State of the Blog 2007

Happy New Year!

Traditionally in the United States, usually in January, the President speaks to the American people in what is known as the State of the Union address. That speech typically details the administrations accomplishments and challenges, and seeks to set the course for the upcoming year.

In that tradition, as the administrator of Positively Complex, I am coming before the members of this blog to report on the State of the Blog. This post is the first of several that will explore the current state of Positively Complex and our dreams for the future.

Consider this first post as a sort of pre-Discovery phase of an Appreciative Inquiry cycle, and an invitation to engage in an Appreciative Inquiry around this blog.

The "Facts" About Positively Complex

• Originated: December 22, 2005 after the MPOD international residency with AMOC in the UK and CIGO in Belgium
• Blog Members: 22*
  (Blog members can "post." Anyone can "read" or "comment.")
• Email Subscribers: 1
• Bloglines Subscribers: 3
  (One public subscriber, so thanks to "managementprof" Sandy Piderit!)
• Subscribers thru Other Aggregators: Unknown
  (Does anyone out there know how to discover this?)
• Posts: 35
• Post Authors: 4
  (Thank you maidinthesouth, Jeanne, and Jennifer!)
• Comments: 21
• Commenters: 8
  (Thanks to Susanna Haas Lyons of AmericaSpeaks, Ronald-Stéphane Gilbert, Abby, Rita K., ton weijs, Joe Kane, Beth, and Mark the Harp!)
• Blogs That Link Here: 0
  (per Technorati)

What are your ideas for an affirmative topic that we can explore during the Discover phase of this Appreciative Inquiry? Please add a comment to this post, or email me at tkreminski / at / gmail / dot / com in the next few days.

The State of the Union address traditionally ends with the President saying, "Thank you, and God Bless America." For our purposes, I think we'll modify that just a little.

Thank you, and Peace to You All,

- Tina Kreminski

*Blog members are: maidinthesouth, Ronald-Stéphane Gilbert, Tim Haynes, Mark the Harp, Chris, Beth, An Rubens, Rita K, Joe Kane, Yolanda, Pauline Goodwin, Stu Worsley, Andy Burton, Murphy, Jennifer, koen, marcel, Jeanne Rosenthal, joanna, Mika, Susan Morgan