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IASD BOARD MEMBER VOTING DEADLINE EXTENDED UNTIL JUNE 13

If you have not yet voted in this year’s annual election for the IASD Board of Directors, you are not too late. We will accept online ballots and mail-in ballots received in Central Office by Monday, June 13, 2011. Results of balloting will be announced soon after that date.

This is your chance to vote for the five candidates you believe will best serve IASD in the coming years. Selectees (those five with the highest number of votes by the membership) for member-elected director positions will serve a three year term on the Board beginning in June.

If you have signed an electronic consent form, you may learn about the candidates and vote at https://asdreams.org/vote/  If you have not established an e-consent form, you may download the form at: http://tinyurl.com/e-consent  E-consent forms are valid for all future elections as long as you are a member. Mail-in ballots will also be available in the upcoming issue of DreamTime magazine, or you can go to http://tinyurl.com/3oe3k2w  and print off a ballot right away.

 Simply mark your vote on that ballot and mail it to
IASD
1672 University Ave
Berkeley, CA 94703.

Robert Gongloff
Chair, Nominating Committee

LETTER FROM OUTGOING IASD PRESIDENT JODY GRUNDY

I have just turned the calendar page to June and will soon turn the IASD Presidency over to a new leader. At this time of transition I’d like to look back and also look forward with gratitude and anticipation.

It will be wonderful to see many of you in person at the IASD Conference in Rolduc, Netherlands as the IASD dream community gathers longtime members, new members and other conference participants. Those of you who will not be there in person are also very much present to us: virtually for those participating online, via dreams and through mindful awareness of all members of our global community. With over 600 members in 42 countries, and a network of 62 Regional Representatives, IASD is expanding its international presence while strengthening the community aspect of our organization through growing regional activities. In the past year the lively social media subcommittee has greatly increased IASD's visibility through Facebook, links to our website, media presentations and more. In 2011-2012 many regional conferences in Montreal; NYC and New York State; So. California; Boston, Massachusetts; Sydney, Australia; Europe and the Fall PsiberDreaming Conference give expanded opportunities for member participation and outreach to the general public. Through these avenues we are accessible in amazing new ways to dreamers around the world as never before.

This is a great time to reflect on the rich resources of IASD as we approach a 30th anniversary and envision our future. I’ve asked the leadership of IASD this question: what is your vision for IASD in the next 25 years? Now I ask you, our members, the same question. What is your “dream” vision for IASD as we look to our next decades of growth?

In this age of rapid change and communication to think in terms of years and even decades may seem presumptuous or simply not relevant. But for an organization whose focus is dreams, taking a longer and deeper view of what they convey and how they inform and affect civilization is not only relevant but critical to a world anxious about planetary survival itself while literally reaching the stars. The dreaming mind and all that emerges from its creative force reaches across time, and even some argue, to a timeless dimension. Anchoring in the timeless while time-traveling across past, present and future dimensions as dreams do, offers a unique opportunity for our community to contribute to the well-being and future of the world.

What we envision we can create. And what we dream together, literally and figuratively speaking, can bring about transformative effects through the humanizing action of deep, cross-cultural communications, through social engagement and creative work of all kinds, and through ecological stewardship as we dream with and for other sentient creatures.

Last year in my presidential address I shared a dream in which I led the IASD community through a venerable, living medicine garden into the ancient University of Padua, Italy. This “way through the medicine garden to the archetypal university” represented to me, and hopefully to some of you, the “open to all” character of the global learning environment that is IASD. The way through a medicine garden in continuous cultivation since 1545 at a university founded in 1222 captivated my attention. I had incubated this dream for IASD and for myself to discern how I might relate to the challenge of leadership during my presidency. Since then I have returned frequently to this dream for guidance, both for myself and for our community.

I believe it is an image of how IASD can be a healing & educating force in the world for its members and the larger world. My dream directed me to a unique place of learning and healing, the University of Padua, Italy and indicated I should lead the IASD community to and through this place, first through the medicine garden and then to the university itself.

I have reflected on this dream and its symbolic meaning throughout the past year and it still resonates with my personal work and our collective work for IASD. For me, and perhaps for us, this dream place symbolically represents ancient roots and traditions of healing and education and progressive forces of learning, all in one continuum at a university known as the first “free” (meaning open to all), university in Europe.

Through many centuries this ancient but new university has had remarkable “holding” and transformative power. To me this is the message for IASD: we are also a true global university rooted in ancient traditions and practices of science and humanities. We have the capacity to anchor the world in the depth dimension of dreams and propagate enlightened and future oriented practices for personal and world transformation.

Now, I invite you to imagine how you might set your intentions to dream our future and also imagine what actions you can take to honor and realize those dreams. Let us join in conversation about how we can dream our great dreams forward.

I want to thank all of the Board Directors, Executive Committee and other Committee Chairs and members, our many dedicated volunteers and our full and part-time staff for their exceptional and dedicated work. In the Executive Report for the Spring IASD Board I highlighted the fact that 23 IASD Board Members and Officers reported a cumulative tally of 158 volunteer hours spent per week, averaging 6.85 hours per person. These numbers and many more untallied volunteer hours represent the tangible commitment and productive activity that continues to create IASD. It is an honor to serve with this great team. I look forward to hearing your dreams for IASD’s future and working with you, our members, to fulfill those dreams and our educational mission in a truly global way.

Good dreams to all,

Jodine Grundy
IASD President