Many of you have heard me talk about the fun I have being active with

Fast Company Magazine and the "Fast Friends Forum" or "F3" as we

commonly refer to ourselves.  WELL...the Fast Friends have put together

and are hosting a Summit on Community to be held April 8 and 9 at the

Aberdeen Woods Conference Facility (a fabulous place, wooded, wonderful

food, great facilities) just outside Atlanta.



The website for the conference is:



	http://www.newsalem.com/communitysummit



We are inviting 100+ people (an intimate crowd)  who have a world class

passion for building community (in other words, people like you).  The

purpose is to learn from each other what it is to Build, Sustain and

Celebrate Community in all areas; business, social, political, spiritual

and internet.  You all know that I believe that community building is a

core leadership competency for the future and that people are crying out

to connect in new ways and old ways.  That is why I am so excited about

this conference!



The Summit format is modeled on Open Space Technology by Harrison

Owen--lots of open, free flowing conversations with just enough

structure to keep things moving and get at the heart of what people came

to learn about and take away.



We are spreading news of this gathering by word of mouth only.  Feel

free to pass this on to anyone you know who has world class passion in

this area and might be interested.



The cost of the Summit is $750.00.  This INCLUDES Wednesday and Thursday

night lodging, meals on Thursday and Friday and registration.  That is,

it covers everything except transportation.



People who are coming (just to get you interested...:)



Marsha Shenk, Creator of the BestWork Discourse and the only person I

know so far who has developed a method to give people access to building

and sustaining community



Alphie Spears, Director of Net Business and Change Agent for BellSouth

and the person in charge of "Unleashing the Soul of BellSouth"



Bill Price, Webmaster, Technical Guru and Future Architect for BellSouth



Susan Rosenthal, VP Global Marketing, Citicorp



Tim Pearson, A Corporate Coach in Anchorage Alaska



Dwight Herperger, Former Researcher for the Royal Commission on

Indigenous Peoples, Canada



And that is just to get you interested.  It will be two days of pure

energy and focus and the Fast Friends love to dance, so I'm sure we can

do some community building on Thursday night as well! Don't forget, I'm

also the steward of fun!



So, sign up if this calls to you, pass it on to people whom you think it

will call to and call me if you have any questions! 555-555-5555



Much love,

[your name]



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F3 Summit on Community

April 8-9, 1999, Atlanta, GA USA

"Building, Sustaining, and Celebrating Community"



                    E=mc2



        Energy = minds in community2



   People                           Soul

                  Dialogue

         Diverse            Connected





If you resonate to these words, please visit



        http://www.newsalem.com/communitysummit





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If you can't access this web site, contact:



Bill Price (Summit Co-coordinator, East Coast)

Atlanta, GA

email: bprice@newsalem.com

(404) 249-5208 tel

(770) 889-9825 fax



Tim Pearson (Summit Co-coordinator, West Coast)

Anchorage, Alaska

email: tim_pearson@compuserve.com

(907) 562-1568 tel & fax