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I got a Sarahah message a while back that said "TotJO needs more organization"

We absolutely do and we will start working on progresses but it will take a lot of time and a lot of volunteers.

if totjo wants to be grate it needs to get rid of the knights and councelors who lie and play games are are just here to stroke their egos and role play. and people must stop thinkings everythings a personal attack. you too.

If anyone wants to chime in on this, please do

From my view, you get folks like this in any organization. Both the leadership and the members set the tone for the culture of the community. There's some things I'd like to see changed or gone, but I don't have that direct power so I need to play with what I've been given. If we see things like this happening, we need to (preferably courteously) call it out. It's up to us to keep our own folks in line. And I know that that's not always easy and it is often a fight, but it's worth doing if we have the capabilities.

I can't speak for anyone else taking things personally, but on the note to myself, I have asked several other Jedi when I've done this recently and they can't remember when I've done this. I use to have a really bad habit of taking things personally myself so if anyone's seen that recently please let me know

If TOTJO wishes to be great, it must cultivate greatness and prune everything else back. Let's try to start that, cultivating greatness. The greatness in this organization, the greatness in her membership, the greatness in every one of us. That'll crowd out the behaviors this post discusses without having to directly intervene or point fingers.

steamboat28 wrote: If TOTJO wishes to be great, it must cultivate greatness and prune everything else back. Let's try to start that, cultivating greatness. The greatness in this organization, the greatness in her membership, the greatness in every one of us. That'll crowd out the behaviors this post discusses without having to directly intervene or point fingers.

Thank you I think this is more what I was intending. When I re-read what I said I sound like I was telling people to pounce on folks for misbehaving go with Steam's route. It's better

steamboat28 wrote: If TOTJO wishes to be great, it must cultivate greatness and prune everything else back. Let's try to start that, cultivating greatness. The greatness in this organization, the greatness in her membership, the greatness in every one of us. That'll crowd out the behaviors this post discusses without having to directly intervene or point fingers.

What is "greatness" and what is the likelihood it agrees well enough with everyone else's idea of it that much of it will be "cult"-ivated?

Greatness means nothing in a vacuum. Specific virtues or proficiencies must be delineated first.

As a random example... Person X values friendship and inner development. To be great in those virtues, he spends his time developing those traits.

One cannot be "great" in general. It always refers to something. Perhaps, though, TOTJO will never agree on... WAIT. We have a doctrine....................................................................



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(perhaps that's a good starting place?)

Connor L. wrote: One cannot be "great" in general.

It's obvious you've never met me.

In seriousness, Connor has a great point. What do Jedi at the Temple consider "great"?

I consider this to be pretty great. https://www.templeofthejediorder.org/doctrine-of-the-order

I also think that TOTJO should work toward a unique culture for Jediism. One that is inspired by, but not directly drawn from, other faiths, for example, complete with art and calendar happenings and maybe little cute mugs.