it. I will do more than accept it, I will embrace it.But I want it to be clear from the outset that lead-ing the ITAA is a team activity.

As your acting president, I am hugely fortunateto be part of an exceptionally well-integratedboard of trustees (BOT). I could not do this with-out them. Against all the odds, the leadership ofthe ITAA is not precarious. It is robust and stable.The BOT in Montreal worked effectively andcooperatively in very challenging circumstancesthat made us all the more determined to succeed.It is my hope that this will be reflected in thewider membership and that we can unite behindsome common objectives.

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YAMAEG: 100 Years . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

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Dear Members of the ITAA:

It’s almost the end of August as I write this. I’mback in England again after my trip to Canada. Ihad expected to be writing up my reflections ofthe Berne Centenary Conference in Montreal.What a deeply satisfying event it was! You willfind plenty about it in this edition of The Script,but for me there are already other issues toaddress. I went to Montreal as vice president ofoperations. Following the resignation of the pres-ident, I came home as acting president, carryingthe responsibility for the overall leadership of theorganization. It is impossible to say right nowhow long this situation will prevail and what theoutcome will be for the longer-term leadership ofthe ITAA. Suffice it to say that the bell has tolled,and I will answer its call to the best of my abili-ty and for as long as necessary. It is vital thatthere is not a leadership vacuum at this criticalpoint. There is much to be done, and this is notthe time for quitting.

I’m not sure there is any precedent for the posi-tion of acting president. I don’t think anyone hasbeen called on to be that before, certainly not inmy time, so I’m short on role models. What I doknow, though, is that this acting president willnot be acting. I’m going to be just plain me. Idon’t really know how to be anything else, as ithappens, so it’s going to have to do.

I am taking this position very seriously. The factthat the last two people duly elected to the post ofpresident have resigned has been the cause oflong reflection for me. Lorna Johnston resignedas president-elect in September 2008, giving up apresidency that would have begun in 2009.Rosemary Napper resigned her presidency inAugust 2010 after 1 year in the post. Both areintelligent, energetic people, eminently capableof carrying the role, and yet they each resigned it.I doubt that is coincidental, though quite whatmeaning to draw from it is anyone’s guess. WhatI conclude as I look back on their resignations isthat I am determined to carry this role in a waythat means I will not resign it. For me that meansI will carry it neither as some kind of personalaccolade nor as some kind of personal burden. Idid not campaign for this role, and I have notplanned for it. It has come to me and I will accept

The ScriptINTERNATIONAL TRANSACTIONAL ANALYSIS ASSOCIATION VOL. 40, NO. 7 SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2010

by Steff Oates, Lis Heath, Mick Landaiche, Manon Plouffe,Celia Simpson, and John Heath

I t is hard to believe that so many weeks havealready passed since the end of the wonder-

ful conference in Montreal, because many of thethings we witnessed and experienced remainalive in us as if it had finished yesterday. Thisshort article weaves together the ways in whichthe experiences of some delegates have stayedwith them after the event.

Can you imagine the buzz created by 267 partic-ipants from 31 different countries who cametogether with a shared sense of purpose andvision encompassing different languages, cul-tures, orientation, and approaches to transaction-al analysis theory and practice?

John Heath, the conference chair, wrote in a mov-ing article posted on the conference website(www.itaaconference.com), “I shall never forgetthe Montreal conference. ‘TA in Action’ was ourtheme, and indeed, that was exactly what wasdelivered in so many ways. Montreal is, ofcourse, the city of Eric Berne’s birth, and we werejoined there in 2010 by no less than 13 membersof his family—including three children—whocame to honor the hundredth anniversary of thearrival in this life of the man who was their father,grandfather, or great-grandfather (or the in-lawversion of that in the case of dedicated spouses).”

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Steff Oates was particularly impacted by thespeech given by Berne’s son Terry, from whomshe gained “a felt sense of Eric as a family man,not the workaholic that we have come to see himas. Many wonderful slides showed the touchingstory of a man enjoying family life at the sametime that he was writing prolifically to leave usthe legacy of his ideas.” John writes of how mov-ing the visit was for the family as well. One of thegreat-grandchildren, who delighted us all by run-ning around with the microphones as we askedthe family questions about their famous relative,was heard to whisper, “How do we know allthese people?” “The simple answer,” John writes,“is through the work of Eric, theirgreat-grandfather, but the whole truthis richer and deeper than that. It lies inthe mystery of why we people keepmeeting together and rekindling ourcommunity. If we didn’t do that, TAwould not be what it is today, Eric’shundredth birthday would have been ashadow of what it actually turned outto be, and we would not have gotten tosee those children or they us.”

For his part, Mick Landaiche reflectson this, his first ITAA conference:“One highlight of attending my firstITAA conference was meeting somany of the people whose writing I’veread and admired. It was so valuableto be present while they worked,

shared, and taught. Watching Fanita English, forexample, changed the way I approached my ownclients when I returned to work, though I couldnot say I consciously understood everything shewas doing. I also felt such a sense of communityand strength in this gathering of people fromaround the world, people with whom I share cer-tain values and purposes. I recognized in myselfthe legacy of ‘respected marginality’ that Gian-piero Petriglieri so movingly described, helpingme better understand my lifelong wish both to bedifferent and to belong. I also resonated particu-larly with Trudi Newton’s talk about the gift

A Letter from Acting President John Heath

Time for a New Vision

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John Heath, as conference chair, opens theMontreal Conference, with Script EditorLaurie Hawkes providing French translation

(from left) Tomoko Abe (PTSTA-E, TSC cochair) alongwith Kazumi Shirasaka and Nobuko Hisano (both of whomare members of the Osaka TA group) enjoy a good timeat the Montreal Conference opening party.

“How Do We Know All These People?”:Reflections on the Montreal Conference

“I am hugely fortunate to be part of an exceptionally well-integrated board of trustees.

I could not do this without them.Against all odds, the leadership of the ITAA is not precarious.

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W e have just had a special ITAA confer-ence in Montreal, the city of Berne’s

youth (in case any of you haven’t read that a 100times), celebrating the centennial of his birth,which you surely know as well. And an impor-tant conference it was! Strong emotions were feltby many at various moments.

A number of people came with anxiety, evenfear, about our future. Articles published in TheScript over the last year have been alarming, andas one participant voiced it during the member-ship meeting, “We are on the Titanic heading forthe ice mountain!” “We are not going to die,” ourtreasurer, Verne Masse, assured us. But clearly,the situation has become serious and threateningto the viability of the ITAA.

The urgency to change our organization so itsfinancial viability can be ensured led to a gather-ing called the “World Café” on Saturday morn-ing. I must admit I did not much like the title (itsounded too “light” to me, and we French peopleadore the idea of things being “serious” for us tobestow our attention on them). Like a few otherslightly rebellious types I encountered during theexercise, I wasn’t crazy, either, about the way wehad to change groups every 20 minutes to startthinking with other people. But my grumpinesssubsided as I realized that I was starting to havea vision of ways the ITAA could evolve. I thinkit was an extremely fertile exercise that got atleast 100 of our members active, reflecting, ex-pressing, debating, and discussing their ideas forhow their association might evolve in order tosurvive and thrive.

