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Monthly Archives June 2007

Independent voices?

So, I take it from the lacuna in the online UU World article about which independent affiliate organizations were approved that the Unitarian Universalist Christian Fellowship was not. (I have it on good authority that the other Christian organization, The Magi Network, did not apply for renewal from the concern that it would not be [...]

Posted 30 June 2007 † Scott Wells § Unitarian Universalist Association ‡ Comments (15) °

Best links for June 29

Well, best for me, but I know some of you will like them too.

Michelle Murrain, writing from her Zen and the art of Nonprofit Technology blog, points out how the United States Social Forum is running on free and open source software. Fabu. Drupal and Linux (Ubuntu and Debian) love all around.
Several writers (here, [...]

Posted 29 June 2007 † Scott Wells § Church administration § Design and typography § Ethical shopping § Linux § Open § Pastoral care § Religious architecture § Ubuntu Linux ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Request: party planning checklist

Dear ones — does anyone have a shopping and check list for planning a reception — say for fifty adults — that you would be willing to share with me?

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Posted 28 June 2007 † Scott Wells § Church administration ‡ Comments (6) °

La la la la la la, la la la la la la la

If you’re a scant few years on either side of 40 and watched a lot of  public television as a child, you might remember a Spanish-English bilingual kids’ show called Villa Alegre.
Memory of it has been all but swallowed up but the title theme has been haunting me for years.
But Madre de Dios some good [...]

Posted 27 June 2007 † Scott Wells § Art and culture § Social networking ‡ Comments (0) °

Service of the Silent Tradition

Later. Someone who outgeeked emailed me to check — in so many words — if I had all the Microsoft codecs (coders/decoder) installed. I thought I had, but hadn’t. Bad Linux user. Automatix to the rescue. [2009. I no longer recommend this.] The Windows feed works clear as can be. (Will have to work on [...]

Posted 27 June 2007 † Scott Wells § Technology § Ubuntu Linux § Unitarian Universalist Association ‡ Comments (4) °

I thought I would do better

Only 67% Geek?

67% Geek
67%

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Hat tip: Dave “84%” Warnock (42)

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Posted 27 June 2007 † Scott Wells § Art and culture ‡ Comments (10) °

Skills I want: getting event insurance

Has anyone had experience getting event liability insurance (for a nonprofit)?

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Posted 27 June 2007 † Scott Wells § Church administration ‡ Comments (0) °

GA 2007: Service of the Living Tradition

Later still. I was blogging like a fiend during GA, only to drag afterwards. I thought I would promote this one entry — the most read and originally published June 21 to the top for reconsideration.
Later. Another fragment came through: the end of the Clarke Wells liturgical element — people were always confusing me for [...]

Posted 27 June 2007 † Scott Wells § Liturgy § Ministerial formation § Unitarian Universalist Association ‡ Comments (10) °

New Universalism message board

Brian Smith (The Beautiful Heresy) has started a universal salvation message board at http://euniversalism.forum5.com/index.php. Do take a look.

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Posted 26 June 2007 † Scott Wells § Universalism ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged:

Independent affiliates or not? The other shoe

The second session of the June Board of Trustees meeting has been over — if the schedule was followed — for about three hours. Any news about the independent affiliate organizations vote?

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Posted 25 June 2007 † Scott Wells § Unitarian Universalist Association ‡ Comments (1) °