by Renata Reid, Subud California Chair
During the World Congress in Mexico, I joined one of the delegate meetings and had the good fortune to participate in two of a three-part workshop series called Revitalizing our Centers. Harris Wolfgang, Liza Ramey and Oswald Norton led the delegates in workshops designed to flesh out the core issues faced by each of our centers from around the world.
I was so impressed with the process I brought the workshop concept to our Regional Congress in Joshua Tree and shared it first with the Council and then again with the membership. We broke into groups to brainstorm on our common goals and then came back together to discuss corresponding action plans so that we can all start to envision the future of Subud California. These are the results:
Session One (Councilors for the region)
GOALS
- Educate members
- Create greater transparency
- Re-attract inactive members
- Create regional guidelines to attract new members
- Create space to deepen our spiritual growth
- Allow ourselves to be more fluid/ flexible about real estate
- Honor/ re-evaluate our changing needs
- Let go of the past
- Be a resource for centers
- Create new revenue streams for centers
- Set parameters for regional intervention
- Facilitate/ foster consensus on important principles
- Create better relationship between centers/region
ACTION PLAN
- Visioning Session
- Rebirth Halls!
- Timely helper support
- Revitalize International Invitations
- Use current equity to purchase properties with existing enterprises
- Create guidelines
- EXIT PLAN for properties
- Newsletter with center news and national updates
Session Two (Members)
GOALS
- Council participation
- Prepare/intend for growth
- Restructure use of Assets
- LET GO
- Community support for families
- Be more outward focused/visible
- Work with community
- Replenish our buckets
- Invite in community
- Educating and sharing history of Subud
- Encourage/increase awareness of Subud worldwide
- Be a self-sustaining center
- Foster spirit of collaborative stewardship
- Restore/ create/ beautify houses
- Create funds for paid jobs
- Attitude of abundance
- Utilize resources better
- Foster/deepen our latihan w/ more kejiwaan events
- Re-commit
- Foster a loving, safe community and communication
ACTION PLAN
- Guidelines for sustainability
- PAID center property manager
- Environmental sustainability
- Spiritual sustainability
- Move from inward to outward orientation
- Increase group harmony through group projects
- Champion/foster member initiatives
- Community outreach – street fairs
- Work on self
- Latihan for the world
- Artistic presentations in the world through SICA, SES, SD
- Enterprises in the world
- Utilize model centers
- Get together more OFTEN!
- Meet-up groups to share info about Subud