Perhaps as evidence of how motivating the processwas (and of clever conference scheduling), rightafter the World Café we had our Annual GeneralMeeting of members, where, as conference chairand then vice president of operations (and nowacting president) John Heath observed, we had aquorum “for the first time since I’ve been to meet-ings.” No small feat! Kudos to our board oftrustees for getting us members so interested—nay, invested—in the future of our organization.

Of course, that wasn’t all the conference wasabout. For example, there were fine keynotespeeches every morning, one of which inspiredthe title of this article. Vann Joines and IanStewart opened Thursday morning with their

keynote entitled “TA Tomorrow.” Vann first sum-marized a number of major contributions EricBerne made to the human sciences, and then Ianturned to the future, starting with this optimisticdeclaration of non-war: “We have already wonthe struggle!” [to get TA accepted and respected].Which led to his delightful new acronym, whichmight well become our new motto, a new form ofOK/OK: “Yours and Mine Are Equally Good!”or “YAMAEG!”

There were also three special events to recognizeBerne’s centenary. On Wednesday evening, aftercelebrating the successful examinees and ac-knowledging 50 years of TA certification, therewas a slide show followed by a panel moderatedby Rosemary Napper with Steve Karpman, Fani-ta English, and Len Campos. The latter threeshared reminiscences and answered questionsabout knowing and working with Berne. Then onThursday there was another slide show and pre-sentation with members of Berne’s family, in-cluding several of his children, grandchildren,and even great-grandchildren. Terry Berne,Eric’s youngest son, gave a lovely speech draw-ing on the just published Growing Up in Mon-treal, a memoir written by Berne and edited byTerry about Eric’s youth in Montreal. Terrytalked about his relationship with his father andtheir family life together based on reflections thatopen and close the book. Following that, Carol

Solomon moderated a discussion from the audi-ence with Berne’s children Janice McGee, TerryBerne, and Robin Way, who graciously answeredquestions. Their lifelong respect and affection forEric was movingly apparent as they shared anec-dotes about his dedication as a father. Some par-ticipants then moved on to a bus tour of parts ofMontreal that were significant to Berne. It was aremarkable evening that gave everyone a glimpseof the more personal side of Eric Berne.

On Friday morning, in her keynote entitled “TANow: What’s on Offer? Contributions Across theFields,” Trudi Newton spoke with her customarystyle, dignified and benevolent, humorous anddeep, of the “Gift,” bearing in mind the gifts wehave received in our experience of transactionalanalysis and developing our giving ethos as a com-munity: “What gift do I have for this person?” andfor our community, we can ask ourselves moreoften to “keep some part of our life outside of themarket.” Ideas, Berne’s among others, circulatearound the world and are increased and trans-formed as they move. There was a sense of gen-erosity and openness in Trudi’s message that wasuplifting and enthusiastically embraced by confer-ence participants, who referred many times duringthe subsequent days to her idea of “the Gift.”

On Sunday, our final keynote came from past-president Gianpiero Petriglieri. In “RespectedMarginality: Time to Make the Most of It,” Gian-piero referred to several previous speakers whohad described Berne’s maverick aspect and won-dered, “Why are we so fascinated by his outsideraspect?” If our script, or rather, as Gianpierocalled it, our “identity narrative,” calls for “re-spected marginality,” why not celebrate the ad-vantages of such a position? And, as he said,“Stop whining!” It was an invigorating talk, afterwhich Gianpiero was given a standing ovationboth in appreciation for his speech but also inrecognition of all that he has given to the ITAAas he comes to the end of his time on the BOT.

There was, of course, the ambience of the con-ference, which was generally warm and, dare Isay, very relational? For me, relationships were,indeed, the most nourishing aspect as I enjoyedcontact with beloved friends and colleagues anddelighted in meeting people whose names I hadread but whose faces and voices I did not know.There were the social events—the opening party,the dinner cruise on the Saint Lawrence, the galadinner, the drummers on Mount Royal. In the

closing ceremony on Sunday, after a final excel-lent talk by special guest Lewis Mehl-Madrona,those who had been especially responsible forthe success of the conference were celebratedand honored. Among them, conference chairJohn Heath and his outstanding team deservespecial thanks, as does Manon Plouffe, who wasrightfully celebrated during the gala dinner, forthe amazing job she did as on-site coordinator,despite a serious foot injury!

I hope these brief reflections inspire many of youto join us for next year’s conference, a jointITAA-EATA-WPATA World TA Conference inBilbao, Spain. By then, our hardworking boardwill have done considerable work on the hugetask of reorganizing our organization, and wewill be on our way to a new and bright future!Join us in Bilbao to celebrate YAMAEG!

Laurie Hawkes can be reached byemail at hlaurie@noos.fr .

YAMAEG! 100 Years

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The Script

by Laurie Hawkes

(from right) Chuck Holland and Helen Rossduring the World Café discussing futureoptions for the ITAA. Helen was part of thefacilitator team for the event and also servedas facilitator at the board meeting on Sunday.

One of the “tablecloths” from the World Café.Members brainstormed their ideas for ITAA’sfuture and wrote them on sheets of paper,which were then posted in the room wherethe board met on Sunday to distill members’feedback into a new vision for ITAA.

GianpieroPetriglieri delivered a moving keynote on marginality, which also marked the end of his term on the board.

Vann Joines (left) and Ian Stewart following their highly successful keynote on “TA Tomorrow,” dur-ing which Ian enthusiastically introduced the term “YAMAEG” (Yours and Mine Are Equally Good).

That was a rich morning, since we heard anotherspeech as well: Bill Cornell’s 2010 Eric BerneMemorial Award acceptance talk. When I an-nounced the news of Bill’s EBMA to French col-leagues in recent months, the usual reaction was,“Didn’t he already get it?” I haven’t spoken to asingle person who doesn’t think Bill deservesseveral EBMAs for his invaluable contributionsto transactional analysis theory over 20+ years.His speech was short (due to the full schedule)but extremely moving, and he received a stand-ing ovation while many dabbed tears from theireyes. His acknowledgment of Berne’s iconoclas-tic brilliance, his coauthors’ gifts and challenges,and Robin Fryer’s precious coaching createdanew the network of minds thinking together toachieve excellence. “Writing now is part of myclinical process,” Bill said. For those of you whohave not yet dared to write for The Script or theTAJ, let that be another incentive!

Friday was also the day of the symposia in theeducational, organizational, and psychotherapy/counseling fields. Each had a somewhat differentformat, and by all accounts, they all proved to berich gatherings for those who attended.

On Saturday morning, our past-president Jim Allentold us a story in his keynote entitled “Mak-ingMeaning in Community.” Who else could intro-duce us to the cerebellum (among other interestingbrain parts) via French versus English-Canadianfamily feuds, sprinkled with a little bit of Kant andtidbits of history? Still in line with Trudi’s theme,he reminded us that the individual does not standalone. Much like Winnicott warned that “there isno such thing as a baby,” Jim proclaimed that wedon’t have a culture, but “culture is me.” Our cele-brated autonomy takes on different meanings whenwe think of cultures that do not value the individu-al as Western cultures tend to do.

by Carol Solomon, AnnHeathcote, and Marco Mazzetti

T hirteen members of Eric Berne’s familytraveled at their own expense to be with us

in Montreal for the celebration of the centennialof Eric Berne’s birth. They came from Spain,California, Virginia, Connecticut, and Oregon.Ranging in age from 70 to 7, there were children,stepchildren, grandchildren (plus several spousesof these various generations), and three great-grandchildren. All received a warm welcomefrom conference delegates, spurring the young-est, Jaden, to ask her mother, “Mom, how do weknow all these people?!?”

