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HISTORY

2003
 
 June 2003
  • The idea arises
2004
 
January 2004 
  • Society is officially formed as a legal corporation in California Board of Directors appointed
  • Board of Directors appointed
  • Bank account opened
  • First memership drive starts
April 2004
  • Membership hits 100
May 2004
  • First Annual SSP Board Meeting Santa Fe, New Mexico
    Mission and Vision articulated
  • Article about SSP in Advances in Mind-Body Medicine
  • Article about SSP in Spirituality & Health
June 2004
  • Website goes live at www.shamansociety.org
December 2004
  • Membership hits 400
2005
 
March 2005
  • Membership hits 500
April 2005
  • Article about SSP in Sacred Hoop
May 2005
  • Grant of $3,000 to publish a book received from Ed Kinney. Barbara Tedlock named as editor of book.
June 2005
  • First Annual Conference at Asilomar draws 100 attendees
  • First Board Conference Meeting
  • First SSP Annual Meeting with membership
June 2005
  • SSP Scholarship Fund established
August 2005
  • Non-Profit status granted by IRS
December 2005
  • Second Annual SSP Board Meeting in Santa Fe, NM. Mission and Vision revised.
2006
 
January 2006
  • SSP receives a $10,000 Challenge Grant to start a journal
February 2006
  • SSP receives a $5,000 grant to conduct a practitioner survey
March 2006
  • Membership hits 600
June 2006
  • Four conference scholarships awarded
July 2006
  • Second Annual Conference at Asilomar draws 110 attendees
  • Second Board Conference Gathering
August 2006
  • First SSP UK Gathering draws 100 people
September 2006
  • SSP raises an additional $10,000 to meet Journal Challenge Grant
December 2006
  • Third Annual SSP Board Meeting in Santa Fe, NM
  • Strategic plan conceived
2007
 
March 2007
  • TNC "Tuesday Night Conversations" Program Begins
May 2007
  • Membership hits 700
June 2007
  • Two Conference Scholarships Awarded
June 2007
  • Third Annual Conference at Menla draws 110 attendees
  • Third Board Conference Gathering
July 2007
  • The Gift of Shamanism videos posted on website
August 2007
  • Journal Editors named, work on the first issue begins
August 2007
  • SSP's first book manuscript - Healing Medicine - submitted to Sandra Dykstra Literary Agency
September 2007
  • First SSP UK Conference draws 76 attendees
December 2007
  • Fourth Annual SSP Board Meeting in Santa Fe, NM
2008
 
February 2008
  • The Journal of Shamanic Practice - First Issue
May 2008
  • Fourth Annual Conference at Sunrise Springs, Santa Fe, New Mexico draws 115 attendees
May 2008
  • Fourth Board Conference Gathering
September 2008
  • Membership hits 800
September 2008
  • Second Annual United Kingdom Conference at Gaunt's House in Dorset draws 100 attendees
September 2008
  • The Journal of Shamanic Practice - Second Issue
December 2008
  • Fourth Annual SSP Board Meeting in Santa Fe, NM
2009
 
March 2009
  • The Journal of Shamanic Practice - Third Issue
June 2009
  • Fifth Annual Conference at Menla Mountain, Catskills, NY
June 2009
  • Two Conference Scholarships Awarded
June 2009
  • Membership hits 850
September 2009
  • Third Annual United Kingdom Conference at Gaunt's House in Dorset draws 110 attendees
September 2009
  • The Journal of Shamanic Practice - Fourth Issue
December 2009
  • Fifth Annual SSP Board Meeting in Santa Fe, NM
 

 

     
 
     
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