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Comment by Kim Edwards (CCAL30)

Author: Kim Edwards (CCAL30) (777)
Date posted: Wed, 09 Aug 2006 19:21:55 PDT
Comment on: Chicago July 20-22, 2007 (26)
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When I came back from the July conference, I told people as much as I could about the experience and relayed that I achieved every goal I'd had. So many people said, "Yeah, but what's going to happen now that you and everyone else are back in the real world."

So far, what's happened for me is that I've:

  1. gotten newspaper and magazine subscriptions
  2. started plans for a New Year's Virginia Beach conference
  3. tossed around going to Mexico for the Taxco conference
  4. told people I'm writing a book based on information I shared and Rich Henry and others said I need to share with the world.

What I haven't done is:

  1. start writing the book
  2. keep in close contact with all of the people I wish I had ... though we all have communicated at least once, so I might be being hard on myself
  3. change the world
  4. keep up on anyone's projects except EFN.

What I'd like to see happen at the next conference I attend/help generate is:

  1. everyone who wants to do so state their individual goals
  2. a voluntary buddy system that works on helping each other achieve those goals during the conference and afterwards
  3. beautiful connections, collaberations, and ideas, as I saw and experienced at the July 06 conference.

I'm feeling this HUGE sense of community and love right now. Here we are starting to plan something that's 11 months from now because we want to get it just right for EVERYONE, not just ourselves.

Pats on the back and even bigger hugs all around.

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