient strength, this matter of opening new Parks could gain significant thrust. It is interesting and just that those who put a Park in motion should take charge of opening new Parks. It has the flavor of justice; those who have set-up things and now decide to set-up new things, why not? It is not necessary to ask anyone for permission. And as of when? Whenever they want.
This is what has to do with the functioning at this stage. And we do not leave it in the hand of lists; people take it and do it or don’t do it.
Calendar
Second group:
Disciplinary Process
August 7: first quatern
September 18: second quatern
October 23: third quatern
December 4: postulation and entry to School
Fourth group:
Process of Leveling
August 14: first meeting
September 11: second meeting
October 9: third meeting and presentation of The Four Disciplines
Disciplinary Process
October 16: first quatern
November 13: second quatern
December 11: third quatern
January 8, 2011: postulation and entry to School
January 15 and 16: joint and exclusive meeting of Masters of the School in P de V
Pancho Granella; Karen Rohn; Esteban Boasso; Mario Rodríguez and Silvia Amodeo.