The family provided a wonderful backdrop andvaluable information about their father’s life,lending a deeper sense of understanding formany attendees about who Eric Berne was as a

person. Carol Solomon valued “the opportunityto help dispel many of the myths and mispercep-tions about Eric, to create a clearer picture ofwho he actually was, including his warmth andhis giving to and valuing of his family in additionto the person who devoted many hours to hiswork and creative endeavors. I heard from sever-al attendees that they thought of Eric Berne asbeing a ‘cold’ person, more interested in theoryand his writing career than in the close ties onehas in life. They said that after meeting his fami-ly, that perception had changed; surely, if hischildren had turned out so well and loved him somuch, there must have been more warmth, con-tact, and love there than had been imagined.Indeed, that is true. To those of us who knew him,Eric was a smart man who valued highly hisachievements and intelligence but also a creative,kind, warm, and generous man who loved andwas loved.”

The celebration of Eric’s birth had many parts toit. The first was a panel on Wednesday evening,moderated by Rosemary Napper, with Berne col-leagues Steve Karpman, Fanita English, and

Leonard Campos, who talked about their rela-tionships with him and answered questions fromthe audience. Marco Mazzetti particularly appre-ciated that “there was freedom within our com-munity to talk about Eric Berne frankly, with noidealization and a free exchange of opinion. Ithink this was a good way to honor him. The tonewas that of a group of colleagues talking aboutone of them, someone who is beloved and towhom most of us feel some kind of gratitude, butwithout idealizing him. It was an honest andaffective attitude toward our Euhemerus, an OK-OK view.” Ann Heathcote echoes Marco’s feel-ing that it was “important that we, the TA com-munity, got to hear about all aspects of Berne,whether positive or negative (e.g., that he was awomanizer) and not just be given anidealized/false impression. Thanks, particularly,to Fanita English for being so candid.”

The Thursday events included “The Eric BerneFamily Presents: The Life and Times of EricBerne,” which was moderated by Carol Solomonand included many members of Eric’s family. Itbegan with a speech by Terry Berne thatlaunched the new book, A Montreal Childhood,and also showed the relationship Terry had withhis father. Janice McGee then narrated a slideshow that she had developed showing pictures offamily, including Eric’s ancestors. The great-grandchildren proudly carried the microphone toaudience members as they asked questions ofEric’s family members; this allowed delegates torelate to the children briefly in a personal way.

Marco thought the meeting with Berne’s family,although more affective and humorous, alsoavoided idealizing him and demonstrated a niceattunement between the family and conferenceparticipants. “The feeling was like that you find inmost families when people talk about a grandpar-ent who died years before: the bereavement ispast, and there is pleasure in recalling someone

who was important to everyone, probably to eachin a different way, but with a common feeling ofgratitude. I’m grateful to the family memberswho came to share their memories, and I had thefeeling that it was a pleasure for them as well.”Ann remarks that she was “deeply touched by the

generosity of the Berne family in coming all theway to Montreal. I was impressed by their will-ingness to share what they knew, even when thiswas difficult or painful/potentially painful materi-al (e.g., answering the question about how theyreacted when they heard Berne had died or aboutthe split in the family following Berne’s first mar-

riage to Ruth). It was wonderful to see photos ofBerne as a baby (ahhhh…) and of Berne with hischildren. Like Marco, I too had the distinct im-pression that this event was important for theBerne family as well as for the TA community.”

After the conversation with the family, a bus tourtook some participants to places that had beenimportant in Eric’s life, with Manon Plouffe, on-site and social coordinator, providing refresh-ments along the way, including bubbly drinksand blueberries! Ann said that for her, “the mostwonderful part of the bus tour was seeing thehospital where Berne was born and the street onwhich he grew up. Although number 73 St.Famille Street is no longer standing, the remain-der of the street is much as it would have been inBerne’s time. I can now imagine him walking upand down St. Famille Street as a boy and youngman.” Following the tour, the ITAA honored thefamily with a celebratory thank-you dinner, dur-ing which family members and some ITAAmembers got to know each other in a much morepersonal way.

The family who came to the Montreal confer-ence included Terry Berne, Eric’s youngest son;Janice McGee and her husband, Bob (Janice,Eric’s stepdaughter, was raised by him after hermother met Eric when Janice was 4); Robin Wayand his wife, Bonnie (Robin is Eric’s stepson andJanice’s older brother); Robin Way, Jr., Eric’sgrandson; Nick Calcaterra and his wife, Carla(Nick is Eric’s grandson, the son of Eric’s firstdaughter, Ellen, who is deceased); Eric’s grand-daughter Jennifer (Janice’s younger daughter);granddaughter Julie Rosoff (Janice’s olderdaughter); and Eric’s great-grandchildren(Julie’s children) Jaden Rosoff, 7, Jack Rosoff, 9,and Max Rosoff, 11. The family members whowere not able to attend are Rick Berne, Eric’smiddle son, and Peter, Eric’s oldest son.

In addition to the family presentations, there wasa special workshop on “Eric Berne: The Man andHis Times” presented by Ann and Marco onSaturday afternoon. Ann presented biographicalinformation about Eric Berne, and then Marcoreflected on some aspects of the possible cultur-al script of Berne and how our cultural scripts caninfluence our present professional activities.There were many photographs of Berne and atape recording of him giving an after-dinnerspeech. Ann says, “I was impressed by theamount that participants already knew aboutBerne and by their level of interest in the subjectof Eric Berne the person.” Carol found the pre-sentation “filled with rich material about Eric’slife and work as well as many historic photos anda fascinating slide show.” Marco says that eachparticipant came with a personal view of EricBerne, “as if each (including Ann and me)had/have a special relationship with him. Weexchanged and shared our perceptions of ourrelationships with Berne, and I think each of usleft with a new, enriched vision of him.”

In closing, we want like to share what Terry Bernesaid about being at the Montreal conference:“What struck me most about the Centenary Con-ference, apart from its impeccable and person-friendly organization, was the extraordinary in-ternational reach of transactional analysis. Thiswas brought home by speaking with so manypeople who had come from so far away: fromEurope, Brazil, Turkey, South Africa, the UnitedStates, Korea, Japan, New Zealand, Australia,Canada, Latin America, Mexico, India, and evenIran. I think Eric would have been both incredi-bly surprised and deeply proud that his theorieshave not only lasted into the twenty-first century,but that they have been utilized and expanded onby so many brilliant practitioners in so many dif-ferent cultural contexts. As much of a celebrationof Eric’s contribution to the study of human psy-chology 100 years after his birth, Montreal, forme, was a tribute to all those throughout theworld who put into practice his theories for thebetterment of people’s lives.”

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Janice McGee, Eric’s daughter, and his threegreat-grandchildren, Max, Jaden (waving), andJack Rosoff.

Steve Karpman and Eric’s grandson NickCalcaterra

Some of the Berne family members on Thursday afternoon (from left): Robin Way, Janice McGee,Jennifer Deihl, Terry Berne, Bob McGee, Julie Rosoff, Max Rosoff, Jack Rosoff, and Jaden Rosoff (infront).

