<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Thanks Rory.<div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>How are you? How have you been? What have you been up to?</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>THank you for the very nice suggestions. A Blaine II would be devine. It takes a bit of energy to put one on. The last event was mostly composed by a couple of people. And, we had O.net technology to enable connecting folks... we do have a list of people at the about us site that said they would like an O.net event. When we proposed the idea to the trustees last year, I was the only one in favor of this idea. Perhaps the idea would be newly welcomed. Katchina's idea of next summer is interesting. </div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>It's hard to imagine that it's been almost a year since we all said good bye at O.net. I've replaced my O.net time with more face to face time in my local community. The Peace Park is almost a reality. The trail goes in this summer. And, I'm now serving on the Elko Parks and Recreation Advisory Board. My grandson turned 3 years old this summer. Dave and I celebrated our 11th anniversary. I've had some major breakthroughs in my spiritual practice and have overcome what I considered some obstacles to my health. My 3 cats are well. And, life is basically good. So precious this human re-birth. So I work dilegently everyday to connect with others, cherish others and give whatever I can.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Love to you,</div><div>friends,</div><div>julie </div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><br></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><br></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><br></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><br><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><br><div><div>On Jul 30, 2008, at 10:56 AM, Rory Turner wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div>Its like old home week! First, love to all of you decent and creative people! </div> <div> </div> <div>Here are my two thoughts: </div> <div> </div> <div>1. Use the money to seed a conference like Blaine to follow up with and reconnect O-Net people, perhaps seeding future collaborations. That sounds like an appropriate use. </div> <div> </div> <div>2. Failing that, the money should either be returned to Omidyar, or donated with their consent to an organization that none of us has a stake or interest in. We could nominate organizations and vote via survey monkey. </div> <div> </div> <div>warmly, </div> <div> </div> <div>Rory Turner </div> <div> </div> <div><br><br> </div> <div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 3:06 PM, julie caldwell <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:motivate@frontiernet.net">motivate@frontiernet.net</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Thanks Brandon for your appreciative inquiry...<br><br>The balance of funds is approx $12,000. It came from O.net to honor<br> the work EFN did together, in particular our work in organizing the<br>Blaine conference. It was not given with any attachments or<br>stipulations as to how we used the funds.<br><br>EFN has a consensus policy and a communication policy. 100%<br> consensus. Or, 3 voices of consensus approving a communication that<br>is not negated by anyone else on the board. All links and<br>communications that are moving forward as EFN must be posted and<br>shared in this thread.<br> <br>As of last year the trustees were: Gerry, Ted, Julie, Laure, Michael,<br>and David<br><br>None were able to reach consensus on how to use the funds. The name<br>EFN which was a dba of YHY was released by YHY.<br><br> Funds are being held by the non=profit Youth Helping Youth, Inc.<br><br>EFN does not have a non-profit or business status of any kind. It is<br>a merely labeled name designated on a group of 6 people who currently<br>live in the US on planet earth.<br> <br>I appreciate Micheal and David's comments. Thanks for the b-day wish<br>Micheal. Glad to hear you are working with Theresa. Glad to hear<br>David is alive and well.<br><br>Love to all, julie<br> <div> <div></div> <div class="Wj3C7c"><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>On Jul 27, 2008, at 10:31 AM, Brandon CS Sanders wrote:<br><br>> I'm no longer on the board, but if I was I'd want to know: How much<br>> is the balance? Where did it come from? What explicit and implicit<br> > promises were given about what it would be used for?<br>><br>> On Jul 26, 2008, at 6:03 PM, julie caldwell wrote:<br>>> Hello everybody...<br>>><br>>> Hope you are all well.<br>>><br>>> Does anyone oppose giving up the name Emerging Futures Network and<br> >> the<br>>> balance of funds being held at Youth Helping Youth Inc?<br>>><br>>> Laure and I would like to use the name and the funds to persue our<br>>> work in developing a Network of Youth.<br> >><br>>> Gerry Gleason has given me a verbal okay over the phone. So if I<br>>> don't hear from anyone of you within 5 days, I'll assume you are okay<br>>> with this decision.<br>>><br> >> Thanks to you all,<br>>><br>>> Julie<br>>><br>>><br>>> _______________________________________________<br>>> EmergingFutures-Collaboration mailing list<br>>><br>>> Post: <a href="mailto:collaborate@emergingfutures.net">collaborate@emergingfutures.net</a><br> >> List info: <a href="http://www.emergingfutures.net/email-lists/" target="_blank">http://www.emergingfutures.net/email-lists/</a><br>>><br>>> To Unsubscribe<br>>> Send email to: <a href="mailto:collaborate-unsubscribe@emergingfutures.net">collaborate-unsubscribe@emergingfutures.net</a><br> >> Or visit: <a href="http://lists.people-link.net/cgi-bin/mailman/options/emergingfutures-collaboration/brandon%40beyondyes.com" target="_blank">http://lists.people-link.net/cgi-bin/mailman/options/emergingfutures-collaboration/brandon%40beyondyes.com</a><br> >><br>>> You are subscribed as: <a href="mailto:brandon@beyondyes.com">brandon@beyondyes.com</a><br>><br>><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>EmergingFutures-Collaboration mailing list<br> <br>Post: <a href="mailto:collaborate@emergingfutures.net">collaborate@emergingfutures.net</a><br>List info: <a href="http://www.emergingfutures.net/email-lists/" target="_blank">http://www.emergingfutures.net/email-lists/</a><br> <br>To Unsubscribe<br> Send email to: <a href="mailto:collaborate-unsubscribe@emergingfutures.net">collaborate-unsubscribe@emergingfutures.net</a><br> Or visit: <a href="http://lists.people-link.net/cgi-bin/mailman/options/emergingfutures-collaboration/rory.turner%40gmail.com" target="_blank">http://lists.people-link.net/cgi-bin/mailman/options/emergingfutures-collaboration/rory.turner%40gmail.com</a><br> <br>You are subscribed as: <a href="mailto:rory.turner@gmail.com">rory.turner@gmail.com</a><br></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div> _______________________________________________<br>EmergingFutures-Collaboration mailing list<br><br>Post: <a href="mailto:collaborate@emergingfutures.net">collaborate@emergingfutures.net</a><br>List info: <a href="http://www.emergingfutures.net/email-lists/">http://www.emergingfutures.net/email-lists/</a><br><br>To Unsubscribe<br> Send email to: <a href="mailto:collaborate-unsubscribe@emergingfutures.net">collaborate-unsubscribe@emergingfutures.net</a><br> Or visit: <a href="http://lists.people-link.net/cgi-bin/mailman/options/emergingfutures-collaboration/motivate%40frontiernet.net">http://lists.people-link.net/cgi-bin/mailman/options/emergingfutures-collaboration/motivate%40frontiernet.net</a><br><br>You are subscribed as: <a href="mailto:motivate@frontiernet.net">motivate@frontiernet.net</a><br></blockquote></div><br></div></div></body></html>