Photo courtesy Ocean Park, Maine


Chautauqua Network


The Chautauqua Network is a group of organizations and individuals committed to the communication and implementation of the chautauqua concept of building community by supporting all persons in the development of their full potential intellectually, spiritually, emotionally, and physically. The Chautauqua Network facilitates interaction and communication among its members to further their preservation, growth and development. (Mission Statement, July 12, 1999)


27th Annual Meeting Set for August 1-3, 2010, Chautauqua, NY

As we approach our 27th Annual Meeting at Chautauqua Institution from August 1 to 3, 2010, the Chautauqua Network is formulating plans to put a self-guided tour of the many remaining chautauquas in the United States and Canada on the internet. A presentation at the Annual Meeting could be one of the highlights of the gathering. We adjusted our meeting dates to accommodate the various chautauquas’ Annual Meetings and to also allow attendees to participate in this year’s CLCS ceremonies at Chautauqua Institution. Myra Peterson, Treasurer of the Chautauqua Network and a member of Chautauqua Institution, is putting together the meeting times, Chautauqua activities, and topics for the meetings. The sluggish economy and stock market are sure to be over riding concerns, but this is where all members have input to our discussion topics. Please send your ideas to Myra (mpeterson at ciweb.org) for inclusion. At our meeting in Ocean Park, Maine, it was decided that the Network would try to put together a speakers list and a preachers list to be shared by Network chautauquas. Frank Gwalthney (speakers) and Larry Snyder (preachers) will be making their initial reports on these respective efforts.

The officers elected at Ocean Park are as follows: Frank Gwalthney, President, representing Ocean Park Association; George McCormick, Vice President, representing Lakeside Association in Ohio; Kathy Snavely, secretary, representing Mt. Gretna Chautauqua in Pennsylvania; Myra Peterson, Treasurer, representing Chautauqua Institution in New York. Suzon Kister agreed to continue to serve as the editor of the Chautauqua Network Newsletter. Currently, there are a baker’s dozen of chautauquas represented at the Chautauqua Network….Chautauqua Institution NY, Ocean Grove NJ, Florida Chautauqua, Ocean Park ME, Boulder CO, Epworth MI, Monteagle TN, Bayview MI, Waxahachie TX, Musoka ON (Canada), New Piasas IL, Mt. Gretna PA, and Lakeside OH. Do you know of a chautauqua that should be contacted? Please let us know.

The Network

Membership

Please include the following information with your payment of $50 (full organization donation) or $10 (friends, individuals): name, organization, address, telephone, fax, email address. Send check (payable to Chautauqua Institution and marked "Network Membership") to:

Chautauqua Institution
PO Box 28
Chautauqua, NY 14722