(from right) Janice McGee introducing RobinWay and his son, Robin Way, Jr.

TA CONFERENCES WORLDWIDE10-14 NOVEMBER 2010: Fremantle,

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Contact: Linda Gregory at

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Winter Gathering. Contact: Dianne Maki,

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Please follow the instructions to authors on theinside front cover of any recent issue of the TAJ and

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2011 World TAConference

Bilbao, Spain7-9 July 2011

Cosponsored by ITAA, EATA, and WPATA

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I am delighted to have the opportunity to be partof a team that will lead the ITAA forward beyondthe milestone of the Berne centenary celebrationand into its next phase of life. I hope you all willfeel able to be part of this too. Without our mem-bers, there would be no ITAA, after all.

John Heath, Acting President, September 2010;johnheath@itaa-net.org

Creating a New Vision and Structurefor the Future of the ITAAby Vann Joines

A t its August meeting following the Montreal conference, the ITAA Board of Trustees (BOT) wasfaced with the task of creating a new vision and structure for the ITAA that would be economi-

cally viable in the future. After compiling and analyzing the enormous amount of information producedin the World Café meeting on Saturday 14 August, the board came up with the following vision forITAA: “A worldwide professional network for the development of transactional analysis theory andpractice.”

Rather than have an “umbrella” organization, as some saw us before, our vision is to provide a “con-tainer” network that would bring together ITAA professionals worldwide to function in a cooperativeand egalitarian manner in order to share ideas and resources in promoting transactional analysis theoryand practice. The idea of an umbrella organization implied more of a hierarchical position in relation toother associations, whereas the idea of a container is to have a supportive and unifying network to facili-tate members and regional associations in connecting with each other, sharing ideas, and cooperating ona worldwide basis.

A universally expressed desire in the World Café feedback was for the ITAA to continue to provide cer-tain core member services, including the publication of The Script and the Transactional AnalysisJournal, the setting up of conferences to provide a forum for networking and cross-cultural exchange ofideas, and the launching of a new Web site to provide easy access to information and ideas as well as aforum for worldwide exchange.

The ITAA network will provide a professional home for individuals who do not have a TA organizationin their own region and members of other TA organizations who wish to join as well as a means ofworldwide connection and collaboration for the existing TA organizations around the world. We haveappreciated the energy that has grown through hearing the collective voices of all regions. It is our hopethat the various accreditation and certifying bodies around the world will also join together to create oneworldwide accreditation and certifying body.

The structure of the worldwide professional network, which will retain the ITAA name, will be revisedfrom the current ITAA structure so that it can operate in a more efficient and cost-effective manner. Thiswill include closing the current office and bringing most member services online, such as the dissemi-nation of information, publications, and membership renewal. It is clear that we must do this with a sus-tainable budget that will provide an ongoing future. We also believe that the governance of this networkshould be in accordance with the cocreative and egalitarian style that the board adopted at its Montrealmeeting. This will require rewriting our current bylaws to reflect the new structure.

We hope that both individual members and regional organizations will join with us in our efforts to cre-ate this new network. We will keep you updated as we progress with this task.

Vann Joines on behalf of the ITAA Board of Trustees

ITAA NEWS

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A New Visioncontinued from page 1

TAJ Editorial BoardMembers Sought

The TAJ is seeking new additions tothe editorial board beginning 1 Janu-ary 2011. There are seven openings,as usual, for the next term, 2011-2013, and one opening to fill a vacancy for the term 2011-2012. Ifyou are interested in being consid-ered for one of these positions,please email your name, country, anda brief statement about your areas ofinterest/expertise and your experi-ence in writing and/or editing to TAJManaging Editor robinfryer@aol.com by 1 December.

ITAA BallotResults

T he results of the ITAA election and theballot on bylaws changes are now in.

Milly de Micheli has been elected to serve as thenew European region representative to the ITAABoard of Trustees. She will join the board on 1January 2011.

The two bylaws amendments passed, whichmeans that the vice president of training and cer-tification will now be an ex officio (nonvoting)member of the ITAA Board of Trustees.

Steff Oates, ITAA Secretary

Award Nominations SoughtEric Berne Memorial Award

Nominations Deadline: 1 December 2010

Hedges Capers Humanitarian Award Muriel James Living Principles Award

Goulding Social Justice AwardNominations Deadline: 1 January 2011

See the ITAA Web site at www.itaa-net.org or contact the ITAA office for details on making nominations for these awards.

Formal Motions from the August 2010BOT Meeting■ The Script shall be published monthly and sent

in a digital format from January 2011.■ From 2011 members need to pay an addition-

al fee to receive the newsletter in paper form.■ The Script in its digital form shall be circulat-

ed also to nonmembers of ITAA from January2011 to December 2011 as a pilot project toevaluate the impact of such a move on ourmembership in the wider business plan.

■ A task group shall be created comprising JohnHeath, Erich Kosloski, C Suriyaprakash, andFusun Akkoyun to propose a new structure[for the ITAA] in line with the new purpose (asexpressed in the proposed mission statement).The task group will take outside consultationand report back by 31 January 2011.

■ The BOT shall write a letter to urge T&CC totake seriously the wish of the members of theITAA for a single worldwide training stan-dards and certification body and to worktogether with other certifying bodies in this.

■ The outline contract for the World Conference2011 shall be accepted as it appears in theboard packet with the following changes:❖ There is no reference to ALAT. Seed

money is made of €4000 each from EATAand ITAA and €2000 from WPATA.

❖ Profit is shared 20% to APPHAT, 80% toEATA, ITAA, and WPATA divided in theratio of their contributions.

❖ In the event of a failure to make profit,100% of the loss is carried by EATA,ITAA, and WPATA in the ratio of their con-tributions to the seed money.

■ The bid from SAATA for the 2012 conferenceto be held in Chennai, India, is accepted.

■ Profit for the Chennai conference 2012 will beshared in the ratio of 70% to 30% to SAATAand ITAA, respectively. No loss will be sharedby the ITAA.

■ John Heath shall become the new representa-tive of the ITAA BOT on the T&C Council.

■ ITAA shall sign the letter of agreement fromDavid Lionel for him to sell the “MasterTherapists in Action” DVDs and pay ITAA20% of the profits.

■ The ITAA office in California shall be closedeffective 1 June 2011.

■ Ken Fogleman’s current service contract willcome to an end by 1 June 2011. In honor of his37 years of service, the ITAA will continue toprovide his current health care insurancethrough to April 2014 and provide a severancepackage.

■ A task group composed of Vann Joines andSteff Oates is appointed to obtain legal opinionon the current situation regarding the actingpresident’s position and the election process.

Steff Oates, ITAA Secretary

ITAA WEBSITE: www.itaa-net.org

Perhaps we’ve already started, in fact. I haveattended every ITAA annual members’ meetingsince 2004. The members’ meeting in Montrealwas the first one to be quorate in all that time. Twomotions were passed, which are binding on theleadership. One was to do with the creation of anetwork for the application of TA for socialresponsibility (see page 5). The other was to man-date the BOT to act in service of transactionalanalysis surviving as a worldwide movement. Ofcourse, these are both aspirations rather thanspecifically definable actions. Much committeework will need to be done to make these inten-tions manifest. But it moves me to my core toknow that this is what the members of the ITAAwant. They want to be part of something that isethical and has a global reach. They want our par-ticular psychological theory and its relatedmethodologies to be congruent with those aspira-tions. It’s a big vision, and it’s probably the workof several lifetimes to get there, but I’m glad to bepart of it, even for a few steps on the way.

