Mediations

I won't go into the details, but had a good day yesterday in which I was able to mediate between GC and a group of gay men (mostly educated types, with good computer skills and such) who had essentially broken away from GC due to what turned out to be nothing more than a misunderstanding. They came to GC to see me as a "neutral person" to talk about their plans for the future, knowing that it would give them a chance to talk to the GC staff too. So I was able to mediate the conflict and now they're going to do some interesting events together, and also help the GC staff out with computers and such.

I've seen needless conflict undermine groups in Java and Bali so many times, so I've got some experience with this, and I'm glad I was able to help mediate this misunderstanding. We'll see what happens, but things look good. Every little thing that keeps the focus on the important things is helpful.