Reports from the Calgary Jung Society AGM January 22nd 2010
Dear Jungian Members,
As promised, the Annual meeting committee reports presented at the 22nd January 2010, AGM meeting are compiled here to let you know what has transpired over the 2009 program year. We are calling this year a transition year as we attempted to fill out our Executive Board as well as update our website. We learned a lot and most importantly kept the program going for all to enjoy. Please remember to pay your membership, $30 annually, to take advantage of lower entrance fees as well as our library.
AGM President’s Report
Sue M. Scott, President
The Jung Executive committee continues to be committed to providing programs that advance the vision of the organization. Programs in the Jung Society aim to offer both a rational construction of reality with an exploration of the extra-rational in symbols and images from both dreams and waking fantasies or visions. We are indebted to the writings of C. G. Jung who provides a framework for our personal growth and our commitment to analytical depth psychology. Since this requires an internal and sometimes lonely inspection of our individual uniqueness, the Jung Society Executive has committed to building a community of support through active membership and attendance at programs. We aim to deepen the meaning of our internal experiences as well as provide opportunity to meet others on a similar journey. A further purpose of the organization is to contribute to the wider community a deeper understanding of local and world issues.
The past year of 2009 could be called a transition year. When I took the president’s position, Kate Mergen stepped in to fill both the VP/program position and the website updating. At the annual meeting last year we authorized expenditure of funds to update our website which has now been completed and includes the PayPal feature to register for programs and pay for them online. This has proven to be very useful as more and more people use the feature, and we have a more accurate record of program participation and attendance ahead of time. We continue to struggle with rising costs of venues and airline tickets, and subsequently find we must charge higher program fees to break even. Using the Parkdale equipment (AV) has proven helpful as we continue to struggle with the acoustics in the auditorium. We constantly look for volunteers willing to serve on both the Executive and as occasional and on-going helpers for programs. We have both a program development committee and a program management committee. The development committee includes our three Calgary analysts who advise the Society on presenters who would serve us well. They helpfully carry the historical memory of the roughly 18 year old Calgary Society. The program management committee works directly with the VP/program chair providing help for the various monthly meetings. The heart of the organization is program planning and implementation; the Executive provides some functions but there are often many details that need attention for each program. Jean Mitchell and Rose Loschiavo have provided fine assistance with refreshments, considered an important edition to our Friday night and Saturday sessions.
Many thanks go to the past Executive members, Kate Mergen, Edie Lee, Al Rallison, and Sharon Horne, and the new additions being elected, Cathy Illingworth and Frank Penkala on membership, Lillian Rallison and Candice Harris as librarians, and Darla Dench as VP. Without this volunteer help and willingness to contribute time and talents, the Jung Society would ot function. A special thanks goes to Alf Pucek who has served the Society for 6 years, recently as technical coordinator and librarian. Thanks also to Laura Pylypow for her contributions to the website and to Carl’s Café, and to many others who rally when approached to help. Committee reports for this AGM will be posted on the website.
Vice President’s Report
Kate Mergen
During the past calendar year we have experienced a wide range of fascinating and stimulating lectures and workshops in the field of analytical depth psychology. From the world of dreams to hard cash, from heroes and heroines to over-blown self esteem in many of today’s children, we have traversed much deep and thought-provoking ground.
The year began with the AGM, featuring excepts from The Way of the Dream with Marie-Louise von Franz, followed quickly in February with a lecture and workshop by Dr. Dirk Evers on the eternal topic of the inner world of relationships. April also featured a lecture and workshop, facilitated by Dr. Polly Young-Eisendrath. The former event focused on her popular thirteenth book “The Self-Esteem Trap: Raising Confident and Compassionate Kids in An Age of Self-Importance,” and the workshop – slightly to our surprise – featured a session on Zen Buddhism and Jungian thought. We finished off the summer season with a talk by the wonderful Pearl Mindell, discussing the roles Mary and Joseph may play as inspiration for us in modern times about the true path or meaning of the hero and heroine.
The fall session opened with an incisive, witty and compelling look at the meaning of money in our lives by the Calgary-based analysts: Zeljko Matijevic, Judith Slimmon and Mae Stolte. October heralded a lecture and workshop by J. Marvin Spiegelman centering on his latest book, “The Divine WABA,” which focuses on the various manifestations of the experience of the divine. In November we connected with Jung Societies around the world to discuss the Jung-White Letters; the video conference section of this session was enjoyed by all, but unfortunately the DVD failed to work, and attendees were supplied with copies of the drama at a later date.
The core concepts series ran again this fall, hosted kindly by Mae Stolte, with twelve regular attendees.
Unfortunately Carl’s Cafe ceased around mid-year, due to ill health of the moderator.
In summary, it has been a varied year with often surprisingly high attendances, proving, one would hope, that the society continues to offer a respected and insightful program of events.
Lastly, on a logistical note, when I accepted the vice president role I had no idea how much time it would take up. At an executive planning session in January 2009 we identified that the VP role was far too large a position for one person to take on. This situation, together with redesigning the website and creating all the fliers during the year resulted in some duties being neglected – specifically, future planning for the event schedule. For whatever reasons, I did not ask for more help, and I sincerely regret that now. All I can do is apologize to the society and particularly to the individual or group who will be filling those rather large shoes.
Respectfully submitted,
Kate Mergen
Publicity Coordinator, Sharon Horne
It has been another exciting year for publicity to find and implement strategic yet practical ways to bring the work of C. G. Jung to a wider community through exciting programs, workshops, resource sharing and celebratory events.
