1998-07-16 Richard Moore ———————————————————————— Date: Mon, 13 Jul 1998 To: •••@••.••• From: “Mike Nickerson, Inviting Debate” <•••@••.•••> Subject: Re: “Bear River Sessions” cont. Greetings Citizens for a Democratic Renaissance: Jan has asked for brief introductions. >What are you/your group involved in? Guideposts for a Sustainable Future, (the Sustainability Project) is involved in clarifying the choice … Read more
1998-07-14 Richard Moore Dear rn friends, Many thanks to Jan for her reports on the Bear River sessions, introductions of the participants, etc. She shared some very general comments about the conclusions we reached, but did not really attempt to report on the substantive discussions, nor the detailed thinking and conclusions, perhaps to give me … Read more
1998-07-13 Jan Slakov Date: Sat, 11 Jul 1998 15:00:12 -0400 To: •••@••.••• From: Bill Ellis <•••@••.•••> Subject: Re:Introductions Jan asks for introductions: I (Bill Ellis) am a physicist, futurist, farmer, living in the house is was born in in a small Maine town (1000) in the lake, mountin forest, region on the Canadian border. My … Read more
1998-07-13 Jan Slakov Greetings, July 13 Just a quick note: In case you were wondering, I don’t plan to put everything else on hold while we post a long series of introductions to people on this list. Indeed, as we explore ways and means of doing the work we have set out for ourselves, some … Read more
1998-07-12 Jan Slakov Nergis Irani is a housewife and environmental activist in Dahanu (just over 100 km north of Bombay on the west coast of India). I am sure that, reading the brochure from the Dahan Takula Environment Welfare Association (DTEWA) below, many of you will find, as I did, that her experience has much … Read more
1998-07-12 Jan Slakov Dear rn list, July 12 In discussions at the Bear River workshop, it became clear that a big part of our efforts, at least for now, will be educational in nature. One of our aims is to help people gain a better understanding of how the corporate elite agenda is being pushed … Read more
1998-07-09 Jan Slakov Dear rn list, July 8 First, I think it is important to share some decisions we reached on terminology: The name “CADRE”, which was an interesting acronym for “Citizens for a Democratic Renaissance” is no more. “CADRE” and the word “manifesto” have too many unwelcome associations for many people so we felt … Read more
1998-07-08 Jan Slakov Dear Renaissance Network subscribers, July 8 The “Bear River Sessions” are now over.(A note about the name: We thought of calling these the “Bear River Sessions” as we chuckled over how, from a certain perspective, our effort ressembles that of the corporate elites we object to: a small elite meets with a … Read more
1998-06-27 Jan Slakov Dear friends, This is Richard Moore, still sharing Jan’s email account in Nova Scotia. Mark Whitaker sent in this very interesting article from the LA Times, which I’d like to share with you. It talks about a growing opposition from ‘the right’ to corporate globalization. It reminds me of one of Carolyn … Read more
1998-06-24 Jan Slakov (From Richard K. Moore @Jan’s) Dear friends, This is Richard using Jan’s email system, as I haven’t been able to get my mac to connect while on the road. It is _so wonderful to get to know Jan in person after all these months of intense email collaboration. She is a _gem … Read more