Shambhala Member Help Directory
This directory lists members of the Shambhala Community who have expertise and information in a variety of areas, and are willing to help local Centers and Shambhala members. It also has links to documents that may help answer specific topic-related questions.
Note that if you choose the "Find" function on your browser (usually under the "Edit" dropdown menu), you can search this page for a specific topic or name.
If you can't find what you are looking for, email the Office of Centre and Group Support (aweinstein.shambhala@gmail.com) for help finding a topic or contact.
(Note: There is a search box at the bottom of every page of this site)
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Accessibility Issues
Hamish Maclaren, Chair, Disability & Accessiblity Working Group - maclaren@earthlink.net
Documents & Information - shambhala.org/community/da.php
Aging (care of the aging in our mandala)
David Whitehorn - davidwhitehorn@eastlink.ca, and Andrea Sherman - andreasherman@optonline.net, Co-chairs of Care of the Aging Working Group
Appointments: New Center Directors, Group Coordinators and other leadership positions
David Brown - dbrown@shambhala.org
Asia and Middle East (members, groups in those regions)
Anna Weinstein – aweinstein.shambhala@gmail.com
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Banners, Pins and Flags - www.shambhalamedia.org
Bodhi School
• In North America, Susan Williams - sawilliams108@gmail.com
• In Europe, Sophie Maclaren – sophie_maclaren@shambhala-europe.org
C
Care & Conduct:
• Care & Conduct Policy (pdf) 
• Care & Conduct Process, Chair – Irene Vliegenthart - irenev@xs4all.nl
Center Leadership Consultation
• General
Anna Weinstein - aweinstein.shambhala@gmail.com
• Governance as Path and mentoring
Amy Conway - amyconway@gmail.com
• Fundraising
not currently assigned (Summer 2012)
Children and Families Working Group
Susan Williams - sawilliams108@gmail.com
Chogyam Trungpa Legacy Project - www.chogyamtrungpa.com
Chronicle Project - www.chronicleproject.com
Communications & Technology:
• Access to Member's Pages, Sangha-Announce, Sangha-Talk, etc -
Gordon Burgess, Chief Facilitator - shambhala-request@shambhala.org
• The Shambhala.org website
Greg Heffron, Webmaster - greg@gregsportfolio.com
• Shambhala Database (SDB)
Candlin Dobbs, User support & training - SDBanswers@gmail.com
• Shambhala Template System (for local Center websites)
Greg Heffron - greg@gregsportfolio.com
• Development of new IT initiatives
Cameron Wenaus - cameron@bluemandala.com
• Networking Shambhala Communications & IT Conference Website
• General Questions/Comments – http://support.shambhala.org/
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Dana Group (fund-raising consultation)
not currently assigned (Summer 2012)
Death & Dying Issues
Jacquie Bell - jacquie.bell@gmail.com
Disability Issues
Hamish Maclaren, Chair, Disability & Accessability Working Group - maclaren@earthlink.net
Documents & Information - shambhala.org/community/da.php
Donations to Shambhala:
• How to set up donations
• General Questions about donations
Coleen Logan - clogan@shambhala.org
Dechen Choling:
• Director, Simon La Haye - lahaye.simon@gmail.com
• Website – www.dechencholing.org
Dorje Denma Ling:
• Director, Patricia Ullman Hayward - phayward@dorjedenmaling.com
• Website – www.dorjedenmaling.com
Dorje Kyung Dzong:
• Directors, Melissa and Bruce Robinson - dkd@shambhala.org
• Website - www.shambhala.org/centers/dkd
Diversity Issues: - Charlene Leung, Chair, Diversity Working Group - charleneleung.shambhala@gmail.com
F
Family Camp
• In North America: Susan Williams - sawilliams108@gmail.com
• In Europe: Sophie Maclaren – sophie_maclaren@shambhala-europe.org
Finances:
• Chagdzo Kyi Khyap - Connie Brock - conniebrockmn@yahoo.com
• Shambhala Office of Finance & Development:
– Director, Tim Watkins - watkins.shambhala@gmail.com
– Comptroller – Patricia Bennett - pbennett@shambhala.org
– Development Coordinator – not currently assigned
– Development Assistant – Coleen Logan - clogan@shambhala.org
– Finance Assistant – Brenda Wentzell - bwentzell.shambhala@gmail.com
– General Questions about donations - Coleen Logan, clogan@shambhala.org
• Centre Accounting Guidelines
• Borrowing Procedures for Centres (pdf)
• Shambhala Principles of Financial Sustainability(pdf)
• Shambhala Policy on Financial Transparency & Integrity (pdf)
• Fundraising resources - not currently assigned (Summer 2012)
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Gampo Abbey:
• General information – Director, Barbara Badessi - director@gampoabbey.org
• Website: www.gampoabbey.org
Governance:
• Key documents on Shambhala Governance
• Governance issues related to local Boards or Councils
Joe Inskeep - joseph.inskeep@verizon.net
• Governance as Path Working Group
Amy Conway - amyconway@gmail.com
I
Image Database – Anna Weinstein – aweinstein.shambhala@gmail.com
K
Kalapa Council:
• Chief of Staff, Joshua Silberstein - jsilber@mac.com
Kalapa Executive:
• Executive Director, Carolyn Mandelker - cmandelker@gmail.com
Karme Choling:
• Director, Jane Arthur - jarthur@karmecholing.org
• Website - http://www.karmecholing.org/
Kasung (Dorje Kasung)
• Gesar Arm Commander, Toby Sifton - charles.toby.sifton@gmail.com
• Desung Arm Commander, Debbie Coats - dcoats01@denma.org
Konchok Foundation - www.konchok.org
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Latin America (Shambhala activities in Latin America) - Magali Meneses - magameneses@gmail.com
Leadership Succession Planning - Amy Conway - amyconway@gmail.com
Legal issues related to Shambhala Centres, including the legal relationship to the larger Mandala (Charter & by-laws), tax-exempt status issues, property purchases and leases, borrowing agreements, trademarks and immigration: Alex Halpern - ahalpern@halpernllc.com PLEASE NOTE: Mr. Halpern is not a source for general legal consultation. Centre specific legal advice is billed at an hourly rated which has been discounted for Shambhala business.
