ingiltere dil okulu , I have not yet done the back end work to see if the underlying software, WordPress, has any multilingual interfaces. However, you might see if Google translate helps. I also installed a little translation widget on the lower left navigation bar – it isn’t terrific, but it is a step in the right direction.

Ken, Dave’s stuff is fabulous. I’ve had the chance to hang out and chew the fat with Dave. If you ever get the chance, jump at it!

Virginia – I can only struggle with these questions, particularly the definitional ones. Community/group is one of the problemmatic ones. For me, community has more of a sense of purpose.

But I do know individuals can catalyze and create community – it just takes 2 to start and that we don’t have to rely on formal organizational development paths.

The idea of multimembership combined with the idea that one member of a community can perceive it as one large community, while others see it as two distinct communities is something I had not thought about before — but it makes absolute sense. In some sense, our PERCEPTION of community is probably as important as any external description of that community. And our sense of belonging as well. What I find actually, is that often people think they themselves are outsiders, while other members of the community see those same people as “inside.” Why do we place ourselves outside?

I currently am looking at cultures, groups, and organizations in a workplace setting and am finding there is much overlap and/or levels between cultures and groups. I could see the same thing with a community of practice. For example, my son is in high school. Last year when he arrived, there were some students that had come from the middle school at the same high school and others (like my son) who were outsiders. Within his “community” there was a mix (so according to the theory, some seasoned and some “newbies”). However, my son played soccer and soon was friends with upper classmen who were on the same track but a year ahead. In other words, here was really one community of practice, divided into two communities for some students but one community for my son. This is where I begin to loose the thread of communities of practice.

Also, what happens if someone believes they are part of the community, but in fact the community rejects them? We have seen this in academic (or even political) circles where someone speaks on behalf of the “community”, but the majority of the community would not want to be associated with the person.