These are some of the steps the BOT has settledon so far:

First, we have to work to a sustainable budget.The BOT has determined to streamline the orga-nization, and we are going to close the ITAAoffice next year, if possible, by 1 June. Sadly, thismeans we will be saying good-bye to Ken Fogle-man as a full-time employee. After almost 40years of service, this is not an easy decision. Ihave spoken personally to Ken, and he has ac-cepted the realities of the situation with dignity.We will be acting as responsible employers andwill do all we can to look after his interests.

We are proposing a major restyling of the ITAAas a worldwide professional network. We wantan ITAA made up, as now, of individual mem-bers, perhaps also with the facility for organiza-tional membership. We want the ITAA to beglobal in its focus and independent in its spirit,seeking peer relationships with other TA organi-zations. We are proposing to set up a task groupto look at what this will mean for our governanceand our bylaws, and we anticipate that recom-mendations for major constitutional reform willneed to be put before the members in 2011.

We are proposing to retain the core services ofpublishing The Script and the TransactionalAnalysis Journal, setting up conferences in coop-eration with other TA organizations (possiblyaccessible online as well as by in-vivo atten-dance), and the creation of a new, more interac-tive Web site that will include a forum for intel-lectual exchange and debate.

We will be moving to a digital version of TheScript immediately, with a new format and de-sign as of 1 January 2011 and publishing month-ly instead of 9 times a year. This will provide amore regular contact point for members and savevery high postal charges for the delivery of apaper version. Paper copies will be available atan additional cost to those who want them.

In response to the views of members as ex-pressed in the consultation workshop at the con-ference, we will be advocating for the creation ofa single worldwide accrediting and certifyingbody in TA and will be writing formally to theTraining and Certification Council and other cer-tifying bodies to call their attention to this andbegin a process of discussion.

A list of the formal motions approved by theboard follows this letter, as does a more detaileddiscussion of the new purpose statement. Themajority of this business evolved directly inresponse to members’ suggestions as gathered atthe conference.

death of too many who died at a younger age,including Birger Gooss, the first certified memberin Germany; Alain Crespelle, therapist, teacher ,and theoretician in France; Sylvia Romanini andCarlo Moiso, founders of institutes in Italy; andLeonhard Schlegel, the brilliant author and EricBerne Memorial Award winner from Switzerland.As Fanita said, “They are with us now thanks totheir many important contributions during theirlifetimes.”

Adrienne Lee is the recipient of the 2010EATA Gold Medal. In her remarks upon present-ing the award, Sabine Kligenberg said, “It is mygreat pleasure to honor today Adrienne Lee forher outstanding contributions to both transaction-al analysis and EATA. What an inspiring, bril-liant, warm, and supportive woman! She has awonderful combination of clear and creativethinking with an intuitive and heartfelt responseto process. This means she takes care of people’sneeds as well as the agenda with great skill. Notto forget she is a person who tells the best jokes!We can look back with her on a journey thatspans almost 40 years. Adrienne is a true trans-formational educator. She has been a trainer inTA for so long that she is probably the only per-son who claims to have taken her CTA examalongside her own first candidate. She is one ofthe founders of the UK’s Institute of Trans-actional Analysis, and Adrienne started her owntraining institute, The Berne Institute in Notting-ham, where she remains codirector. She has beenpresident of ITA and EATA. Her contribution toEATA has been enormous in terms of her energy,commitment, professionalism, passion, and im-pact. Let’s celebrate her!”

Bill Cornell, who won the 2010 Eric BerneMemorial Award for his work on the somaticChild and protocol, received his plaque duringthe ITAA Conference in Montreal. His remarkswill be published in the January 2011 issue of theTransactional Analysis Journal.

Jenni Hine was honored with the 2010 MurielJames Living Principles Award for her decadesof work on behalf of transactional analysis andthe ITAA. In remarks she prepared for Jim Allento deliver on her behalf in Montreal, Jenni wrote,“I am deeply honored to receive this award, espe-cially since Muriel played an important part inmy training as a TA therapist. I thank you onbehalf of all the board members and the team that

worked on the long-range planning task force—in particular, Lucy Freedman, Vince Gilpin, andBill Cornell. The work of the task force tookplace before the era of email and even faxmachines. The exchange of transatlantic mailcould take up to 6 weeks! The worldwide surveyof TA associations and their members and thelater affiliation negotiations that the task forceundertook comprised a fantastic adventure intointernationalism. I am sure that it would havemade Eric Berne very happy that we took it on. Iwas fired up by a vision of a boundaryless TAcommunity that was outward looking, rather thanlocal or national. This seemed a possibility in ex-war-torn Europe and gave us all enormous hope.The work was an incredible learning experience.I personally visited the offices of nearly all themajor TA associations to test feasibility and ex-plain what was involved in many different board-rooms. In Europe, much of the structure stillremains and has perhaps inspired many TA asso-ciations in newly accessible Eastern Europeancountries to form and become members. I onlywish that I was a little younger so that I couldonce again be of help to the ITAA as it struggleswith some of the same issues that the task forcetried to address. I send you my best wishes for agreat conference.”

Curtis Steele and Nancy Porter-Steele, atthe gala dinner in Montreal, were honored as therecipients of the 2010 Hedges Capers Award for

Dolores Munari Poda, who won the 2009 EricBerne Memorial Award for her work with chil-dren, was given her award plaque by FanitaEnglish during the 2010 EATA Conference inPrague. Her remarks will appear in the January2011issue of the Transactional Analysis Journal.

Fanita English was honored with the 2010EATA Gold Medal at the Prague Conference inJuly for her outstanding contributions to transac-tional analysis and the European TA communityon all levels: members, associations, traininginstitutes, and theory. In her remarks on makingthe award, Maria Teresa Resi said, “These out-standing contributions are, of course, linked to herpersonal story, which started in the most complexand spectacular way. Fanita was born in Romaniaand raised in Istanbul. Her parents spoke Frenchto each other, her governess was Austrian, thehome maid was Greek, and she studied at an in-ternational school in English. In such situations, achild has two major choices: to become crazy orto become a genius. Thank you, Fanita, for choos-ing the latter one and expressing your creativity intransactional analysis! In the last 40 years, Fanitahas become one of the leading figures in theEuropean TA community through her trainingsand her lively and active participation in manyEuropean conferences. In this way, she has deeplyimpacted the development and identity of thou-sands of transactional analysts in Europe and theworld. I’m sure that everybody in this room isaware of Fanita’s significant modifications ofsome of Berne’s concepts and of her originalideas and theories regarding contracts, motiva-tion, transactions, and script. These contributions

to TA—which have made TA more fertile andmodern—seem to be based on her personalcapacity to develop a stable meta-level perspec-tive grounded, as well, in her rich personal expe-rience and her deep knowledge of numerous per-sonality and psychotherapy theories and models.Thank you, Fanita, it is a big pleasure to awardyou and to show you our gratitude!” In her com-ments that followed, Fanita indicated that she wasprofoundly touched and grateful for the honorand wanted to honor, in turn, many of the EATAmembers she has had the pleasure to work withover the past 38 years. She contemplated sadlythat by now, at age 93, she has had to mourn the

New Network Formed of TransactionalAnalysts for Social Responsibility

A t the Eric Berne Centenary Conference in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on 14 August

2010 during the General Membership Meeting, Leonard Campos made the motion

(seconded by Alberto Jorge Close) that the ITAA support, in principle, the formation of a new

network: Transactional Analysts for Social Responsibility (52 in favor, 22 against, 12 abstentions).

