Want to find others in our community that share
some of your interests? Want to choose with whom you develop relationships? Now
you can very easily!
We have begun "Community Weaver", our
intentional network of sharing interests with others in our community. To
participate you only need to want to share your interests with others, to "step
up to the plate" and to make your email address available to those who inquire
about interests that you share. You do not need to be a member of Living Water
Unity (for example, you might be participating only in Arvada Spiritual
Cinema, which meets at the church), you do not need to have any "expertise"
in your areas of interest. You choose with whom to share your time and your
interests.
Here's how it works:
Register your interests by selecting the
"Register" link above. This will open an email message addressed to
livingwaterunity@comcast.net
with the Subject line "Community Weaver Registration". Include your name,
address and phone number to allow our database administrator to update our
database with current information. Your address and phone number will
NOT be released to anyone, it is only to ensure that we have current contact
information for you.
State your interests in the body of the
email, as many as you wish, of those things that you would like to share
with others. These might include dog walking, working out, going to the
movies, learning/speaking Italian, discussing the latest discoveries of
astronomy or particle physics, philosophical issues or approaches, going to
football games, whatever. Your information will be updated with those
listed interests. They can be changed at any time, simply come back to this
page, select "Register" and fill in the appropriate changes (again verifying
your then-current address and phone information).
This registration or re-registration will
immediately stimulate an inquiry for those interests listed by others in the
community. The result of this inquiry will be a list of people that share
interests with you; if you have five different interests "registered", a
list of eight people may come up, some of which may share one particular
interest while others may uniquely share some interests that you registered.
This list of possible respondents will NOT be made available to you, for
reasons of confidentiality that you'll appreciate in a moment. But those on
the list will be sent an "inquiry" email stating that you have expressed one
or more interests shared with them. Those emailed will also not know who
else receives this same email -- i.e. all of their addresses are placed in
the Blind CC: address block of the email.
The recipient of the inquiry email will see
the name of the inquirer and the inquirer's email address in the "To:"
address block -- not their phone number or their address (for reasons of
confidentiality). The recipient can then "reply all" to the inquiry email (a
"reply" will only send the response to the sender -- our database
administrator -- not the inquirer). All others listed in the Blind CC:
address block will NOT receive your response. If the recipient chooses not
to respond to the inquiry email, for whatever reason (he doesn't know who
the inquirer is, or doesn't have time right now to develop any other
relationships, etc, etc,), then "no harm, no foul". But if the recipient
wants to explore further what interests are shared, she can reveal whatever
about herself she is comfortable with in the reply email. In
responding the recipient is revealing her email address only if that is what
she chooses.
This process is designed to maintain the
maximum of confidentiality of each person's information, revealing only
one's email address and what other information is chosen for any particular
situation by each participant. In today's cautious social environment,
it is perfectly acceptable to state that you are not comfortable with a
potential relationship at whatever stage that discomfort arises. Each
participant in Community Weaver "signs on" with the understanding
that either party may choose to "drop out" of any developing relationship
with no questions asked and no reason necessary. Develop your reliance upon
your Inner Guide to let you know whether a relationship deserves to be
pursued or not. Developing this ability will, by itself, justify your
participation in Community Weaver.
At any time you may inquire for another
interest that you would like to explore. This will also update your list of
interests so that if others later inquire about that interest, you'll be
notified.
To repeat, but from a "registrant'"
perspective: If someone registers an interest that you have registered to
share, you'll receive an email introducing that person with both their email
and our database administrator's email address "exposed". The particular
shared interest will not be shown -- this will allow each of you to find out
the various interest that you share, those registered and those not. If you
want to explore the interests that are shared, "reply all" and state your
name, what interests you might want to share, etc. Proceed with the
development of the relationship as your inspiration guides you.
There are lots of new friends in our community
just waiting for you to share your interests with them. Have fun in your
discovery! Thank you for participating in Community Weaver.