The following came to me through Tom Atlee... I think there is an opportunity to use OST here, should anyone care to contact the Governor... Tom intends to do so with regard to his co-intelligence and deep democracy work...
best to all, glory Excerpts from http://www.governor.state.or.us/governor/speeches/s010907.htm Speech to Sustainability Forum September 7, 2001 by Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber, M.D. Thomas Jefferson... espoused what has been called the "politics of engagement," a model in which people work together in a spirit of cooperation to find common ground and solve mutual problems. The Jeffersonian model rests on the conviction that people are essentially reasonable, and will work to achieve the common good if they can agree on or be brought to understand what it is.... Nowhere does our current political structure offer a place where people can come together to balance the needs of the larger community.....[T]here is a gap in our system of governance -- a gap that has everything to do with our ability to create a sustainable future.... What government [currently] does not do very well.... is to bring people together to solve problems - especially when the problems are complex and the solutions require the participation of many people.... [I]t is now time to build the structure that will give us a place to come together to solve the problems and seize the opportunities of today that our current government system cannot or will not address... 1. Telephone by calling: Governor's Citizen Representative Office at (503) 378-4582, 24 hours 2. Mail by writing to: Governor John Kitzhaber State Capitol Building 900 Court Street NE Salem, OR 97301-4047 3. Electronic Correspondence instead of email there's a form at <http://www.governor.state.or.us/governor/mail/mailform.html> that's limited to 800 words * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu, Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html