Posted by Lou Pilder on August 14, 2008, at 18:25:46
In reply to Re: Lou's reply to Marty-ihnwthdhanu? » Lou Pilder, posted by Marty on August 14, 2008, at 12:40:53
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> > What I see in your text here is a vision. You could add me to the contributor base, but my vision is that a community is a {structure} and that a structure could be rehabilitated or dismantled and rebuilt. What could be your vision on that?
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> My vision on that agree with yours about a community being rehabilitated and transform. And I think life proved millions of time that a project injected in a community, if embraced and shared by the community members, can fortify the community or even resurrect a community spirit and dynamic. While some are bad example: a couple that decide to have a baby to resurrect their unhappy couple = bad idea. or a nation which fortify themselves behind an evil/destructive project = also very bad (WW2 Germany comes to mind).... but when the project has positive potential and isn't only started to sublime the fact that members of the team/community doesn't get well together and [other criterion] .. well I'm having difficulty finding something more salutary to a community which feels lost than a common new project that enrich or renew the purpose of this community: Energy(activity) level is increased, links/relations between people get stronger as the new purpose inspire again.. members retention level is MUCH improved and theres always more new members the next month than the last .. until plateau .. there's many variables and conditions to meet for that too happen that well .. but that's called a challenge and that's also part of why a project is good for a sleeping/bored community ! .. that would be my vision on how to rehabilitate a community. I'm aware that there is other things that can helps.. but not to the extend of a common project.
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> What do you think ?
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> /\/\artyMarty, You wrote,[...My vision..agree(s) with yours..a project if embraced and shared by the ..members..,can...I am having difficulty finding..other than a common new project..].
The concept of a common project sometimes IMO can be counterproductive to the goals of rehabilitating oe rebuilding a community. But to rehibilitate generally means to restore to what was the original, such as to rehibilitate a building that was damaged in a flood.
Another aspect of communities that I am interested in is in dismantling a community and rebuilding the community to a new community that differs from the original. This could be like if a city was alowed to degrade and eventually was left to become ruins because of neglect or mismanagement. Here in the city that I am in there are neighborhoods of abandoned houses that are not maintained and crime and fires are there and the buildings are approaching falling down. One way would be to rehabilitate the houses and another would be to dismantle them and rebuild a new community. My question there could be as to what could be the end result of rehabilitating verses dismantling and building a new community so that what was of the original could not be seen. Another way could be a combination of restoration and dismantleing or something else.
But back to the common project. There are criteria used from historical paralles that could show as to if a particular commion project could or could not be benificial to the community as you have written about here.
You asked,[...What do you think?...]
I think that if you can dream it you can do it...
Lou
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