Thoughts on the group process

We lost one member of our group, Neecie, who bravely volunteered to join a completely new group. Then there were three. So far the group process has been completely smooth with us all agreeing without having to debate anything. Part of the reason for this is that the topic suggested by Johanna had the most global appeal, where all three of us immediately saw merit for each one of us.
To comment on the socio-cultural constructs of an online team as presented in the Khalsa article, "Multicultural Dimensions:"

• our team support and recognition of others has been limited but good with each of us expressing faith in the others as well as gratitude for opinions expressed
• time and flexibility seemed to be the challenges for this first week with me away on a business trip and the other two, particularly Johanna, also very busy with multiple tasks; however, I see us all stepping up to the plate in equal shares in the coming weeks
• we don't have a lot of rules and guidelines yet, but Nancy has created an area in which we can work and exchange ideas
• in regard to power and status and assertiveness, I do not anticipate any problems as I can see we are all sensitive to the related issues
• I would say that Nancy has taken the biggest leadership role so far; we will see how the dynamicas of this aspect progress has we go on.

I am feeling very comfortable with our group, think we can work well together as a mini-online learning community, and look forward to working on our common project.