Leonard agreed to be the acting general coordinator for an initial email network. Forty-nine

persons from 18 countries provided their email addresses on a sign-up sheet that was circu-

lated at the meeting. The 18 countries were grouped into seven major regions: Africa (2), Asia

(13), Canada (3), Europe (13), Latin America (including Brazil) (6), South Pacific (1), and the

United States (11). Seventy-eight percent were in the field of psychotherapy/counseling (38),

10% in education (5), 10% in organizational work (5), and 2% clergy (1).

Since launching in August, and after verification of email addresses, network members have

been asked to collaborate together on forming its structure and function. Up to now, the

first step has been to work together on coming up with a mission statement. Once the net-

work agrees on this statement of purpose and common goals, it will move forward to define

key issues to address consistent with a socially responsible transactional analysis.

If you are interested in joining this initial list of ITAA members, Leonard can be reached at

Lcampos@ulink.net .

PRAGUE & MONTREAL AWARDS

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Dolores Munari Poda after receiving her 2009EBMA plaque in Prague.

Fanita English and Adrienne Lee celebratetogether in Prague after receiving their 2010EATA Gold Medals.

2010 EBMA winner Bill Cornell enjoys well-deserved accolades after his Montreal speech.

Nancy Porter-Steele and Curtis Steele accept-ing their 2010 Hedges Capers Award at thegala dinner in Montreal

Bill Cornell with previous winners of the Eric Berne Memorial (Scientific) Award (back row, fromleft): Bernd Schmidt, Vann Joines, Steve Karpman, Bill, Richard Erskine, Jean Clarke, Gloria Noriega,Jim Allen; (front row, from left): Charlotte Sills, Rebecca Trautmann, Fanita English, John McNeel.

Jenni Hine, winner of the 2010 Muriel JamesLiving Principles Award

their commitment to the ongoing training of psy-chiatrists, physicians, psychologists, and othermental health workers in Cuba. At their ownexpense, they have traveled several times to Ha-vana and other areas of Cuba to offer pro bonotraining in TA and other methods compatiblewith the principles of TA. They have mentoredmany of these Cuban professionals to the com-petency levels of clinical certification and eventrainer certification. In their remarks upon receiv-ing their award plaque, Curtis said, “It’s wonder-ful to be rewarded for what for us was so natu-ral.” Nancy then recalled Trudi Newton’skeynote: “As Trudi talked about the Gift the otherday, being able to give something is the mostvaluable experience.”

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gathering together a diverse group of educators,both new to TA and established practitioners. Ifsymposia become part of future conferences andwe were to offer another educational one, wewould like to develop the process by providingmore opportunities for participants to share anddiscuss during the learning process. For readersinterested in either reading material presented atthe conference or contacting presenters, pleaseuse the following links:

Tomoko Abe: tomoko11@fg7.so-net.ne.jp

Evelyne Papaux: evelynepapaux@bluewin.ch

Trudi Newton: trudi.newton@btinternet.com

Karen Pratt: www.nityagurukula.net/

Sashi Chandran: www.tamatters.co.za

Giles Barrow: www.crackingbehaviour.com

Jean Illsley Clarke: jiconsults@aol.com

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by Giles Barrow

T he educational symposium opened with apresentation by Giles Barrow (UK) that

integrated ideas drawn from his new role as asmall-scale farmer and the process of teachinglearning. Our group numbered around 40 overthe course of the day and represented severalcountries and stages of experience in educationalTA. Karen Pratt (South Africa) led the group insome preparative discussions before EvelynePapaux (Switzerland) shared insights and ideasabout the importance of play in forming a senseof self and autonomy in young children. JeanIllsley Clarke (USA) then focused on the otherend of the age range and presented materialabout developmental stages in middle and lateradulthood. After lunch Tomoko Abe (Japan) toldus about how her own practice as an educator hasgrown through word of mouth and the impact ofTA, while Sashi Chandran (India) introduced usto the concept of the guru within. As the daydrew to a close, Trudi Newton (UK) reported onfeedback she has gathered on the factors thatunderpin effective learning, and Karen complet-ed the day’s presentations with input on appre-ciative inquiry and generated links between thisapproach and TA concepts.

As part of the afternoon session, participantswere invited into a story-board exercise that gen-erated individual accounts of how educationalTA was being practiced and developed aroundthe world.

In our reflection as the symposium team we val-ued the following: presenting a series of accountsfrom around the world of educational TA and

By Sari van Poelje

A fter more than a year of planning, ourorganizational symposium took place on

Friday 13 August. It felt special for all of us tohonor Eric Berne’s centennial by showcasingsome of the developments in organizational trans-actional analysis. It also felt special to be workingtogether with such great presenters from all overthe world: Jacques Moreau (France), SandraWilson (Scotland), Valerie Redman (Australia),Lorna Johnson (Canada), and Lucy Freedman(USA)—quintessentially international TA!

We started off with a short introduction ofBerne’s main organizational concepts through asimulation developed by Nelly Micholt. Jacquesplayed the big boss of a rubber duck factory outto conquer the world. Together with the audiencewe played every stage of organizational develop-ment, illustrating the power of the concept ofboundaries, leadership, and membership roles;the different dysfunctional dynamics; and whatcohesion can bring in terms of healing. Good funwas had by all!

Afterward we split up into two workshops: oneon boundaries and pathology and the other ongroup imago. In the workshop on boundaries,Sari and Sandra spent the first hour goingthrough the significance of the major and minorboundaries in organizations and illustrated a cou-ple of the pathologies that we often encounter.One example was an organization that has a per-meable major internal and external boundary,such as a voluntary organization often has. Wediscussed typical behavior and dynamics andpossible interventions. In the second hour, weasked the audience to go through several casestudies provided by Sandra Wilson and identifythe boundary problem and what they would doabout it. Sandra then told us what she had doneas a consultant.

In the workshop on group imago, Jacques andLucy talked about group imago and the develop-ment of imago in groups. Jacques introduced apowerful method of sculpting the group imagoand discussed various interventions needed. It waslargely an experiential workshop, with participantsbringing in their own experiences and cases.

We reconvened in plenary, led by Lorna andValerie, to bring together our learning experiences.It was a very powerful ending to a great day!

Educational Symposium:Cultivation, Growth, & Learning

Organizational Symposium Wasa Great Success!

