VFJ Webmaster submits his resignation

Ted Fleischman Missouri

September 10, 2003

A letter to Justin Stone and the TCC Community:

I am very disappointed to hear that Ed Altman has “retired” as head of T’ai Chi Chih, Joy Thru Movement. This is a tremendous and preventable loss to the TCC community, in my opinion, and will be felt for a long time.

The purpose of this letter is twofold:

1: To express that it could have easily been different had there been cooperation and support for Ed instead of the actions/inactions I have observed for the past year or more. I believe with discussion and sharing these problems could have been resolved, but instead Ed has been increasingly excluded in various writings and communications. Most noticeably, when modifications to the accreditation process were suggested, the problem was met with resistance to any change and accusation, rather than working together for consensus.

2: To submit my resignation as Webmaster of www.taichichih.org /.com and www.goodkarmapublishing.com effective October 1, 2003. I do not choose to serve in this position any longer, given the present circumstances.

I want to state publicly that I support Ed in all he has done. I find him very honorable and with the highest integrity. Creating the best T’ai Chi Chih Teachers has always been foremost in his thoughts and actions. I have never heard one word of the slightest disrespect from him. Why he isn’t supported is absolutely beyond me.

I want to express my appreciation to Noel for her untiring work as editor of The Vital Force Journal. She has been very efficient and easy to work with in my role as Webmaster. I believe The Vital Force Journal has been a superb publication under her care. Her work will be hard to match and impossible to beat. This is again a preventable loss to the TCC Community.

I thank Jean Katus for her patience as we began developing an online shopping cart for Good Karma Publishing. I will sorely miss her attention to detail and friendship through our e-mail exchanges. The TCC Community will miss her expertise and devotion.

My wish for the TCC Community is that we can all go on our way, ‘sadder but wiser’, knowing that T’ai Chi Chih Practice is a valuable tool for use along the way of our spirit journey, but not an end in itself. May we all learn to share control and cooperate with one another and to let go of excess ego for the good of all.

– Ted Fleischman