There are more than 100 IONS members in the state of Alabama, but until now there has been no IONS Community Group where like-minded persons can meet face-to-face to share, explore, pursue, and promote ideas, interests, purposes, and values of the Institute of Noetic Sciences.
- What is an IONS Community Group?
- Why join a Community Group?
- Community Group Purpose and Principles
- More About IONS Community Groups
A Virtual IONS Community Group
IONS members are spread out, throughout the state. Some are located in urban areas, e.g., Hunstville, Birmingham, Montgomery, and Mobile, but many others are in smaller towns and rural areas, as I am. Since there was no IONS Community Group in Alabama when I became a member in 2006, I contacted Linda Hassler, our IONS regional coordinator who invited me to organize one. I obtained an IONS membership list for Alabama and sent a letter to a sample of IONS members proposing a virtual IONS Community Group which would
meet on the internet. No one responded. Eventually, I found OLLI at Auburn University where I have been leading classes on IONS-related topics for the past several years.
However, from time to time I would receive a message from our IONS regional coordinator, Linda Hassler with the name of someone in Alabama interested in IONS. Recently, one of those persons invited me to meet with a group in Montgomery. More than twenty attended the meeting; they were intersted, wanting to know more about IONS. As a result of my visit, a number began to form the first real IONS Community Group in Alabama.
I offered to help them in any way I could, including revisiting the idea of a virtual IONS Community Group for Alabama. And so IONS-AL was re-conceived and a website and a blog created where IONS members statewide could meet virtually-- rather than face-to-face--to share, explore, and pursue IONS-related topics, interests, and purposes. During 2011 with the help of others, I hope to foster the organization and development of IONS-AL.
Join IONS-AL, Visit Often, Comment, & Contribute
Please join IONS-AL; visit the website and blog, often; add comments on blog posts; and contribute content to the website and blog.
I intent to post to the blog, offering ideas and suggesting ways in which IONS members throughout the state can come together, virtually.
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