In the past year the Publicity Committee has taken on a variety of tasks to realize the vision of our work as a Society. Our focus has been on realizing the revised website to better enhance accessibility to the work and community of C.G. Jung and developing solid implementation strategies to build on our existing networks. As a result we have streamlined our connection to you who know and love the Society. We are now better using newly created and existing tools and networks to connect to our communities including the newsletter, traditional advertising and the website.
Publicity will continue to develop resources to get the information to you in a fun and timely fashion, recruit new communities who can benefit from the society’s work and develop the necessary tracking systems to allow volunteers to work effectively and efficiently to share ends. Thank you, Sue Scott, for your commitment and guidance in making C.G. Jung Society part of communities throughout Alberta. Thank you to present and former executive members and Analysts for giving us your insights and direction for the current and future work of the Society.
Warmest regards, Sharon Horne
Publicity Coordinator
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Membership Secretary – Cathy Illingworth
“shall keep a record of all the members of the Society and their addresses, send all notices of various meetings as required and shall collect and receive the annual dues or assessments levied by the society, such monies to be promptly turned over to the treasurer…” (the bylaws)
I joined the executive committee of the Calgary Jung Society (CJS) this year. Part of my job at the CJS is to maintain the database with our members’ information. Also, as the membership secretary, I am responsible for sending out CJS program flyers to our members, and to our other distribution lists.
New to the Society this year is our membership cards.
The current number of paid members in the Society is 85.
The benefits of being a member are:
1. Access to the CJS library
2. Reduced rates at CJS events
3. To be connected to like minded individuals interested in Jungian psychology
Thank you to my husband, Frank Penkala, for all his help behind the scenes.
Library Report for the Annual General Meeting January 2010
The library collection was moved in July, 2009 to a more permanent location at St. Laurence Anglican Church in Lakeview. At that time Candice Harris and Lillian Rallison agreed to share the position of librarian for the C.G. Jung Society. At the time of the move the library list was reviewed, updated and entered into the Jung Society website. Books have been made available for members to borrow at program events and meetings. There has been a great response to this with 10 – 12 books signed out at each meeting. Items from the library collection have also been ordered through the Jung Society website. Members are encouraged to return the books in a timely fashion.
The following items were donated to the library collection:
Hall, C.S.& Nordby, V.J. A Primer of Jungian Psychology – (second copy)
Jung, C.G. The Portable Jung. Joseph Campbell (ed.) – (second copy)
Frey, C.T. Notes from the Fundamentals Lecture at the Jung Institute, Zurich.
Spiegelman, Marvin J. The Divine Waba. (second copy)
Spiegelman, Marvin J. The Unpublished Writer.
The following items were added to the library collection:
Asper, K. The Abandoned Child Within – (replacement copy)
Atwood, Margaret. Payback.
Jung, C.G. Memories, Dreams and Reflections.
Jung, C.G. Man and His Symbols.
O’Donahue, J. Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom.
Spiegelman, Marvin J. The Divine Waba.
Stein, M. (ed.). The Jung-White letters.
Young-Eisendrath, P. The Self Esteem Trap.
Jung, C.G., The Red Book – on order
DVD from the Jung-White letters presentation – M. Stein
If you have any questions regarding the library please contact us.
Respectfully submitted,
Candice Harris Lillian Rallison
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Webmaster’s Report for the Annual General Meeting 2010
The past year has been particularly exciting for our presence on the Internet, with a major redesign of the website, bringing the society to the position of user-friendly ‘look and feel,’ multi-purpose applications, and professional level functionality.
Late in 2008 it was identified that the website could provide further benefit than it did at the time, and a high-level vision was constructed. This drew – of course – on the effort, ingenuity and finance that had already been invested in the original site. After exploring not only Jung organization websites around the world but other sites we enjoyed using, and considering research on usability, a detailed technical specification and invitation to tender document were created. The design focused on the site being fresh, dynamic, relevant and appealing, and also had to take into account the wide variety of computer experience amongst our members. Areas such as on-line ticket and membership purchases, the ability to exchange information via a message board, and library book details were explored in detail.
Following approval from the executive these documents were submitted to five web design companies, and after the preparation of an executive summary, the responses were narrowed down to one small company with which to work. Happily, our keen focus on lowest cost plus highest quality results were met (and, I believe, later delivered).
For those familiar with software development, what followed was the standard iterative process: each part was developed (i.e. the programs written), then tested, and the changes fed back into the development process. Every part was tracked and documented to ensure that there were no errors. To give an example, for an event comprised of a lecture and workshop, the society has three prices for each event (member, non-member and student/senior) plus three different prices if one attends both events. Therefore with nine discount levels, things can get rather complicated.
For the technically minded, the site has been created in the latest version of Joomla, with the addition of the DT Register component for ticket purchasing. DT Register interfaces smoothly to PayPal. Google Analytics have also been incorporated, as has a discussion forum hosted in phpBB.
The site was launched slightly later than anticipated, but the risk of turning users off with errors and poor functionality is considerable.
Looking to the future, the site is stable, has several technically-biased people keeping an eye out for glitches, and is built in such a way that expansion or change are easily within our grasp.
Respectfully submitted,
Kate Mergen.
Financial Report Summary, Al Rallison
During 2009 the society presented eight events. For the last four events participants were able to register and make payments online. This was made possible by an upgrade of the website which utilizes PayPal for making online payments. The following summary of the financial report shows that the society continues to be in a
good financial position. Net income for the year was $216.44.
Income and Expense Statement
Total Income $21,066.07
Total Expenses $20,849.63
Net Income $216.44
Balance Sheet
Assets $22,031.77
Liabilities $22,031.77
Difference Nil
Bank Reconciliation
Balance per Books $14,672.65
Balance per Bank $14,672.65
Difference Nil
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