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Wed, December 12, 2007 - 5:05 AM
WHY TWO HOOP TRIBES??????
I'm glad you bring that up....I think Richmond does need two hoop tribes.
Here's the reason Joe and I decided to keep the tribes both active and separate....
Joes has spent the past two years working with Citizens Against Crime, the Boys and Girls Club and others to provide community awareness by using the hoop to bring people together. The primary focus of Richmond Hoopers will always be around charitable and volunteer efforts. RVA Hoop Lovers and the MeetUp group I started, will hopefully feed more ideas and volunteers into Richmond Hoopers.
RVA HOop LOvers is more focused on the individual Hooper. The Hooper that wants to improve hoop skills, needs help from other experienced hoopers, wants to meet up and share flight time, etc.... We might even take a road trip from time to time to meet up with other hoop groups...RVA HOop LOvers is more for the performer. It's new and it's open for all sorts of creative ideas for advancing hoop skills.
The separation is clear to me today....but who's to say it might not change tomorrow. At this time, my goal is to build a community of hoopers that just want to be involved in "something"..... the overlap is good, but the separation is necessary for now.
Hope that clears things up for anyone that's been wondering about WHY.....
I'll try to do a better job of making things more clear going forward.
Thanks for bringing this up, Danny.
TODAY
Having re-read all this, I am reminded that I went against the original vision for the Richmond Hoopers tribe by posting my C-HAG classes there. For that, I apologize and will be more mindful in the future.
Out of respect for the agreement with Joe M, and the work he had done for 2 years prior to my becoming involved, I will not post “revenue generating” events/activities on Richmond Hoopers, and ask that other members do the same.
I would like to remind everyone that RVA Hoop Lovers is not a business, but rather a community that was started back in Oct. 2007. It was a community from the start it continues to be a growing community to this day. RVA Hoop Lovers recently began to bloom at a more rapid pace for two significant reason….1) I am no longer Co-Owner of Hoop-Active, and 2) RVA Hoop LOvers is fortunate enough to have found a home base at Carving Healing Arts Gallery. C-HAG provides us with a safe, comfortable space to gather for all sorts of hooping activities….jams, workshops, classes and whatever else our creative hearts desire. SO, the simple fact is….we have grown…in numbers, in groups, in skill levels and even in businesses. Where there was nothing, or a mere handful, we now have many….and I love the fact that we have choices.
WE have grown…WE will continue to grow….and WE are HOOPERS. My son said to me just the other day….”Mom, I see hoops everywhere I go!!!” I thought my heart would explode with love.
Hoop Love and Hope,
Stacey ~FireFly
tribes.tribe.net/richmondh...869cd212b7
Wed, December 12, 2007 - 5:05 AM
WHY TWO HOOP TRIBES??????
I'm glad you bring that up....I think Richmond does need two hoop tribes.
Here's the reason Joe and I decided to keep the tribes both active and separate....
Joes has spent the past two years working with Citizens Against Crime, the Boys and Girls Club and others to provide community awareness by using the hoop to bring people together. The primary focus of Richmond Hoopers will always be around charitable and volunteer efforts. RVA Hoop Lovers and the MeetUp group I started, will hopefully feed more ideas and volunteers into Richmond Hoopers.
RVA HOop LOvers is more focused on the individual Hooper. The Hooper that wants to improve hoop skills, needs help from other experienced hoopers, wants to meet up and share flight time, etc.... We might even take a road trip from time to time to meet up with other hoop groups...RVA HOop LOvers is more for the performer. It's new and it's open for all sorts of creative ideas for advancing hoop skills.
The separation is clear to me today....but who's to say it might not change tomorrow. At this time, my goal is to build a community of hoopers that just want to be involved in "something"..... the overlap is good, but the separation is necessary for now.
Hope that clears things up for anyone that's been wondering about WHY.....
I'll try to do a better job of making things more clear going forward.
Thanks for bringing this up, Danny.
TODAY
Having re-read all this, I am reminded that I went against the original vision for the Richmond Hoopers tribe by posting my C-HAG classes there. For that, I apologize and will be more mindful in the future.
Out of respect for the agreement with Joe M, and the work he had done for 2 years prior to my becoming involved, I will not post “revenue generating” events/activities on Richmond Hoopers, and ask that other members do the same.
