Dear Friends of Wisdom,
Karl Rogers has suggested that we should hold a Friends of Wisdom Conference,
and a number of others have expressed their support for the idea. I too
support the idea of a conference. Karl has offered to help organize it,
and Bruce Lloyd has offered to look into whether it could be held at South Bank
University, London. If we do go ahead with the idea, a host of questions
arise. When? Where? What about funds? Who should
organize it? How do we decide? Should we turn ourselves into a
Society, or a Charity perhaps, in order to facilitate organizing the conference,
and getting funds for it? Do we, as Karl suggests, organize the conference
around an open forum and a set of seminars and workshops? Do we have some
planned talks?
Friends
of Wisdom is an international group with, at present, 119 members from 24
different countries, 60 members from the USA, 27 from the UK, 5 from Australia,
and other countries having members in ones and twos. Deciding where to
hold the first conference clearly poses a problem. Do we go ahead with
what has been suggested so far, and choose London? I am certainly prepared
to work with Karl and Bruce, and anyone else in the vicinity, to see what can be
done to have the conference in London, at South Bank University or
elsewhere. I am inclined to think we should aim to have the conference in
the summer of 2008.
What do you think?
Best wishes,
Nick
Dear Nick and Friends of Wisdom,
Perhaps, we should start thinking about holding a conference in the
future, where we can meet and discuss ideas in an open forum and a set of
seminars and workshops.
If you are interested in doing this, perhaps next year or the following
year, then I will be happy to help organise it, as well as contribute, and I
am sure that many other members of the list would also be interested.
What do you and others think about this?
Karl.