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A Symposium For Peace.
From: ralph@hilton.org (Ralph Hilton)
Subject: A Symposium For Peace.
Date: 1999/06/08
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This might be a last ditch attempt at a proposal for peace.

Perhaps an international symposium could be formed to discuss controversial
issues about the CofS.

If this were to really happen then the CofS could resolve conflicts with
antagonists fairly easily.

It would take about a week.

10 representatives from each of :

1. The Sea Org
2. Scientology public who have never been on staff.
3. The Freezone.
4. Critics from A.R.S.

The first 2 days would be just getting to say hello. Lots of individual
conversations.

Everyone would openly talk about their disagreements with various others.

On the 3rd day we could get more formal and discuss things in small groups.

Then we could start to put together agreements about how Scientology, the
Freezone and the Critics could all work out the future of things.

Problems are not resolved by fighting. They are generally resolved by
communication.

My proposal is that David Miscavage head the S.O. group. I don't think that
it would have credibility without him.

Russell Shaw is the only long term public Scientologist on the newsgroup so
I would suggest him as the best person to work out the scn public
representation.

From the critics I would suggest Rod Keller as the Chairman as he has
continually represented a balanced position.

I would take the FZ Chairman position. I would take along Alan Walter, Enid
Vien, Ken Urquhart, Mike Goldstein, Tommy Thompson, Pilot (anon), LR1467
(anon), Bernd L?beck, Sylvie Steiner, Christine Norstrand if they wished to
participate.

Each person would be free to bring along one other person of their choice
making a total of 80 people.

I would ask the following:

1. No Reporter Trs or anything like it. An honest communication from each
individual. No drilling or whatever. Let each person communicate as they
will.

2. That this is directed toward resolution. Not Conflict. I would ask that
people not bring others along who want a fight. Choose people who have a
real honest intent to communicate and resolve the problems.

3. A full transcript of the meetings should be available on a.r.s. given
someone willing to do it.

4. No uniforms. Just casual clothing.

I'm sure that there will be objections and modifications.

If David Miscavage doesn't read A.R.S. then I would appreciate it if this
were forwarded to him.

As a statement of goodwill I am willing to provide to the CofS details of an
E-Meter that reads twice as fast as the Quantum. The needle settles after a
read 15 times faster. If the conference happens then they can use this
freely.


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Ralph Hilton
http://Ralph.Hilton.org
Freezone International: http://www.fzint.org