How Did the N.E.D. Foundation Begin?
The
N.E.D.Foundation is the Will-project of Ned Iceton. Ned has spent the last 23
years making connections with, and and fostering connections between, people
who, like him, believe that we humans will have to speedily undergo our next
cultural-evolutionary steps if we are to survive as a species. He has built
a network of mutual support, to link individuals who seek to make personal and
socially developmental change for either specific or general purposes. Ned works
in a process-oriented way, i.e. he does not himself have a particular personal
content-field of interest, but is keenly aware that the necessary evolution
of humanity will have to embrace interconnected change in all areas and subjects.
His interest is in that general process.
Ned wants his Will to enable at least one person to continue working full time along similar change-fostering lines after his death. For this purpose he is now designing his estate in such a way that it will permanently support the employment of a professional 'social developer', who will be helped in the task by a network of volunteers.
The NED-Net is a group of interested people who are currently supporting
Ned in devising the practical and philosophical basis for such a foundation.
Seven people, including Ned, formed an Interim Board in 1997, with this specific
purpose in mind. Others are playing the role of consultants and are invited
to lend their practical, inspirational or financial support.
The Interim Board's first activity was to create a draft job description for the future professional social developer, because ensuring the employment of such a person is seen as the initiating task of the foundation. The IB meets at least once a year to discuss the current state of development and to consider the next necessary steps.
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