Greetings!

I have been watching the conversation here on tribe and waiting for an appropriate time to post. That time seems to be now.

I will start with grattitude - thank you all that are part of this amazing project and to those who care enough about it to show up here on tribe to share around it. And a special thanks to those who are now offering of themselves in support and help.

This recent proactive outpouring of offerings and energy to move forward constructively and collaboratively is very inspiring. You are who I want to work, play and share with.

And at this moment, I have a lot of exciting things to share.

Though things have had the appearance of being still on the surface for the last few months around Dreamtime, there has been a lot of activity behind the scenes.

Jen and I have NOT stopped working on Dreamtime over the last three months in order to put the foundational pieces in place to move forward with the 2008 event. As I explained and requested help with in the fall, we have been working on fundraising as well as addressing the larger picture around making DT financially sustainable. This led us to look at moving the event to another beautiful location that is less harsh environmentally, closer to urban centers, more likely to appeal to enough people in order for us to meet the minimum number of participants (significanly more than present numbers) that would be required to sustain the event based on ticket sales. This also ties in to our desire to include a wider range of people in what we are creating together (not only to preach to the choir as it were) - but more on that later. This site search has been no easy task, and we took the time to explore, interview and survey many beautiful sites on the front range and around the state. The exciting results have been that due to time constraints around this years event, we plan to release dates and an over-the-top-amazing new location for DT09 before the ´08 event - just as soon as we have the permitting and contracts completed.

We have also been working on some clarification and better articulation of the Dreamtime vision in order to better guide us and create more unity and clarity as we move forward together with this project. I will be sharing some of the results here, and we will also be launching a Dreamtime newsletter shortly to help maintain cosistent communication and we will be including more clarity there as well.

Our fundraising efforts still need significant help, so please step forward if you can help us with grant writing, solicitng donors, benifit events, making a donation, or otherwise.

Please see my next post regarding 07 budgeting for more info on that topic and before posting questions.

I want to be clear that we have remained committed in service to Dreamtime continuing despite the difficulty of the financial situation in ´07. We are fully committed supporting and acting as guardians in order for Dreamtime to thrive and continue to share its gifts with the community, participants and the world. Jen and I have been through a lot since the 07 event - we have been working at least part time on Dreamtime since the event without stop, have had a lot of recovery to go through in our lives personally, physically and emotionally and financially, and around the future of the event have each shed tears on multiple occaisons, had to surrender, and in the end remained unwaiveringly comitted to and in service to the larger Dreamtime vison.

To share just a bit personally, I have also been continuing in earnest work on the ecovillage project, taking some very needed recovery time physically and emotionally, and taking care of my personal financial situation after 9 months of neglect while focusing on DT07. It has been a journey both beautiful and challenging. The last year has, of course, been an incredible learning experience, and incredibly challenging beyond anything I have previously known - which is significant considering my constant pursuit of learning and growth throughout my life. With such a journey, the support, kind words, understanding and wisdom that has appeared here on tribe this week have been doubly appreciated.

As I have posted previously, I remain in constant contact and available to diologue directly with anyone that has questions or concerns. I will respond to questions posted here as well that are genuine and direct questions free from assumptions, rumor or politicking. I have yet to be contacted directly by anyone with concerns or questions other than what the DT08 dates will be. And, as far as that goes...

Much of our focus over the past months has of course been on the critical pieces of the dates and location for DT08. We will be alerting the mailing list tomorrow, but you heard it here first - DT08 WILL BE HELD IN PAONIA JULY 17-20 (THURS-SUN). Tickets will be on sale before the end of the week, and the first tier is sure to sell out immediately, so be sure to check back regularly and to get on the mailing list (top of the dreamthefuture.org website) in order to get news when tickets are on sale.

Stay tuned...

more on the way in a few moments.

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The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.