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As a living site About Us is growing and constantly changing as more and more people add to it. Gradually it will evolve into something that perhaps the creators of this site could not have imagined.  
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As a LivingSite, [[AboutUs]] grows each day, engaged in a process of constant expansion from your input.  The growth is organic, grass-roots, and rapid-paced, not to mention exciting.  As a result, we embrace subjectivity.  We want you to tell us about ''your'' experience, without three footnotes... We rely on the input of our vast, knowledgeable community to arrive at the Truth.
  
Something living can also be unpredictable. No-one knows what is going to happen next. What new turn the site may take, what new interests new community members may bring with them when they join. This makes this site perennially fresh.
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==A Dynamic Environment==
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A LivingSite is not without it's challenges: dynamism predicates unpredictability -- no one can predict the result of this world-wide creative endeavor. But the questions fascinate us:  What new interests and knowledge will the community bring today?  How will our view-points bridge and how will they conflict?  What sort of truth can we arrive at through open and honest exchange?  Ultimately, what can we create together?
  
==Why is this important?==
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==Responding to Change Constructively==
Everyone is at ease in a place that makes them feel comfortable. In fact we are the place itself. Each individual is a living particle of the whole site. Without us this site would not exist. Without our participation there would be something missing, something not quite right about About Us. Without US, About Us would cease to exist. We breathe life into it, we are the energy it needs to grow and prosper.
 
  
==How can you do this?==
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Change necessitates acceptance.  As a part of a dynamic community, we follow the tenets of [[MoralDiversity]] and [[IncludeEveryone]].  Without respect for our fellow community-members, we cannot build a [[CommonGroundForAll]]. 
* Become part of this community by becoming a member.
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* When you register you are given a user site. Us it to introduce yourself.
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==How to Contribute to our LivingSite==
* Contribute by writing an article or editing something you want to add to.
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* [[Portal:AboutUsCommunity| Join us!]]
* Watch as others add to what you write and become part of the community spirit.
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* Build your own [[UserPage]] and tell us about yourself.
* Explore and watch this living site grow and evolve before your eyes.
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* [[Portal:AboutUsCreate| Contribute]] to the Commons.
* Tell others about this site and encourage them to join and contribute with their own ideas and opinions.
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* Watch your page take on its own life.
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* Encourage others to join and contribute their own ideas and opinions.
  
  

Revision as of 18:48, 23 May 2007

As a LivingSite, AboutUs grows each day, engaged in a process of constant expansion from your input. The growth is organic, grass-roots, and rapid-paced, not to mention exciting. As a result, we embrace subjectivity. We want you to tell us about your experience, without three footnotes... We rely on the input of our vast, knowledgeable community to arrive at the Truth.

A Dynamic Environment

A LivingSite is not without it's challenges: dynamism predicates unpredictability -- no one can predict the result of this world-wide creative endeavor. But the questions fascinate us: What new interests and knowledge will the community bring today? How will our view-points bridge and how will they conflict? What sort of truth can we arrive at through open and honest exchange? Ultimately, what can we create together?

Responding to Change Constructively

Change necessitates acceptance. As a part of a dynamic community, we follow the tenets of MoralDiversity and IncludeEveryone. Without respect for our fellow community-members, we cannot build a CommonGroundForAll.

How to Contribute to our LivingSite

  • Join us!
  • Build your own UserPage and tell us about yourself.
  • Contribute to the Commons.
  • Watch your page take on its own life.
  • Encourage others to join and contribute their own ideas and opinions.


See also:



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