<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">I facilitate several communities of practice of various kinds around the country, and all are struggling to find ways to make the virtual communication between face-to-face meetings vibrant and meaningful. When working through this with my colleagues, I often use SharedWeight as an example of a really successful virtual community, with only one face meeting per year that I know of - lunch at Ralph Page - and that not even of all the members, but lots of meaty, lively, personal, valuable online conversation, enduring over years. <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">This discussion about the use of the word “gypsy” totally proves my point!! We ran the gamut from digging into the painful areas, to exploring academic esoterica, and landed on a wonderful possible solution. Gyre. I love it! And I can’t wait to try it out next dance!!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Oct 29, 2015, at 9:08 PM, Rich Sbardella via Callers <<a href="mailto:callers@lists.sharedweight.net" class="">callers@lists.sharedweight.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Martha, gyre is an excellent option,but now we'll have to develop a basic move called "chortle". It has such a ring to it.<div class="">Rich</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 4:24 PM, Martha Wild via Callers <span dir="ltr" class=""><<a href="mailto:callers@lists.sharedweight.net" target="_blank" class="">callers@lists.sharedweight.net</a>></span> wrote:<br class=""><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word" class="">Gyre makes me chortle. Could work.<div class="">Martha</div><div class=""><br class=""><div class=""><div class="">On Oct 29, 2015, at 12:16 PM, Amy Wimmer via Callers wrote:</div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div dir="auto" class=""><div class=""></div><div class="">I LOVE that word as a replacement for "gypsy." It makes absolute sense and conveys the idea of the move perfectly.</div><div class="">-Amy</div><div class=""><br class="">On Oct 29, 2015, at 9:23 AM, bill fischer via Callers <<a href="mailto:callers@lists.sharedweight.net" target="_blank" class="">callers@lists.sharedweight.net</a>> wrote:<br class=""><br class=""></div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div class="">blessings linda</div><div class=""><br class=""></div>having read volumes of only occasionally interesting thoughts about this subject, i am delighted to give a powerful second to the suggestion of gyre<div class="">the word’s use in the two works cited - two of my favorites - cements its appeal for me</div><div class="">grateful for you!!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">cheers<br class=""><div class="">
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<br class=""><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Oct 29, 2015, at 10:59 AM, Linda Leslie via Callers <<a href="mailto:callers@lists.sharedweight.net" target="_blank" class="">callers@lists.sharedweight.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class=""><div class=""><div style="word-wrap:break-word" class=""><span style="font-size:14px" class="">Thanks, Erik for summarizing. It is very helpful to have the list below. I have one other suggestion to add for consideration for those who wish to make a change in terms. Gyre can be found in Carol’s “Jabberwocky" and Yeats’ "The Second Coming". It has the advantage of being one syllable, not used for anything else, and begins with the same sound as gypsy. Rather capricious, if I do say so myself! My husband Bob Golder, thinks that this word is even better than gypsy, because the meaning of the word conveys the movement. </span><div class=""><span style="font-size:14px" class="">Linda<br class=""></span><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div style="margin-bottom:13px" class=""><h1 style="margin:0px 0px 13px;line-height:1.1;float:left;display:inline;padding-right:20px;font-size:17px" class=""><span style="font-size:20px;font-weight:500" class="">gyre</span><span style="font-size:8px;font-weight:normal" class=""> </span><span style="font-size:13px;font-weight:500;color:rgb(151,151,151);line-height:22px;display:inline" class="">[jahy<span class=""><span style="display:inline;font-style:italic" class="">uh</span></span> r] </span><span style="font-size:13px;font-weight:500;line-height:22px" class="">noun</span></h1><div class=""><span style="font-size:15px" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size:15px" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size:15px" class=""> 1. </span><span style="font-size:15px" class=""><span class="">a</span> <span class="">ring</span> <span class="">or</span> <span class="">circle.</span></span><span style="font-size:15px" class=""> </span></div></div><div style="color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:Verdana,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:22px" class=""><div class=""><div style="padding-bottom:17px" class=""><div style="padding-left:37px" class="">2. <span class="">a</span> <span class="">circular</span> <span class="">course</span> <span class="">or</span> <span class="">motion.</span></div></div><div style="padding-bottom:17px" class=""><span style="display:block;float:left;padding-right:5px" class=""><span class=""> 3.</span></span><div style="padding-left:37px" class=""><span style="display:inline;font-style:italic" class=""><span class="">Oceanography.</span> </span><span class=""><span class="">a</span> <span class="">ringlike</span> <span class="">system</span> <span class="">of</span> <span class="">ocean </span><span class="">currents</span> <span class="">rotating</span> <span class="">clockwise</span> <span class="">in</span> <span class="">the</span> <span class="">Northern </span><span class="">Hemisphere</span> <span class="">and</span> <span class="">counterclockwise</span> <span class="">in</span> <span class="">the</span> <span class="">Southern </span><span class="">Hemisphere.</span></span></div></div></div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div class=""><div class="">On Oct 29, 2015, at 4:24 AM, Erik Hoffman via Callers <<a href="mailto:callers@lists.sharedweight.net" target="_blank" class="">callers@lists.sharedweight.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">On the subject of gypsies and language, I've enjoyed reading the myriad comments, and find myself feeling ambiguous (which I define as feeling very strongly both ways). And, I know it's been thrashed about and we've a request for acknowledging that we are unlikely to change any opinions on this. That said:<br class=""><br class="">* I have had this discussion with a number people in the past, about the very strong negative connotations of the word "Gypsy." Ambivalent as I am, I do think we should look for a replacement word.<br class=""><br class="">* I thought I'd collect all the words that have been suggested so far (unless I missed one or two) in one place. Here it is:<br class=""> No Hand Turn<br class=""> No Hand Allemande (and I do think Allemande comes from "The German," a dance)<br class=""> Dance Around, or Walk Around<br class=""> Face to Face Do Si Do<br class=""> Bine (binary stars -- snippet below)<br class=""> Nose-to-Nose Do Si Do<br class=""> Dance Around - or Dance About<br class=""> Orbit Around - or Orbit About<br class=""> Loop<br class=""> Eddy<br class=""> Vortex<br class=""> Swirl<br class=""> Spiral<br class=""> Eyes or "Take Eyes"<br class=""> Holding Eyes<br class=""> Eyeballs<br class=""> Facing<br class=""> Maypole<br class=""> Hands Off<br class=""> Face à Face (facey-face...)<br class=""> Right (Left) Shoulder (without the G-word)<br class=""> Cyclone (though mentioned with a complaint - too "violent")<br class=""><br class=""></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br class="">Callers mailing list<br class=""><a href="mailto:Callers@lists.sharedweight.net" target="_blank" class="">Callers@lists.sharedweight.net</a><br class=""><a href="http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net" target="_blank" class="">http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net</a><br class=""></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><span class="">_______________________________________________</span><br class=""><span class="">Callers mailing list</span><br class=""><span class=""><a href="mailto:Callers@lists.sharedweight.net" target="_blank" class="">Callers@lists.sharedweight.net</a></span><br class=""><span class=""><a href="http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net" target="_blank" class="">http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net</a></span><br class=""></div></blockquote></div>
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