This page presents the unfolding of the process of calling for and making this Learning Village happen. It aims to keep the participants and anyone interested in the flow in a simple way. Here you will find those key dates, information and announcements updated in reverse chronological order (the newest ones are on top).
April 19, 2020
Community sense-making call |
The village gathered once again in a Zoom call hosted by Anne-Laure and Jane. Much had been happening in the world and to each of us. We colletively shared based on two questions:
How does the story of the Village mirror the larger collective story of Now? What did the Village practice that has value for the larger story of Now? Visit this link for harvest document of the call. |
March 23, 2020
The last one of us arrived home safely |
For most of us, our way home was much different from what we imagined when we left for the village. To some of us, even the destination for home was changed. The village finished when the last national borders were closing and the final commercial flights to carry people to their home countries were taking off around the world. With support of the collective group and the Assistance Fund, everyone finally got home safely. David was the last one, he sent a photo of his smile from a bus ride to his hometown in Austria.
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March 20, 2020
Economy circle and official closing of the learning village |
As the commitment was made when the village collectively decided to change the ending date of our gathering, on this day, we marked this closing with a gratitude and economy circle, and a final round of Open Space in which we brought forward the next steps after this village. The day ended with a wonderful buffet dinner that all the villagers and the resort people shared together. It was also a chance for us to show our appreaciation and share a part of the Abundance Fund to Nguyen's family who run the resort, all the volunteers, the staff and the dogs.
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March 19, 2020
Online village check-in with the energetic field |
Narayan called for an Open Space session with the energetic field - all those who coud make it to the village in Tam Ky, and those who needed to stay at home. Here is harvest of the call.
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March 18, 2020
Closing date of the village was changed |
Uncertainty and anxiety arised again in our circle when, in many countries, borders were being closed, flights were cancelled, our way home after the learning village became rare and expensive. After a circle of sharing what was going on, a triangle was formed to make a proposal about the ending of the village. The triangle played a round of Flow Games, came up with a proposal that we would end the village one day earlier than planned, consequently, the logistics and economy triangles needed to adjust our plans for a proper closing on March 20th.
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March 15, 2020
The 1st AoH Asia Learning Village officially started |
Finally, 30 of us were present, looking at each other in the eyes for the first time in the morning of March 15th. We opened the village with a ritual to connect with ancestors of the land and the sea, showing our gratitude for being welcomed and held there, despite chaos going on in the world.
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Mar 11, 2020
Changing location for Learning Village |
Our main venue in Triem Tay village decided to temporarily close their business due to COVID-19, which made the decision clear that we had to switch to a new location or cancel the village. The day before, some members of Local hosting triangle weaved their magic and got in touch with Tam Thanh Natural Beach Resort - located in the same province with Triem Tay village. They are willing to support us not only in term of providing a location for the village, but also helping us to comply with government's safety orders during our stay. Shared car trips were quickly arranged and luckily nobody had to change their flying schedule.
The first group of us arrived right on this day to start preparing for the village and a Flow Host traing that would start on Mar 12th. This is the day we all felt eternally grateful for the magic of life. |
Mar 10, 2020
Emergent Community Sensing call |
With coronavirus breaking out in more and more countries, the whole learning village was facing high degree of uncertainty, which led to many questions: Can the village still take place? Who can join? Where should it happen now? Seeing the urgency for collective and individual decisions to be made, Trang Hippo called for an emergent community meeting. The call was hosted by Helen, and joined by 17 members. At the end of the call, some of us decided to continue to participate physically, some wanted to keep connection online, and some stepped back. We also discussed about back-up plan for location.
Check out the harvest. |
January 10, 2020
Community call among participants |
This is the 3rd community call and the 1st among participants of the Learning Village so far to start our co-creation process. This call is a transition from having all the work done so far by the calling team to letting it self-organized by the whole community. Triangles were introduced for different domains of work to be done.
Read the invitation. Check out the harvest. |
December 23, 2019
Invitation for Crowdfunding was launched |
This is a call to the community to support practitioners who have strong desire to join the Learning Village yet struggle to cover the cost of transportation and accommodation to come here.
More info on Go Fund Me campaign page. |
November 20, 2019
Steve's first visit to Triem Tay village |
Besides Trang who is the local Vietnamese in the calling team, Steve was the first one to pay a visit in person to Triem Tay, where the event will happen. He was deeply touched by the local community and could see why this is a special place for our learning village. You can read his sharing here.
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November 11, 2019
Official invitation was launched |
After months of sensing the needs and defining principles of organizing and working with economy, the official invitation to join the 1st Asia Learning Village was finally launched and shared with community of practitioners.
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June 3 & September 2, 2019
1st & 2nd Community Call |
Two community Zoom calls were hosted with all interested practitioners to sense the needs from the community and invite for future co-creation of the Learning Village. Here is harvest of the 1st call and the 2nd call.
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February 12, 2019
Learning Village Wisdom Call |
We called for a support conversation with stewards who had experience hosting a learning village and four of them responded: Mary Alice, Ria, Helen and Marjeta. A Zoom call was organized to hear from their stories and wisdom. This is harvest from the call.
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January 19, 2019
Callers coming together |
This day marked the official birth of the 1st Asia Learning Village when all four callers (Narayan, Steve, Mel and Trang) got together for our first Zoom call about really making it happen. Since then, all our team meetings have been harvested in this Google Doc.
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November 18, 2018
First sensing of the need |
This day was the final day of AoH Vietnam training 2018, the 3rd one in the country. Coming back from the training and reflecting among hosting team, we simultaneously talked about the need for deepening practice together, which is not in a form of a training. This was when Narayan stepped up with a strong sense to call for a learning village and more conversations started from here.
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