This was forwarded to me for posting. Just wanted to let you know that Guano is on his way to to the gathering which has been moved to accomadate the boy scouts. Sent: Friday, June 20, 2008 5:30 AM Subject: Gathering must move to accommodate Boy Scouts The Forest Service has asked the Gathering to move and offered trucks to help cover the price of doing so. This is how much they care about the Boy Scouts and how committed they are to their pledge to work with the Gathering without a Permit. The site available is at Snyder Basin. Specific directions to Snyder Basin are needed immediately and people who can rendezvous there are needed ASAP. The folks at the current site are in meetings with the FS and in counsels. They are being asked to move – they are not being forced, arrested or otherwise harassed according to the most recent reports. They are being asked because there is respect for them and their ability to make a conscious decision, in council, that is not based on beating the chest and yelling, God gave me the right to stomp on a 16 year old kid’s formative experience in the forest as a human being and a Boy Scout. To make a conscious decision that acknowledges that there is a place to go with a special spirit and an open space for communion and Prayer. So, now the transformation of the Rainbow Gathering begins, from a personalized group of individuals to a Global Gathering concept that seeks peace in Israel, accommodation in Russia and racial unity in Australia. All of these goals are achieved by the flexibility to act with compassion and understanding, not by force, not by brow beating, not by holding the feather and filibustering the council. Snyder Basin directions need to be fleshed out, but a rendezvous can be made in Big Piney on US Route 189. Stay tuned for more concise directions to the old site from 1994 – or just head to that site as some have described it as a gentle and beautiful walk in. There are clear reasons to act now, the Forest Service has spoken with an act or offering of kindness and not a gun or pair of handcuffs, this opportunity to show that peace is the point is now at hand.
Just to clarify for everyone...some folks are moving to Snyder Basin or planning to arrive at Snyder Basin rather than the original site due to the Boy Scout situation. Other folks are currently plugged in at Big Sandy. As of yet, there has not been a concensus on the land to move. All politics aside, I ask folks to please review as many views of the situation as possible before making your choice of where to go and go where-ever your heart tells you is true. Here's one agr thread with some info: http://groups.google.com/group/alt....read/thread/2f48c8bf72618f14/cf5651a7aec8fbc5 And here's a shorter one(with what I'd say was a very intelligent suggestion offered by Spiritrising) : http://groups.google.com/group/alt....2f30d9f9ff3/ed52ba3161c429bc#ed52ba3161c429bc And here's the thread that Wandering Turn-up started today with a copy of an article with the media viewpoint of the situation: http://www.hipforums.com/newforums/showthread.php?t=310004
