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. 

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!!


On Oct 29, 2015, at 9:08 PM, Rich Sbardella via Callers <callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

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.
Rich

On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 4:24 PM, Martha Wild via Callers <callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
Gyre makes me chortle. Could work.
Martha

On Oct 29, 2015, at 12:16 PM, Amy Wimmer via Callers wrote:

I LOVE that word as a replacement for "gypsy." It makes absolute sense and conveys the  idea of the move perfectly.
-Amy

On Oct 29, 2015, at 9:23 AM, bill fischer via Callers <callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

blessings linda

having read volumes of only occasionally interesting thoughts about this subject, i am delighted to give a powerful second to the suggestion of gyre
the word’s use in the two works cited - two of my favorites - cements its appeal for me
grateful for you!!

cheers
down the road..........

On Oct 29, 2015, at 10:59 AM, Linda Leslie via Callers <callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

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. 
Linda

gyre   [jahyuh r]  noun



       1.  a ring or circle. 
2. a circular course or motion.
       3.
Oceanography. a ringlike system of ocean currents rotating clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and counterclockwise in the Southern Hemisphere.


On Oct 29, 2015, at 4:24 AM, Erik Hoffman via Callers <callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

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:

* 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.

* 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:
       No Hand Turn
       No Hand Allemande (and I do think Allemande comes from "The German," a dance)
       Dance Around, or Walk Around
       Face to Face Do Si Do
       Bine (binary stars -- snippet below)
       Nose-to-Nose Do Si Do
       Dance Around - or Dance About
       Orbit Around - or Orbit About
       Loop
       Eddy
       Vortex
       Swirl
       Spiral
       Eyes or "Take Eyes"
       Holding Eyes
       Eyeballs
       Facing
       Maypole
       Hands Off
       Face à Face (facey-face...)
       Right (Left) Shoulder (without the G-word)
       Cyclone (though mentioned with a complaint - too "violent")


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