{"content":[{"text":"President’s Report","bbox":{"left":0.073529,"top":0.057625,"width":0.154206,"height":0.020730000000000005}},{"text":"For the Sensory Awareness Foundation, as for most \n of the world, 2008 has been a year of great change. \n Not only have we moved, have a new address and \n phone number, and redesigned our website, changed \n newsletter editors, found a new printer and mailing \n service, but most importantly this year we also com- \n pleted our first strategic plan. As a result of going \n through the strategic planning process SAF’s Board is \n now energized with a much more focused vision of \n how to best effectively promote Sensory Awareness \n to a wider realm of people who could benefit from it. \n As I did in my last Report I’d like to share some more \n of this vision with you. \n In response to many members’ expressed wish to \n have ongoing Sensory Awareness classes in the region \n where they live, the SAF will be exploring sponsoring \n classes in the San Francisco Bay Area where there is a \n large concentration of both members and leaders. \n Leaders’ Guild members will be invited to participate \n in offering sessions, and the Foundation will be \n responsible for renting space and promoting what is \n offered. It is our intention that, this be an experimen- \n tal trial program to test if this, could be workable and \n viable, so that it could someday be repeated in other \n areaa as well where we have many leaders. \n The Board believes that it is highly important for \n the future of Sensory Awareness that we find ways to \n bring more approved leaders together, in order to help \n promote more dialogue between them and help clarify \n how the future of the work can best be supported. To \n get more leaders together is in fact one of the main \n reasons we put on conferences. We want very much to \n encourage more leaders to come to our next confer- \n ence and because of this we have decided to create a \n special transportation expense fund to help lessen \n costs for leaders who must travel long distances. The \n exact details have yet to be worked out, but the Board \n is committed to see that this happens and has already \n has set aside some money for it. Of course any dona- \n tions to this effort would be most helpful and grate- \n fully appreciated. Please contact me or Sara Gordon if \n you would like to contribute. \n Part of my job as president is to put the leaders’ \n class and wokrshop schedule together for the \n Newsletter. I must say that it has been reassuring and","bbox":{"left":0.058824,"top":0.094303,"width":0.41722000000000004,"height":0.8175899999999999}},{"text":"gratifying as I have worked on this issue to see how \n much this work has spread and is spreading into the \n world. \n Please remember to renew your membership for \n the new year. Doing so will help us in our efforts to \n support the continuing growth of this valuable prac- \n tice. \n Hoping you are well,","bbox":{"left":0.523693,"top":0.058952,"width":0.40295100000000006,"height":0.15608999999999998}},{"text":"Richard Lowe \n Memorial for Charlotte and Charles","bbox":{"left":0.558341,"top":0.230801,"width":0.346557,"height":0.047751000000000016}},{"text":"Reza Fahang, Anna Shemin, Norman Fischer & Kate Skinner \n Photo by Lee Klinger Lesser \n In August on a hill overlooking the Pacific \n ocean where Charlotte Selver and her husband \n Charles lived for many years and where their \n ashes had been scattered, a loving and moving \n memorial event was held honoring the fifth year \n anniversary of Charlotte’s passing. This site was a \n special place where both of them often liked to \n go to watch the sunset and experience the beauti- \n ful view and wildness there.","bbox":{"left":0.523693,"top":0.499591,"width":0.41036000000000006,"height":0.20167000000000002}},{"text":"For this memorial two large river stones had \n been set into the earth, one for Charlotte and one \n for Charles. Each of their stones is inscribed with \n a short quotation from that person. Both quota- \n tions were taken from Reclaiming Vitality and \n Presence.","bbox":{"left":0.523693,"top":0.715394,"width":0.4128670000000001,"height":0.10959399999999997}},{"text":"On this cloudy and windy day About 20 \n warmly dressed friends and students met for food \n and drink at Charlotte and Charles’ former house \n now owned by Kathy and Norman Fischer. As \n sundown approached the group headed up to the","bbox":{"left":0.523693,"top":0.839121,"width":0.41374900000000003,"height":0.09193499999999999}},{"text":"2","bbox":{"left":0.49469,"top":0.930748,"width":0.010621000000000047,"height":0.021872000000000003}}],"images_bbox":[{"left":0.522072,"top":0.286617,"width":0.419118,"height":0.212542},{"left":0.522072,"top":0.286617,"width":0.419118,"height":0.212542}],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[{"left":0.522072,"top":0.286617,"width":0.419118,"height":0.212542},{"left":0.522072,"top":0.286617,"width":0.419118,"height":0.212542}]}