Keeping the Community Alive
Join a new discussion to help build the future site of this vibrant community. There's much to be done and we need your commitment, vitality, and passion.
The outpouring of support we've received since announcing the end of the Rockridge Institute has taken us on a roller-coaster of emotions. Thank you so much for your concern, offerings, and words of assurance. We have been and will continue to be motivated by these bonds of fellowship that span the globe.
Now is the time for you to take ownership of this community. We can't keep it going any longer for all the reasons mentioned already. So it will be up to you to build the bridge to tomorrow. People from Rockridge will help get things rolling and offer our insights from the experience of creating Rockridge Nation. The responsibility will be in your hands. Here's what you need to do:
- Join this Google group that has been set up by one of our members, etbnc, to facilitate the discussion: http://groups.google.com/group/rockridge-annex-temporary
- Over the next few weeks this group will decide what the next steps are. You can help shape the future of this community!
This is going to be an organic process so it's hard to say what will happen. We want to keep the momentum alive during this "handing off of the reins" so our goal is to try to reach a consensus by the middle of May. When the group gets a new blog site up and running Rockridge will post an announcement here to let others know where to go.
Again, thank you for all of your help in making this community a success. From here on out, it's going to be an experiment in social change.
Best,
The Rockridge staff
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Bullshit
Don't start a group. Start a blog. I'll come around, but I won't participate. I'll stay around long enough to get my daily fix on framing. But Groups???? I don't think so...
a stepping stone
As Joe suggested, a Google group was just a quick and easy way to create a "stepping stone", a path to something else.
Folks there are doing some lively brainstorming about options and possible projects. Please visit and share your thoughts.
http://groups.google.com/group/rockridge-annex-temporary
Cheers,
etbnc
New! Read more closely
Rather than cursing on this site and getting upset, it might be worthwhile to look closely at what the group is doing. The purpose is to CREATE a blog. The group is organizing to figure out what the blog should be, how to structure it, and who will administer it.
Creating a blog is a process for a community this large. The group is a forum to figure out what the blog will be.
So just chill out and take a breather. No reason to get bent out of shape.
- Joe