Theos-Talk Archives (February 2005 Message tt00358)

>I wasn't talking about astrology, per se; I was just using it as an 
>example of something that happened in the past. Dedicated "lodges" 
>could, for example, include discussion of ethical problems in developing 
>technology, how to create a stronger and more effective international 
>community, or, for that matter, inter-society networking.
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If it interests you; if you find it meaningful--go for it. Life is too 
short as it is. 

In our case: ethics, social justice, and building community are central 
to our interests here. These issues are well represented in HPB's 
writings. 

--j




Bart Lidofsky wrote:

>Jerry Hejka-Ekins wrote:
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>>>Essentially, you can only 
>>>be a voting member of one Lodge, but the National Lodge is not a Lodge, 
>>>but a discussion group.
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>>Have the rules changed? Can one be a member of a Lodge and of the 
>>National Lodge--even if you don't have a vote? 
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>	Here are the rules, as I understand them:
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>	1) You can only be a voting member of one lodge.
>	2) You can be a non-voting member of as many lodges as you want.
>	3) The National Lodge has no voting members (which means that, 
>according to the bylaws at least, it is NOT a lodge, in spite of its name).
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>>>I wanted to expand that out, and create online 
>>>"Lodges" specializing in a given topic (like Alan Leo's Astrological 
>>>Lodge), but got a cold shoulder from National (not that we can't just go 
>>>ahead and do it on our own).
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>>Astrology is making a comeback. I would get in touch with some of the 
>>better known astrologers, get their feedback, questions, anticipated 
>>problems, organizational and substantive issues etc. and work with them 
>>to put something together. If you do it that way, you won't have an 
>>organization looking over your shoulder and giving you a hard time about 
>>it.
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>	I wasn't talking about astrology, per se; I was just using it as an 
>example of something that happened in the past. Dedicated "lodges" 
>could, for example, include discussion of ethical problems in developing 
>technology, how to create a stronger and more effective international 
>community, or, for that matter, inter-society networking.
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>	Bart
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