The gathering has a cyclical process. In Montana this summer, vision
council on the land reached consensus that the 2014 gathering will take
place in the state of Nevada or Utah if no site is found in Nevada.
But then what?
Because the Rainbow Gathering has no leaders, no board of directors, no
staff and no one in charge of anything, we depend on people working
together to do all the preparation for the gathering in Nevada or Utah. So
over the years a process has come together to make sure that planning is
open to everyone who wants to be involved.
The year starts off
with Thanksgiving Council or T-Council over the four day weekend of the
same name. This is a time for people interested in plugging in, talking
about visions for the gathering, discussing scouting, strategies about legal issues, etc. to get together.
T-Council generally takes place in the state or region where we will be gathering. It's usually a camp, cook, council, share heart songs kinda of thing. Often but not always, the people at T-Council pick the dates for the Scout Rendezvous
and Spring Council. Often times a PO box is established for snail mail
and a banking council is formed to deal with any donations.
As
with all things Rainbow, no experience is necessary, just a willingness
to participate. Keep in mind this is not a gathering, it's a working
council and the way this council unfolds sets the tone for the
gathering. If you're not familiar with our style of council process, read the Council Mini Manual.
Generally folks in the area take the lead on finding a place to hold
T-Council. Planning is underway and directions usually come out the
second week of November.
I'm hoping that there will be a real mix of
generations at T-Council. We need older people, we need younger people,
we need more experienced gatherers and we need less experienced
gatherers to come together to create a vision for a peaceful, healing
and fun gathering in Nevada/Utah 2014. Be the change you want to see in this
world.
