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~Horace, Odes, III, 6; A. S. Kline trans.
Showing posts with label Site update. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Site update. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Community Update

There is a lot of good news to report. First, as the snapshot from the blogroll shows, we have a very active community of bloggers. All of these blogs have been updated within the past week. Not only are these blogs active, they are all very high quality and they are all dedicated to the Cultus Deorum in a solidly reconstructionist way. The fact that all of these blogs are reporting from a shared cultural perspective is the best possible news.

Several languages are represented because these blogs are scattered all over the Earth. We have writers from South America, North America, Eastern Europe and Western Europe. (If any of our readers from South Africa and the Pacific region know of any sites that we should add, please contact us.)

Our Meetups map shows that a lot of groups are now forming. We are working on a Meetup guide to help you all organize effective gatherings. I'll report on that here when it is finished. My experience is that the first meeting is the most difficult and frustrating, because getting the word out initially is one of the hardest things to do. Once you have a few people, word of mouth kicks in and the second meeting happens much more easily. So if you are still waiting for that second person to sign up so you can kick off your group, be patient. These things take time.

One group that has existed for a long time is the Temple of Venus Genetrix in Nashville. They have scheduled a Feralia for February 19th and Quinquatrus for March 19th. They list 48 members, so I expect they will have a good turnout for these events.

There is a group now forming in Malibu that has scheduled a Parentatio for February 13th.

On the same date, there is now a meeting scheduled for the new group in Warsaw, Poland.

There is a meeting planned in Madrid for April 21 - the "Birthday of Rome".

There are a number of festivals in April, including the Vinalia, so if you don't have anything planned now, I suggest planning for a date in April. The 21st falls midweek this year, but the following weekend would be a good choice.

Finally, work continues on the new Cultus Deorum site, where we are now working on "Beginners' Guides" in a number of languages. I hope you will visit there, already there is a good deal of useful material, and it is being added to almost daily.

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Welcome - Site update

Looking at the server logs I am happy to say that we have recently had visitors from as far north as Sweden and Canada and as far south as Argentina and Australia. In fact, we have had visitors from every continent!

This site has two parts: the calendar and news items in the blog itself, plus the introduction pages in the links across the top of the site. It has been very gratifying recently to have so much news to post, and from so many different places. On the other hand, work on the short introductions is moving ahead slowly. I add material as I have time, but I also welcome contributors. If you think you would be able to help with the writing, contact me at "editor AT cultusdeorumromanorum DOT org".

Even if you don't contribute, you can follow us. Check the links at the bottom of every page.

Finally, the Cultus Deorum Romanorum SATURNALIA shop is up with cards and buttons for your festive pleasure. Proceeds go to support this site. Links are at the bottom of the page.

Optime valete in cura deorum Romanorum!