Giles Barrow and Karen Pratt at the educa-tional symposium in Montreal

Jacques Moreau, Madeline Laugeri, and Sari vanPoelje during the organizational symposium

Clinical symposium roundtable (from left at table) Birgitta Heiller, Bill Cornell, Ian Stewart, GloriaNoriega, Charlotte Sills, Jim Allen, Rosemary Napper, and Fanita English; (seated below in front)Maria Teresa Tosi and Jo Stuthridge; (not shown but present) Richard Erskine

ErrataWe thank Alberto Jorge Close for alerting us to corrections that need to be made to the arti-

cle by Rosemary Napper entitled “How Do We Nourish Transactional Analysis to Flourish in

the World?” in the August 2010 Script:

1. Where it was stated that “in 1981 Kertesz became a teaching member,” in reality, he did his

training in the late 1960s and in the early 1970s was certifying trainees.

2. Where it was stated that “Kertesz’s other conceptual ideas . . . Adapted Child, and

Rebellious Child” it should read “Adapted Child subdivided into Submissive and Rebellious

Child.”

3. Where the word “carecas” was used, it should read “caricias” (carecas in Portuguese means

“bald men”).

To celebrate our cooperation we wrote a newbook on TA in organizations together: Keepingthe TA-O Torch Alight: Berne after Reading. Youcan order the book through info.intact@gmail.com (see ad below).

Clinical Symposium Write-upWe regret that we did not receive areport on the psychotherapy/counsel-ing symposium in time for publicationin this Script, but we plan to publishone in a future issue.

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plates had been cleared and this crowd of manyages and histories took to the dance floor with agiddy and grounded joy. I then saw that the TAcommunity nurtured itself not only with its hardwork but also with the gift of its exuberant andinfectious play.”

Celia Simpson writes, “I really enjoyed the inter-national nature of the conference: attendees andsome interpreters, from all over the globe, cametogether embodying the length, breadth, anddepth of our community.” It is important for us toremember the role of the team of interpreterswho did a brilliant job in simultaneous transla-tion. They were cooordinated by Ana Tholenarfrom the Dominican Republic.

Celia also commented on the morning plenaries,with noted successive speakers who wovetogether threads and themes, cocreating adynamic tapestry. We were inspired by two ofTA’s best-read authors, Ian Stewart and VannJoines, who treated us to an evidentially support-

thought that the structure of the Friday symposiafor each field was successful, meaning that eachfield of application was recognized and valued.

“And then there was the social program,” Lisremarks. “What can I say! From the opening cer-emony with a local jazz trio, through a dinnercruise on the St. Lawrence, to the gala dinnerwith superb food and dancing, to the final picnicon Mount Royal, we were able to enjoy Montrealin the way our community is so good at doing.”

All of these feasts were elegantly introduced andtime managed by our own “Master of Cere-monies,” John Heath, now acting president of theITAA. The conference committee received aheartfelt vote of thanks from him for the tremen-dous effort and complexity involved in producingthis stunning and historic event. Manon Plouffereceived special thanks for the enormous amountof work she put into organizing the event. It obvi-ously stays alive in her too as she writes, “I amblessed and deeply touched. The energy, thetogetherness, the care, the willingness of all tomake Berne’s centenary conference such anamazing success has reached my heart in a waythat few things have in my life. Throughout thewhole of the event so many people touched methat I shall remain forever grateful for having hadthe opportunity to share this unique event with allof you who came to Montreal. Among you TAfriends and colleagues and, of course, with all theBerne family members who joined us, I experi-enced the depth of the attachment that links ustogether in this worldwide TA community. I wishto thank you all for your care and nurture andmost of all for the contribution you make in pur-suing Berne’s legacy.”

Our closing plenary was a Native American-inspired ceremony that included a pipe smokingand prayer. And so we ended by giving back ourconference spirit to the greater world of spirits,whence it came. We await its return among us inanother place and another time with completeconfidence.

Montreal Reflectionscontinued from page 1

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Exam Exam Adm. Exam Date Location App. Deadline

CTA WPATA . . . . . . 11 Nov 2010 . . . . . . Fremantle, Australia . . . . . . 11 Aug 2010Exams COC . . . . . . . . 11-12 Nov 2010 . . . Rösrath, Germany . . . . . . . . 11 Aug 2010

COC . . . . . . . . 11-12 Nov 2010 . . . Paris, France . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Aug 2010COC . . . . . . . . 2-3 Dec 2010 . . . . . Milan, Italy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Sept 2010BOC. . . . . . . . . 7 Jan 2011 . . . . . . . . Bangalore, India . . . . . . . . . . 7 Oct 2010COC . . . . . . . . 27-28 Apr 2011 . . . . Daventry, UK. . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Jan 2011COC . . . . . . . . 14-15 Apr 2011 . . . . Belgrade, Serbia. . . . . . . . . . 14 Jan 2011COC . . . . . . . . 5-6 Jul 2011 . . . . . . . Bilbao, Spain. . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Apr 2011COC . . . . . . . . 10-11 Nov 2011 . . . Louvain-la-Neuve, Belg . . . . 10 Aug 2011COC . . . . . . . . 17-18 Nov 2011 . . . Neustadt, Weinstr., Ger . . . 17 Aug 2011

TSTA COC . . . . . . . . 11-12 Nov 2010 . . . Rösrath, Germany . . . . . . . . 11 Aug 2010Exams COC . . . . . . . . 11-12 Nov 2010 . . . Paris, France . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Aug 2010

COC . . . . . . . . 27-28 Apr 2011 . . . . Daventry, UK. . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Jan 2011COC . . . . . . . . 5-6 Jul 2011 . . . . . . . Bilbao, Spain. . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Apr 2011COC . . . . . . . . 10-11 Nov 2011 . . . Louvain-la-Neuve, Belg . . . . 10 Aug 2011COC . . . . . . . . 17-18 Nov 2011 . . . Neustadt/Weinstr., Ger. . . . 17 Aug 2011

CTA All Regions. . . . Your choice . . . . . . . Submit to Regional Exam . . Your choiceWritten (Non-Europe) Coordinator after paying

$50 fee to T&C Council

TEW WPATA . . . . . . 14-16 Nov 2010 . . . Fremantle, Australia . . . . . . 13 Jul 2010EATA . . . . . . . . 4-6 Apr 2011 . . . . . . Poland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Dec 2010EATA . . . . . . . . 2-4 Jul 2011 . . . . . . . Bilbao, Spain. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Mar 2011

TEvW EATA . . . . . . . . 1-3 Dec 2010 . . . . . Barcelona, Spain . . . . . . . . . 1 Jul 2010

TPW EATA . . . . . . . . 5-7 Dec 2010 . . . . . Barcelona, Spain . . . . . . . . . 1 Jul 2010

* COC CTA exam candidates who are doing the COC written case study must submit it no later than six monthsbefore the oral exam date. Details/application available from the COC Language Group Coordinators.

Note: Exams subject to availability of examiners/exam supervisors. BOC not responsible for expensesincurred when unavailability of examiners/exam supervisors causes exams to be canceled or postponed. To be anexaminer for an ITAA/BOC exam, examiners must be at least a CTA for a CTA exam or a TSTA for a TSTA exam.

