and interact - find the common ground, which invariably is many times larger than the patches of turf that make up the differences.

I hope that as the sides knock down the false barriers, the real ones where compromise is not possible will not tear the whole thing apart, but instead result in a structure in which both can co-exist.

The so-called "piece of work" from the conference affiliation negotiations several years ago also figures prominently in this initiative. Some of you thought it was Worthen or Samuelson. Nope.