My groups (2) - School of Love

When I was in the Haifa University I tried to form a polyamory group. There weren't enough that were interested.
In a discussion about this I came up with the idea of starting a general group that would not deal polyamory, but with personal relationships in general. I called it the "School of Love" (SOL).

The idea was to create or invite autonomous groups who would learn together.
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When there would be a few groups they will send representatives to a council of SOL.

I tried to apply for non-profit status , but it was refused for 2 reasons:

1, There is a school in Kiryat Bialik called "Love" . So that might cause confusion.

2, In the bylaws that I proposed there would be no individual membership. Only groups could join

I mentioned above that the individual groups could do anything legal that they wanted.
One man wanted to start a nudist group. He said that he advertised and only 3 women responded while about 100 men did. I told him that he could start the grojup with the women and 2 more men.

SOL isn't like a regular school where lecturers invite students. Inversely, the students would either learn by themselves or invite lecturers to come to them.

The self learning is based (with the permission of the participants) on a game that I invented called "suggestions". I found a game called "Laws" in the Scientific American journal that I really liked. There were about a hundred different rules how to play. I threw out all the rules except for 4. Here they are:

1. Each person takes a turn at asking a question or making a suggestion.

2. Anyone can veto any question or suggestion. No need for an explanation .

3. If everyone does answer the question then the person that asked is obliged to also answer.

4. There is a facilitator whose job is a. to make sure that the question or suggestion is a good one, and that it is understood by everyone; to suggest that we be good people is NOT good. A much more specific suggestion is needed; b. to ask if there is anyone that wants to veto; c. to point out whose turn it is to answer; d. to make sure that no one speaks out of turn; e. to point out the next person to whose turn it is ot ask; and f. to pass on the duties of the facilitator to the person who asked the last question.
This game is suitable for from 2-6 players. If there are more, then they should be split up into groups of 5-6.

In the chapter called "Fives" I listed the 5 things that we should learn in personal relationships. This game is an excellent exercise to practice these 5 things.

The Haifa University student paper was the first to write about SOL I was interviewed for many other newspapers and also on TV and on the radio.

I organized a number of groups along these ideas that lasted at least a few monts.
The last one has lasted about 20 years and is now called "Friends and Participants in the North"
In Hebrew "חברים ונפגשים בצפון". I lectured to this group about SOL and explained to them why they do NOT belong
The group is very active with sometimes 3-4 activities in a week.

All three groups are based on Facebook: Temple of Love (English), SOL (Hebrew) and Friends and Participants (Hebrew)