Presentation To Iowa
Why has your clubhouse obtained this system?
This system will enable you, the members, to communicate—in a new and exciting and economical way—with clubhouses all over the world.
Fountain House has used it to discuss with other clubhouses the thirty seven ICCD standards, to prepare for and follow up with national and international colleagues before and after colleague trainings and for many other high-minded to mundane purposes.
Just like in Star Trek, you can now interact with people in far off places, at no cost!
Perhaps the most rewarding part of using this system was the Standards Review process, which gave me the opportunity to learn and teach the meaning behind the 37 standards, clubhouse life and the clubhouse movement. I had the opportunity to talk with fellow members, staff and members and staff from other cities, states and countries about clubhouse and receive the praise and applause from doing a good job during this process: it reinvigorated my intellectual and creative pride.
I also liked the camaraderie that resulted from traveling with two staff members to Cleveland to install one of these systems and watching the reaction of the clubhouse in which we installed the technology.
And needless to say, the greatest fruit of my Standards review labor was the opportunity to travel to Britain to discuss clubhouse and clubhouse standards with colleagues from all over the world.
We hope you enjoy your new method of communication!
CRB
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