Emotional springcleaning #2

I will attend the springcleaning for our household. I don’t have anything particular to share beforehand. What Alberto shared here before, really resonates with me. It can be really nice to read something that has been in the back of your mind, but without finding the right wording to it. Thanks @alberto!

I hope I’ll make it in time for the session. Jeroen’s working days can be quite unpredictable. Not ideal to drop in late for this one, I’ll do my best!

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I noticed, dear @Hannah , that you and I have agreed on many issues over the course of the past 1.5 years. Long may we continue to do so! I am comfortable with being in the minority, but even more so when I find company there.

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Dear Reeflings,

We received an email from David, saying that he is stepping back from facilitating the Emotional Springcleaning session.

Edit You can look up the email in the Proton mailbox.

David also sent an email to recommand a colleague facilitator who is experienced in this type of work and fully comfortable leading sessions in English: Matthias - who is available and agreed on the terms. He found it important to recommand someone of high quality, especially given the time and energy we have already invested in preparing the event.

He shared Matthias e-mail address, but no family name.

I feel really suprised; I didn’t see this one coming. I understand that it is short notice, but could you vote in the poll below to see who would like to have the session with this Matthias.

Pinging everyone who was enrolled for the session: @AlinT, @GaultierDWM, @Hannah, @Lee, @LuciaM, @Manoj, @Sophie_B, @Wenwei, @alberto, @els, @joannes, @mieke, @ugne
Off course other Reeflings are more than welcome too!

If you could vote by Tuesday 9 December before 10 pm, that would be great! :slight_smile:

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  • I am ok to have the Emotional Springcleaning session with Matthias (same place & time)
  • I am not ok to have the Emotional Springcleaning session with Matthias for now
  • I am ok to have the Emotional Springcleaning session with Matthias, provided that … (share in a comment)
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hi @liesbet

I personally would prefer not to have this postponed a second time.
Would you mind posting this in the FM signal chat with a deadline, in order to have a quick feedback so - hopefully - we can maintain this date?

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Hi Liesbet, I took the liberty of editing your post because sharing on a public website an email that was sent to someone’s inbox is not the thing to do, unless you ask for the sender’s consent before sharing.

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Thanks, Alberto. I didn’t think about the fact that this is a public website.

Hi Els, I also prefer to keep the date rather than postpone.
I hope people will read it here; I think there is no need to involve all Reeflings. I guess people who didn’t want to or couldn’t make it with David, will not attend a session with another facilitator neither.
Otherwise I will dm them.

I voted “yes, provided that” … Matthias gets a decent briefing.

Hi @joannes, thanks for your vote. What would you like him to be briefed on?

Good question: Why, who, when, what, where, how? I don’t exactlty know what he needs to know.

So I would like to turn it around: What do you need (to know) from us in order to make this session a succes? What do you think?

Perfect

Dear all, I’m fine with continuing the session, and I’d like us to discuss our current group dynamics. Personally, I find that the discussions in this thread are creating distance between me and the Reef, which I find unfortunate. While Lee has shared with us her perspective in recent meetings, I would like to invite everyone to share openly: How are you experiencing our current dynamics, how do the discussions on Edgeryders feel to you, and what do you think could we improve?

I have been thinking if we wouldn’t benefit from having certain rules for ER -like a style guide ( e.g. don’t use a public ER forum for addressing a conflict with someone, choose to express deep or unsettling feelings in a meeting rather than online; if you are angry and on the keyboard, choose a private message etc.). I am also not ok with the way things unfold sometimes.