When is a party not a party?
When the party is a work assignment or a class assignment or some other duty, then it is not a party but another sort of thing.
Nevertheless, it is still a party. It is supposed to be fun like a party, the guests are hoped to enjoy themselves and it would be desirable if other "party-like" things happened — lfor example community, networking, and synchronicities.
The Summer Party will be held on July 11. Times to be set, activities to be planned, menues to be announce.
On the day before, many kinds of preparations will be conducted, some of them at the Seibu Kominkan, where we are holding a large Cookie Baking session sponsored by The Cookie Club.
The message is that the world is changing faster and faster. The pace of technical change is "exponential" and yet we can not show that more advanced technology does anything to improve anyone's life. The fax is good enough for many kinds of communication — and since it is fast and easy to master, that makes it better than most technologies that exclude, that require training, sophistication, and experience. And the people who are good at the technology coordinate a lot of us — and that has a way of subordinating us to the technology in a way that is disempowering. The Christmas Party and the other hand-made communication events are a small effort to really promote human communication and networking, community building, and self-empowerment.
Please check back if you are interested in the Party thread.
Vandy