MINUTES OF THE AUTUMN GATHERING OF THE
MORENO PSYCHODRAMA SOCIETY
HELD SUNDAY, MARCH 16, 2008, 2 – 5 PM
1. AGENDA
Hello and welcome to each other.
2. PRESENT:
Sue, Ted, Olga, Marie, Helen, Shani, Phil, Cheryl, Nikki, Gillian, Noa, Gavin and Patricia.
3. APOLOGIES:
Katrina, Lethe, Liliana, Joan, Margaret, Neil, John B and Tabitha
4. HISTORY:
Our history in action in relation to the world community of Psychodrama.
5. MEMBERSHIP: May 2008 – April 2009
Categories - 1) Accredited Members of PIM
2) Trainees/Colleagues
3) Friends of PIM
6 NEXT MEETING - WINTER GATHERING – Sunday, 1st June 2008, 2 – 5 pm
1. Welcome
The Meeting began with Sue reading Nikki’s poem on autumn. We warmed up with a lot of different responses about the seasons. For example, Helen spoke of her struggle about going to Tasmania and the conflict of wanting to be there and wanting to be here. She said she was happy to be in Tasmania but there was also something missing. She was obviously touched by being back in Melbourne and was finding it difficult to let go, but also she was pleased to be in touch with the source here. Shani spoke of the sadness she feels in autumn and adjusting and adapting to change. She said she loves summer, but spring was her favourite. Phil said he felt autumn was his favourite with the warm days and all the different colours of the leaves. Sue commented on the amazing variety of things that warm us up.
4. History
This meeting explored our place in the world of Psychodrama on a micro and macro level through action methods from our beginning meetings. We began as Friends of PIM in 2001 and remembered the great anticipation of our first meeting at Joan Murray’s house in Caulfield. We all felt excited and Nikki commented about the ‘possibility of something new’ happening under a tree. From there we pooled ideas to develop MPS and in time we organized conferences, a summer school and social occasions and many other activities. Within the Central Co-Ordinating Committee of MPS we developed a number of different pods such as the Education Pod, Creative Writing Pod, and many other pods. We traced the development of our Institute into the community and chartered its evolvement. From there the possibilities grew and grew as we took our skills out into the community and beyond. ‘Doors are quite open’ and in Morenian terms sociometry is happening all over the world.
J. L. Moreno established the IAGP in 1954 (see the previous article by Sue) and it is now spread all over the world. It is like an‘animated umbrella’ snowballing and expanding and impossible to stop. IAGP is an umberella organization for many associations and individuals in Russia, America, Japan, FEPTO, Australia, New Zealand, Turkey and many other countries. The Moreno Psychodrama Society is now a Certified Member of the IAGP. Under this umbrella of IAGP are also the groupwork therapies, eg. Family Therapy and Freudian Therapy. Within the IAGP there has been a moving in and out, a ripple effect creating flexibility and connection and a sustaining of creativity and spontaneity with like-minded people – a rich diversity of experience in hundreds of organizations all over the world.
Ideas for the Moreno Society
1. More groups.
2. Creativity in whatever form. Generation of ideas and growth of these ideas.
3. Theatre of Spontaneity could be used as a theme or link, tracing this history.
This could be enacted in action at the Theatre or maybe Federation Square.
4. Car boot sale at Bulleen – maybe have choir sing there.
5. Expand the work through creative writing pods.
6. Letter of support for each other.
7. Chalk Board concert (September, Spring Gathering on a Monday night).
8. Play back theatre.
9. Explore PACFA at the next Meeting and the pros and cons of joining.
Some members in the group feel that this would be a real asset. Central Pod
will look at this idea at its next meeting and discuss with those interested.
5. MEMBERSHIP: New Categories
To be discussed at the next meeting.
NEXT MEETING – WINTER GATHERING OF THE MORENO SOCIETY
SUNDAY 1ST JUNE, 2008, 2 – 5 PM
Gillian Blackwell
25/03/08
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