I would like to remind everyone that RVA Hoop Lovers is not a business, but rather a community that was started back in Oct. 2007. It was a community from the start it continues to be a growing community to this day. RVA Hoop Lovers recently began to bloom at a more rapid pace for two significant reason….1) I am no longer Co-Owner of Hoop-Active, and 2) RVA Hoop LOvers is fortunate enough to have found a home base at Carving Healing Arts Gallery. C-HAG provides us with a safe, comfortable space to gather for all sorts of hooping activities….jams, workshops, classes and whatever else our creative hearts desire. SO, the simple fact is….we have grown…in numbers, in groups, in skill levels and even in businesses. Where there was nothing, or a mere handful, we now have many….and I love the fact that we have choices.
WE have grown…WE will continue to grow….and WE are HOOPERS. My son said to me just the other day….”Mom, I see hoops everywhere I go!!!” I thought my heart would explode with love.
Hoop Love and Hope,
Stacey ~FireFly
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Re: Richmond Hoop Tribes - The Original Vision
Fri, July 10, 2009 - 12:12 PMI am sorry for the misunderstanding. From now on I will post all announcements regarding hooping in the Richmond and surrounding areas on RVAhooplovers. Thanks for the correction!
Hoop Hug!
Cari
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Re: Richmond Hoop Tribes - The Original Vision
Fri, July 10, 2009 - 12:28 PMThis group has grown, for sure... grown away from the original vision. Check out the latest posts on this hoop tribe, which is supposed to be about Boys and Girls Club, Citizens Against Crime, etc:
Richmond Hoop Tribes - The Original Vision
Learning on your own versus classes
Hoop Dance Classes at C-HAG
I need hoopiness in my life!
Private fire performance lessons
CarnEvil: A Dark Night Of Performance Art
Summer Hoop Classes in Henrico
BUMP
Hoop Jam at Maymont Park - April 19th, 2-4PM......
HoopPath: Richmond 2009! 4/4-5/2009
HOOP IT UP WITH THE FAMILY - WORKSHOP - MARCH 22nd
Hoop Playshop with Michele
canal club
Greetings from Philly!
Spiral hoop dance
hoop with me!
Hoop Jam on Saturday (2/7) at Deep Run Park - 3pm
anybody trying to get together tomorrow?
Hoop meet in richmond
Richmond hoop gathering if your interested
Need RVA Hooper Input - PA-leaze!
Richmond Hoopers Moderator Needed
KNOXVILLE HOOP PATH WORKSHOP 1/10-1/11
Hoop Space?
Hoop Lady Event Rescheduled for November 8th!!!
This goes back over six months, and not a SINGLE mention of those original goals. Even the name misleads one to think it is for general interest. Joe M didn't have time to continue promoting that vision, and it seems like no one else here is on that bus either. May as well leave this one and start using RVA Hoop Lovers for all community and commercial posts. For what it's worth, I haven't seen anyone have much luck filling class registrations from Tribe anyways, unless they are already well known.
I don't think we need two hoop tribes in Richmond, or three, or seven. The whole point of a tribe is to network with people of similar interests. Hooping in the RVA isn't SO popular that we need any division. Those good causes supported by the original vision here will only benefit more from wider community exposure, if and when their next events are posted. Don't ask me to remember what is acceptable or unacceptable, other than basic respect and free speech. It's all I can do to remember my name sometimes! -
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Re: Richmond Hoop Tribes - The Original Vision
Fri, July 10, 2009 - 2:01 PMWell, Rabbit, I appreciate your points, but I'd really like to talk to Joe first. His original vision was one that has certainly fallen by the wayside. My post was actually to point out my error in posting the C-HAG classes, but it was interesting to see the evolution of our hooping commmunity....we went from helping kids to topics on "self teaching vs. paid classes".....WOW!
I loved Joe's ideas two years ago and I think it's a shame that we have not been able to keep the "community service" efforts alive. This is certainly something to consider. BTW, I have the tribe a couple of times if anyone wanted to take over this tribe, but all I ever heard were crickets.....I'm going to email Joe and see what he has to say and then we'll go from there.
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