Outreach Activities Update

•• The Outreach Coordinator position, open as of July 2009, is shifting its priorities toward marketing and communication. Anyone interested is invited to contact Antonia or Pam. After the July conference, I will continue to coordinate the development of guidelines and the teacher reference material project.

•• Resource teachers have been working on guidelines for teaching TCC to seniors. The final version will be posted on the web in July 2009. Other teachers are working on guidelines for teaching seated TCC, teaching to children, the blind, those with Parkinson’s, arthritis, Lyme disease, and in spiritual or retreat settings. Thanks to Stephen Thompson for setting up a guideline’s forum at www.TCC-community.net where interested teachers can share their input.

•• The purpose of a teacher reference materials project is to compile, edit, and develop teaching materials and make them available online for teachers. It will include class formats, teaching methods, handouts, registration forms, waivers of liability, etc.Chery Ann Hoffmeyer has volunteered to be the spokesperson for this project; contact her if you are interested in contributing.

•• Anita Vestal continues to request pilot teachers to utilize the student questionnaire and return the answers to her for the validation process.

Response to the “Outreach” article: “This letter, just shown to me, was not mailed to me. When Sr. Antonia was in Albuquerque recently I asked her about these activities. She replied that she had no knowledge of them. I have been pushed into the background by those who want to make T’ai Chi Chih a commercial activity, a change that will kill it, if this is not halted. I will sever connections with T’ai Chi Chih after so many years of fighting to keep it honest. Who are these people apparently taking over T’ai Chi Chih, with Sister’s cooperation? This letter speaks for itself, and I won’t be a part of this Divinely guided form in its changed look.” – Justin Stone