To arrange to take a BOC exam, contact the T&C Council, 2186 Rheem Dr., #B-1, Pleasanton, CA 94558-2775,USA. Note: COC people sitting for BOC exams must forward the equivalent of the EATA fee to the T&C Counciloffice. To arrange to take a COC exam, contact your EATA Language Coordinator. Check with the EATA officeor the EATA News for the name of the appropriate Language Group Coordinator. TSC Training EndorsementWorkshop fee: $450 ITAA members/$600 non-ITAA members payable in US dollars to T&C Council, c/o the T &C Council office, 2186 Rheem Dr., #B-1, Pleasanton, CA 94558-2775, USA. COC Training EndorsementWorkshop: to take a COC TEW, contact the European TEW Coordinator, c/o the EATA office.

ed vision of TA as a modality that has proveditself worthy as an effective psychological theoryand method in a world in which there is stiffcompetition. Jim Allen, himself a native ofMontreal, spoke about how we make meaning incommunity and illustrated this expertly andtouchingly with examples of his own experiencesgrowing up in a world in which much of centralimportance was divided into the French way andthe English way.

“I was deeply moved,” says Celia, “by TrudiNewton talking about the Gift economy, by BillCornell’s acceptance speech for the Eric BerneMemorial Award, and by Gianpiero Petriglieri’stalk on respected marginality—many of us werein tears when he told his story of visiting EricBerne’s grave.”

Lis Heath offers her reflections: “This event wasrich and extraordinary in many respects. Theinternational spirit was amazing. This began forme when, as examiners, we sat together deeplymoved by being part of a group so diverse innationality yet sharing a common philosophyand value system, which meant that we had beenable to examine together in a way that was liveand meaningful. The keynote talks were each, intheir own way, inspirational. Vann Joines and IanStewart spoke of the heritage of TA and ourfuture. Trudi Newton spoke of Lewis Hyde’s ideaof the Gift, that as something is passed on it gainsvalue and is transformed. She reminded us that asnew ideas arise, they need a group mind to devel-op them. Jim Allen, in his keynote, said, ‘A com-munity is composed of people who have closerelationships and have a common purpose and ashared identity.’ He went on to add, ‘We meet onthe basis of our similarities, but we grow on thebasis of our difference.’ And then on Sunday,Gianpiero Petriglieri spoke of the position of ourprofessional community as one that stands at theedge of the establishment and of how importantand valuable that is.”

“The workshop program, too, was rich with high-quality workshops,” Lis indicates, and she also

There was a lovely multicultural mix of candidates and staff in the Montreal TEW, and eight partici-pants (shown) are now certified to become PTSTAs. (Back row, from left) Wataru Suematsu(Japan), Briony Nicholls (UK), Christine Huillier (France), Hayley Marshall (UK), Jacqueline van Gent(Holland), and instructors Trudi Newton (UK), Charlotte Daellenbach (NZ), and Sashi Chandran(India); (front row from left) Antu (translator), Hui-hui Chiu (Taiwan), Celia Simpson (UK), and SooHee Oh (Korea).

Congratulations to Successful Examinees

August 2010, Montreal, Canada

Certified Transactional AnalystsMasumi Aonuma, CTA-E, Amagasaki, Hyuogo, Japan

Chiho Asai, CTA-E, Osaka, Japan

Sheila Halliday, CTA-P, Edinburgh, Scotland

Richard Ireland, CTA-P, Manchester, England

Lynn Martin, CTA-P, Honiton, Devon, England

Cholena Mountain, CTA-P, Leicester, England

CTA Exam Supervisor: Trudi Newton

Teaching and Supervising Transactional AnalystsClaire Chaudourne-Max, TSTA-P, Saint-Egreve, France

Mica Douglas, TSTA-P, Rochester, Kent, UK

Claudia Fountain, TSTA-O, Koeln, Germany

Sharon Anne Kalinko, TSTA-P (TTA in 2000), Sandton, South Africa

Joost Levy, TSTA-O, Arnhem, The Netherlands

Anne-Marie Linnenkamp, STA-P, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

José Manuel Martinez Rodriguez, TSTA-P (STA in 2009), Valladolid, Spain

Barbara Monk-Steel, TSTA-P, Leicester, England

Evelyne Papaux, TTA-E, Ecublens, Switzerland

Theo J. J. van der Heijden, STA-C, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Enid Welford,TTA-P, Manchester, England

TSTA Exam Supervisors: Lorna Johnston and Anne de Graaf

economy, the way generosity circulates andincreases, which named something I also live butwould not have consciously identified with theclarity she brought. I found the World Café expe-rience to be a brilliant move of leadership thatgave me the chance to talk about a significanttopic with many people with whom I might oth-erwise not have interacted. Our discussionsrevealed an exceptional level of competence,intelligence, and decency among our highlydiverse membership. I felt such support for myown efforts to live with an awareness of interna-tionalism, addressing and acknowledging thefullness of the human experience, with our com-monalties and differences, both culturally andprofessionally. But for me, the biggest delightoccurred on Saturday night after the banquet

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Many thanks to the fol-lowing individuals forsending us copies oftheir MontrealConference photos:Professional photogra-phers Philip Lim andSébastien Levy as wellas conference partici-pants France Brécard,Sashi Chandran,Stephanie Daly, LucyFreedman, LaurieHawkes, SteveKarpman, Jan Morrison,Soo Hee Oh, and BerndSchmidt.

p Manon Plouffe (UK), on-site liaison and socialprogram coordinator extraordinaire, shows shehas plenty of spirit left at the gala dinner-dance onSaturday night, in spite of an exhausting week andan injured foot.

tAna Tholenaar(Dominican Republic)(left), translation coor-dinator, with translatorInes Arregui. Manythanks to both of them and the other translators!

ITAA CFO and office manager Ken Fogleman, always helpful to conference participants (Photo: Philip Lim) q

Enjoying dinner during the Friday night cruise on the St. Lawrence River (from left looking toward camera): Cholena Mountain (UK) and Annie Cariapa, Susan George, Suriyaprakash, and Ragini Rao (all from India) q

(From left) FromTurkey, Funda

Utku Masraf,Füsun Akkoyun,

TSTA, and Mirac Atuna.

Funda and Miracare TA trainees

in psycho-therapy. (Photo:

Philip Lim) u

p Rosemary Napper greets conference delegates on Wednesday evening (Photo:Sébastien Levy)

Enjoying the danceparty following the

gala dinner onSaturday night u

p (From left) Carol Solomon (USA) andFanita English (USA) reconnect inMontreal.

p Group from Korea at the opening ceremonies (from left): (from left)Young Tae Lee (Soo Hee Oh’s husband), Soo Hee Oh (first CTA andPTSTA in counseling in Korea), Hee Ja Song, and Seong Koo Lee (the lat-ter two are from a Korea TA counseling institute). Not shown are thetwo other delegates from Korea who came to the Montreal conference:Min Ho Kim and Young Ho Lee. (Photo: Philip Lim)

tAlastair Moody and GraemeSummers of the UK (Photo: Philip Lim)

tJan Morrison(Canada),MarionUmney (UK),SusanneBrown(Canada), andDuncanBremner(Canada)

p From left): Terry Berne (Spain), Cholena MountainUK), and Adrienne Lee (UK)

tJosé Manuel (Pepe)Martinez Rodriguez(Spain), who becamea full TSTA (P) inMontreal, at the examcelebration onWednesday night(photo: SébastienLevy)

p Bernd Schmidt (Germany)

p Marco Mazzetti(Italy)

t Latin Americagroup after openingceremonies (photo:Sébastien Levy)

Vann Joines (USA), Vince Gilpin (Canada),and Lucy Freedman (USA) q

p Suzanne Robinson (Canada)