M
Mandala Council -
• Vice-Chairs
Victoria Hagens - victoria.hagens@gmail.com
Deb Drexler - debdr@localnet.com
Peter Bancel - pabancel@shambhala.info
Marpa House -
• General Email - marpa@indra.com
• Samten Kobelt, Co-director - ziji4@yahoo.com
• Jessyca Goldstein, Co-director - jessyca75@gmail.com
Membership
• Mandala-wide membership policy /members/share/viewarticle.php?art_id=59
• International Membership - Thomas Cory - ThomasCory.Shambhala@gmail.com
• General Membership Questions - Anna Weinstein - aweinstein.shambhla@gmail.com
Monasticism & Gampo Abbey- Director, Barbara Badessi - director@gampoabbey.org
Mipham Academy - Mark Seibold - msseibold@sbcglobal.net
Mukpo Institute
• website: www.karmecholing.org/HTML/mukpo_institute/mukpo_institute.htm
• email: Mukpoinstitute@karmecholing.org
N
Nalanda Translation Committee
• Director, Larry Mermelstein - lmermelstein@shambhala.com
• Website - www.shambhala.org/ntc
Ngedon School - www.ngedon.shambhala.org
O
Oaths of Office - David Brown - dbrown@shambhala.org
Otsa Shingsa Retreat Centre (Milk Lake Retreat Centre)
• Director, Gregg Clause – milklake@shambhala.org
P
Passwords
• Websites & Sangha Talk - http://shambhala.org/community/passwords.php
• Practice & Study pdf passwords, Jill Scott - jscott@shambhala.org
Parenting as Path
• In North America, Susan Williams - sawilliams108@gmail.com
• In Europe, Sophie Maclaren – sophie_maclaren@shambhala-europe.org
Practice & Education:
• Documents, Practice Guidelines, etc - http://shambhala.org/members/ps/
• Shambhala Office of Practice & Education –
- Director, Andrea Doukas - adoukas.shambhala@gmail.com
- Associate Director, Jill Scott - jscott@shambhala.org
- International Programs Manager, Edith Sage – esage@shambhala.org
Practice Manual:
• Shrines: making a shrine, shrine types, caring for shrines
– Rigden Shrine page: view, guidelines, thangka & lineage photo sources.
• Shrine Hall procedures: decorum, umdze, geko, drummer instructions
• Chants: the why, what, when, who, and where of chants
• Group Practices and Retreats: group practice formats, lojong, bodhichitta, precepts, solitary retreat
• Monthly Practices: scheduling, Exorcism chant, Maitri Bhavana, Sadhana of Mahamudra
• Annual Observances: Children's Day, Rites of Passage, Shambhala Day, Milarepa Day, Parinirvana of Chogyam Trungpa, Rinpoche, and more
– Other resources: Children's Day, Shambhala Day, Milarepa Day
• Ceremonies: refuge and bodhisattva vows, lhasang, blessings, visiting teachers, weddings
• Meditation Instructors: goals, MI training, role and more
– Other MI Resources
• Death and Dying: view, dying process, post-mortem arrangements, sukhavati ceremony
• Werma Sadhana: group practice, feasts
• Ngondro and Werma Group practice intensive guidelines
President of Shambhala – Richard Reoch - president@shambhala.org
Publicity
• Director of Communications, Larry Barnett - larry@epiphanet.com
• Publicity materials - Anna Weinstein - aweinstein.shambhala@gmail.com
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Rites of Passage Ceremony
• In North America, Susan Williams - sawilliams108@gmail.com
• In Europe, Sophie Maclaren – sophie_maclaren@shambhala-europe.org
S
Sakyong’s Council
• Meeting Minutes from the Sakyong's Council (2008-2010)
Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche
• Correspondence with the Sakyong:
David Brown, Executive Secretary to the Sakyong - dbrown@shambhala.org
• Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche's Website: www.mipham.com
Sakyong Wangmo
• Correspondence with the Sakyong Wangmo:
Basia Solarz, Secretary to the Sakyong Wangmo - basia@ns.sympatico.ca
Shambhala Centres and Group Support
• Guidelines and advice for forming centers and groups - Anna Weinstein - aweinstein.shambhala@gmail.com
Shambhala Database
• Web Pages: Passwords Member Access SDB View Help Pages
• Policy information - shambhala.org/members/share/bpmain.php?catid=10
• User Support and Training, Candlin Dobbs - SDBanswers@gmail.com
Shambhala Europe:
• Director, Chris Montone - director@shambhala-europe.org
• Centre Services - centreservices@shambhala-europe.org
• European finance issues, Centre housing, small group finance, financial support for Eastern Europe: Willem Kuijpers - johannamariahoeve@tiscali.nl
• Practice and Education questions specific to Europeans – Sabine Rolf – sabine.rolf@shambhala-europe.org
• Manuals and Guidelines – Jani Glavina – centreservices@shambhala-europe.org
