I hope I know what I am doing

The DRC seems to be running into issues getting some systems back online, the Great Zero is going to be down till at least sometime next week. Not surprisingly, there are weather problems with a new Age they were hoping to allow Explorers to access.

After “The Scream” and the “Great Linking,” I am starting to think that there may be more working against the DRC than just money and impatient Explorers, or even Cate Alexander.

Of course, with only the neighborhood and part of the City (now including the Ferry Docks) to work with, it seems that maybe the Explorers are all starting to turn their frustration inward.

There seem to be people who want to cut short the term of the current Liaisons, or even call for the outright termination of the DRCL roles. It has been tough, and even I have had my say in the conversation, both in and outside the Cavern.

Last night, I did something I hope I don't regret. I volunteered myself to host a meeting to, I hope, get something going. Partially, I want to get a feel for what kind of response the community will have. I also really do not know how people who have not been vocal on the forums feel. And with the uncertainty that recent events have caused, and the lack of any real organization,

I feel that the meeting will be successful if it happens and if I'm not spending the whole time talking to myself.

I hope the community doesn't take what I am trying to do the wrong way. I do not represent anyone other then myself. I have not found a home other than the hood the DRC originally assigned me. I do not consider myself part of any organization. I'm doing this for myself, but I would much rather just sit back in the shadows and continue my own exploration. I'd much rather be sharing my Journey.

But somebody has to do something!

I still have not made my decision if I want to continue to explore alone, or together with others. Maybe this meeting will help me decide.

Of course the problems with the Lattice seem to be making keeping a neighborhood publicly available from the Nexus are going to be a major problem for this meeting. I might just have to decide to use one of the DRC holding pen neighborhoods. It looks like The Institution's, who I really appreciate and can't thank enough for offering the use of their space, is experiencing problems staying public, and so it seems is the fallback location.

I do have to ask, where are the leaders who carried this community in the years in the cavern between the last Restoration and now? And what happened to the networks of consensus and trust that I felt when I first started joining with other Explorers when I did finally find my way to D'ni? Was it always just collections of people who all just wanted the same thing–to be in the cavern, to be in D'ni.

The DRCL are just five people. It have the feeling that it took more than just these five people to organize not only those from the first Restoration, but those of us who joined the Gathered after the loss of the DRC. Where are the others, and how do we get them to again join together and help us reopen the City?

I think back the the dream I had, water falling onto the stone. Was I dreaming of the New Tree? Was I dreaming of something of this Restoration?