Don't forget SAR and Renesan in the list of community "higher education" resources.
TJ On Jan 6, 2018 2:49 PM, "Steven A Smith" <[email protected]> wrote: > Nick - > > My sympathies are with you in aching to see the potential of such a rich > milieu as is implied by this city/region (more) fulfilled > (elaborated?). At the same time, my inner Taoist believes it is > "precisely as it should be". > > Your appeal reminded me of my reading on the origin of "Coffee Houses" > in England in the 17th century and their role as "Penny Universities". > Of course, that is roughly how THIS forum began and continues as "the > Mother Church", holding services weekly. > > It was this very vision which caused/allowed me to "stay the course" > with the SF Complex from beginning to (beyond the) end, in spite of > innumerable tangents and setbacks. > > I fear that the image of a "University" in any sense other than the > above "Penny University" might be ultimately too nostalgic and oldSkool > for our "modern times". The likes of SFx or even MeowWolf may be closer > to what is likely (or needed?) today. The sum of > SFAI/CCA/SFI/SITE/Lannan/??? sponsored talks and exhibitions is a rich > tapestry which perhaps makes up for the lack of something more focused, > with it's own (adobe) bricks and (mud) mortar? > > I don't offer this as a wet blanket, but maybe more an urging to > (continue to) think broadly and maybe even a bit inside-out. > > The following is a reasonable (contemporary) description of the "Coffee > House" phenomenon of the 17th/18th century which itself had a limited > lifespan... > > https://ineedcoffee.com/the-coffee-house-a-history/ > > - Steve > > On 1/6/18 12:03 AM, Nick Thompson wrote: > > Hi Glen and other interested parties, > > > > I went by the Secretary of State's office on Thursday and we found The > City University of Santa Fe without difficulty and all I have to do is pay > past filing fees to get myself back in good standing with the State of New > Mexico. When you search it, be sure to start with leading "The" . I tried > to find my old web page on the way back machine and I think I found some > reference to it, but not the page itself. The url was something like > www.cusf.org. If anybody finds it, save it for me, would you. I quite > liked it. I mean for citizen work. > > > > Some of you seem to raise the question where do we go from here. I had > thought, since I am getting so friggin old, that I would just shut it > down. The only things it has going for it are the name and the fact that > Santa Fe is in many ways a university town without a university. It has > all these institutions doing quasi graduate work, and a gazillion retired > PhD's doing various proects, and even a couple of advanced degree granting > places. But no desire to coalesce and cooperate, that I could detect. I > am not much of a culture vulture, but on a whim, went out to hear a TGIF > concert of Schubert Leider in the Presbyterian church, this evening . > There were something like 500 people there. Not sure you could get a crowd > like that on a cold winter's night to hear a local singer in Berkeley. > Santa Fe is an extraordinary town. It deserves a University. > > > > At today's meeting of the mother church I was banging on about the > battering that the Liberal Arts ideal has received during my lifetime and > my blief that we need to restore the country's faith in LEARNING. I > believe with all my heart that good things happen when you get smart > diverse people together and make them think and argue about stuff. I also > thing there are a tremendous amount of young people in Santa Fe, working as > baristas, and programmers, and piano tuners who by their devotion to the > life of the mind deserve to pursue their interests. > > > > Speaking of battering, it's my understanding that the small liberal arts > colleges are in for a terrible few years under the new tax bill and the > Relatively Wealthy People of Santa Fe may need to be thinking about how to > defend St. Johns, not to mention what every might be left of the poor old > College of Santa Fe. > > > > Take care, > > > > Nick > > > > Nicholas S. Thompson > > Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology > > Clark University > > http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/ > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Friam [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of ? u??? > > Sent: Friday, January 05, 2018 8:53 AM > > To: FriAM <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [FRIAM] City University of Santa Fe > > > > I don't know how long they keep their records. But there's no > corporation with that name in the online database: > > > > https://portal.sos.state.nm.us/BFS/online/CorporationBusinessSearch > > > > There are some non-profits with a Nick Thompson as an officer. But that > Nick seems to live in Albuquerque. > > > > On 01/05/2018 07:35 AM, Nick Thompson wrote: > > > >> On Jan 4, 2018 11:05 PM, "Nick Thompson" < > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > >> YEARS ago, when the College of Santa Fe was failing, I started > >> a nonprofit called the City University of Santa Fe which was designed > >> to pull all the educational resources of Santa Fe into one semi-formal > >> organization, which, at the very minimum, would keep everybody > >> informed about what everybody else was doing and maximally, might have > >> provided temporary, volunteer, faculty to the College of Santa Fe > >> during its time of stress. It turns out that you can set up a New > >> Mexico non-profit for 25 dollars and ten bucks a year thereafter. > >> Frank, and tom, and Mike Agar signed on as board members, I set up a > >> website, and then, essentially, nothing happened. SFAUD took over > >> from CofSF and other organizations I contacted about the possible > >> communication function dismissed the idea out of hand. AND I lost my > >> website and url, > > -- > > ∄ uǝʃƃ > > > > ============================================================ > > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe > http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove > > > > > > ============================================================ > > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove > > > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove >
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