It fell apart and I was not prepared for the experience that happened, nor responsive enought to leave my agenda. I wanted so to teach my agenda, when I should have dropped it and been vulnerable. I lost sight of the purpose. Now, I have seen it again, thanks to Scott Peck and the Different Drum. Families and pairs allied against the group is divisive.
Small factions divide community.
This is to be discouraged. Enough of rugged individualism and the me generation. That has been equally destructive of community. So has entrepreneuring for the most part because to want to be in business means having to be marketed. That attracts more people trying to get their business going desperately that those interested in true community.