Psychodrama: More Voices
An Invitation for a Lunch Encounter
on Sunday February 1, 2009 at 12.30 p.m
An Invitation for a Lunch Encounter
on Sunday February 1, 2009 at 12.30 p.m
(for participants and those deciding to attend the IAGP Rome Congress, August 2009 from Sue Daniel and Julia Lau)
Greetings and Warm Good Wishes!
The New Year has already brought a new spirit of optimism with the inauguration of Barack Obama and the winds of change are truly upon us. This year many of you are moving in new directions; changing jobs, taking leave and employing a whole range of new roles in your life. There is movement and the new is all around. With this comes a realisation of possibility. And so it was with much delight that I received an invitation from Julia Lau with an idea for those of us going to the IAGP Congress in Rome to meet at her home.
This letter is to invite you to a shared lunch in the garden of the home of Julia, at 39 Margaret Street, Moonee Ponds beginning at 12.30 p.m. Julia warmly welcomes you to her home. All of the people who are in our Society who are going, or in the process of seriously thinking about going, to Rome for the IAGP Congress are invited, as are their partners on the journey. The idea is to meet beforehand as a group and warm up as a group of people going to an International conference. We can share concerns, about things like accommodation, travelling and being in a large conference of possibly 1200 people. Sometimes with large conferences it is easy to get or feel lost, so it will be useful, as well as enjoyable, to see who is going, to have a chat and to connect, with the knowledge that we'll all be at this congress.
In addition, Maurizio Gasseau, a friend and colleague who is co-hosting the Congress has invited me to gather a group together on the 1st of February so that we can meet at the same time as two other groups - one in Palermo and the other in Iseo in Italy on the 1st of February. Whilst they are conducting a formal weekend workshop, we (in Summertime) will simply meet one another. My thought is that our local theme is "to meet one another and connect" - as this is the most basic and simple of Moreno's ideas and at the base of his philosophy of relationship. Nothing more is required of you on this day, except to bring something to eat and drink for the table). At another time, or year we might create a workshop and then several or many workshops will be conducted concurrently around the globe. Their theme is "Psychodrama: More Voices" So we will be adding to the voices in a different way, informally, at a social occasion, yet together across the seas. I intend to write something up about the day later on in order to contribute to the Italian meeting and to warm them up to us.
Further, and I sound like the ad on television now, 'but wait there is more...' I am invited to conduct one of four large group sessions which will be held at the end of each day of the Congress 26 - 29 August for 2 hours. I am going to co-lead my night - (possibly Friday) with Peter Kellermann. The group analysts will also be holding four sessions concurrently so the Congress participants can choose one or the other of these series of Large Group sessions(or none of course) according to discipline and interest. My thought is to involve as many of the people who are coming from Melbourne who would like to contribute in some way during this event. For example, I may break the group up sociometrically, or do something else spontaneously which would mean having small group leaders. Whilst I can choose anyone in the group for this role I thought it would be good to have a bunch of people ready for taking on such a role, or ready to be a good auxiliary to another group member. We can be more uplifted working together and have more fun as we connect and deepen our connections within the wider community.
With love,
Sue and Julia
RSVP by return email or Tel: 94163779
Psychodrama Institute of Melbourne
pim@netspace.net.au
The New Year has already brought a new spirit of optimism with the inauguration of Barack Obama and the winds of change are truly upon us. This year many of you are moving in new directions; changing jobs, taking leave and employing a whole range of new roles in your life. There is movement and the new is all around. With this comes a realisation of possibility. And so it was with much delight that I received an invitation from Julia Lau with an idea for those of us going to the IAGP Congress in Rome to meet at her home.
This letter is to invite you to a shared lunch in the garden of the home of Julia, at 39 Margaret Street, Moonee Ponds beginning at 12.30 p.m. Julia warmly welcomes you to her home. All of the people who are in our Society who are going, or in the process of seriously thinking about going, to Rome for the IAGP Congress are invited, as are their partners on the journey. The idea is to meet beforehand as a group and warm up as a group of people going to an International conference. We can share concerns, about things like accommodation, travelling and being in a large conference of possibly 1200 people. Sometimes with large conferences it is easy to get or feel lost, so it will be useful, as well as enjoyable, to see who is going, to have a chat and to connect, with the knowledge that we'll all be at this congress.
In addition, Maurizio Gasseau, a friend and colleague who is co-hosting the Congress has invited me to gather a group together on the 1st of February so that we can meet at the same time as two other groups - one in Palermo and the other in Iseo in Italy on the 1st of February. Whilst they are conducting a formal weekend workshop, we (in Summertime) will simply meet one another. My thought is that our local theme is "to meet one another and connect" - as this is the most basic and simple of Moreno's ideas and at the base of his philosophy of relationship. Nothing more is required of you on this day, except to bring something to eat and drink for the table). At another time, or year we might create a workshop and then several or many workshops will be conducted concurrently around the globe. Their theme is "Psychodrama: More Voices" So we will be adding to the voices in a different way, informally, at a social occasion, yet together across the seas. I intend to write something up about the day later on in order to contribute to the Italian meeting and to warm them up to us.
Further, and I sound like the ad on television now, 'but wait there is more...' I am invited to conduct one of four large group sessions which will be held at the end of each day of the Congress 26 - 29 August for 2 hours. I am going to co-lead my night - (possibly Friday) with Peter Kellermann. The group analysts will also be holding four sessions concurrently so the Congress participants can choose one or the other of these series of Large Group sessions(or none of course) according to discipline and interest. My thought is to involve as many of the people who are coming from Melbourne who would like to contribute in some way during this event. For example, I may break the group up sociometrically, or do something else spontaneously which would mean having small group leaders. Whilst I can choose anyone in the group for this role I thought it would be good to have a bunch of people ready for taking on such a role, or ready to be a good auxiliary to another group member. We can be more uplifted working together and have more fun as we connect and deepen our connections within the wider community.
With love,
Sue and Julia
RSVP by return email or Tel: 94163779
Psychodrama Institute of Melbourne
pim@netspace.net.au