• Mentor System – Jani Glavina – centreservices@shambhala-europe.org
• General questions - Jani Glavina - anna_weinstein@shambhala-europe.org
Shambhala Media:
• Co-Directors Emily Sell - media@kalapacourt.org
& Terry Rudderham - terry.rudderham@gmail.com
• Archives Technical Director Gordon Kidd - archives@shambhala.org
• Archives Website - http://www.shambhala.org/archives/
• Kalapa Recordings – Gordon Kidd, - gkidd@shambhala.org
• Kalapa Recordings website – http://www.shambhala.org/pubs/
• Website - www.shambhalamedia.org
Shambhala Mountain Center
• Director, Jon Barbieri – jbarbieri@shambhalamountain.org
• Website: www.shambhalamountain.org
Shambhala Online
• Website – http://www.shambhalaonline.org/
• Email - info@shambhalaonline.org
Shambhala Trust
http://www.shambhalatrust.org/
Sun Camp
http://www.shambhala.org/suncamp/
Surmang Foundation
http://www.surmang.org/
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The Sakyong Foundation
• Contact: Lisa Johnston – lisajohnston@sakyongfoundation.org
• Website: http://www.sakyongfoundation.org/
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Visiting Teachers
• www.shambhala.org/documents/visiting_teacher_manual.pdf
Protocol, organization & etiquette for visits by lineage teachers.
• Teacher Invitation Guidelines
Protocols and procedures for inviting lineage teachers to your centre.
• Email Michael Gayner for all teacher invitation queries - shambhala.protocol@gmail.com
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Women (Status of & Feminine Principle)
• List of Programs Offered (pdf)
• Shambhala Commission on the Status of Women and the Feminine Principle
– Documents & Information:
www.shambhala.org/diversity/resources.php and
shambhala.org/members/women.php
– Chair Agness Au - agnessau@turtlemap.com
Working Groups:
Accessibility & Disability Working Group
Documents & Information - shambhala.org/community/da.php
Chair, Hamish Maclaren - maclaren@earthlink.
Care of the Aging Working Group
Documents & Information - shambhala.org/community/aging
Co-Chairs, David Whitehorn - davidwhitehorn@eastlink.ca and Andrea Sherman - andreasherman@optonline.net
Diversity Working Group
Documents & Information - shambhala.org/diversity
Chair, Charlene Leung - charleneleung.shambhala@gmail.com
Community Care Working Group
(Having completed their work, this group is now inactive - but the results of their work can be seen by clicking the link below. Questions about this work could be addressed to the chair, as listed)
Documents & Information - shambhala.org/congress/care/index.php
Chair, Amy Conway - amyxconway@yahoo.com
Families & Children Working Group
Chair, Susan Williams - sawilliams108@gmail.com
Governance as Path Working Group
Chair, Amy Conway - amyconway@gmail.com
New Economic Model Working Group
(Having completed their work, this group is now inactive - but the results of their work can be seen by clicking the link below. Questions about this work could be addressed to the Shambhala Treasurer, as listed.)
Documents & Information - shambhala.org/congress/ecomodel/index.php
Shambhala Treasurer - Connie Brock - conniebrockmn@yahoo.com
Mandala Governance & Structure Working Group
(Having completed their work, this group is now inactive - but the results of their work can be seen by clicking the link below. Questions about this work could be addressed to the chair, as listed.)
Documents & Information - shambhala.org/congress/governance/index.php
Chair, Joe Inskeep - joseph.inskeep@verizon.net
Membership Policy Working Group
(Having completed their work, this group is now inactive - but the results of their work can be seen by clicking the link below. Questions about this work could be addressed to the chair, as listed.)
Documents & Information - shambhala.org/congress/membership/index.php
Chair, Mary Whetsell – mwhetsell@mindspring.com
Outreach Working Group
(Having completed their work, this group is now inactive - but the results of their work can be seen by clicking the link below. Questions about this work could be addressed to the chair, as listed.)
Documents & Information - shambhala.org/congress/outreach/index.php
Chair, Holly Gayley - hgayley@yahoo.com
Touching the Earth Working Group
Documents & Information - shambhala.org/community/touching_earth
Chair, Elizabeth Kanard - ekanard@gmail.com
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