Dear Tony,

part of the Open Space World Map project is the policy on surpluses: They can be used for spreading open space. Mostly, it has been zero interest loans pay-back-as-you can... and occasionally, there have been grants (for instance to assist in the funding of someone from Africa to come to a WOSonOS, in this particular example it was the first Berlin WOSonOS and the sum was 700 Euros... in the end the WOSonOS had a surplus itself and reimbursed the World Map revolving credit fund).

But I was thinking of the times when I was scratching together funds for rural development projects in the coop field in the Bootheel of South East Missouri, long before Open Space Technology saw the light of day. We often could generate funds when we were able to point to some funds already raised, especially locally.

I imagine that a good number of the 750 members of OSLIST having earned money with the free for everyone OST are contributing to the spread or use of OST in various ways. So why not asking them. Consider ourselves as a "Foundation" supporting an NGO to facilitate an os-event. Some of us might even be interested in facilitating such an event if they in turn would get someone from the NGO helped in this way supplying facilitation the first donor would be doing in the future. In this way there would be no money flowing at all... but interesting activities on a cooperative and collaborative support. This kind of arrangement could also be reported on in OSLISt spawning more of the same stuff.

Good fortune and greetings from Berlin
mmp



On 15.11.2015 01:47, Tony Budak via OSList wrote:
Hi Michael, Gee, it just didn't occur to me that a EU agency would be
interested in local development, I have a lot to learn.

So you are teasing right, you have funding available? ;-)

Best,
Tony

On 11/14/2015 5:03 PM, Michael M Pannwitz wrote:
Did you ask the EU?
Imagine they were interested or imagine not only interested but
actually granting a bundle, how would that shame the locals.
I remember how activists in Seattle got Japanese collaborators to send
care packages (rice) to Seattle when the food stamp program for the
city was threatened.
It worked. Back in the 80s, I think.

By the way, you never asked me. How come?

Cheers
mmp

On 14.11.2015 22:10, Tony Budak via OSList wrote:
Yes of course Harrison and Léa,  I should have known that the sauce is
the secret. Thanks

Are there any archives of sets of measurable success indicators for key
outputs of the project events that use OST?

Here in the rust belt provinces of Ohio, I doubt that EU is interested.
But I'm certain that local foundations would look favorable on proposals
that use base line data gathered from particular lines of change in
terms of social or self-organizing results, evidence  (sauce)?

On 11/14/2015 3:02 PM, Léa via OSList wrote:

Hello there...
I think depending the issue u are dealing with, you can have grants
from a lot of eu programs (witch are quite heavy) or from private
foundations like evans or open society

Le 14 nov. 2015 8:55 PM, "Harrison Owen via OSList"
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    Tony – I was going to answer that I didn’t know of any. Then I
    recalled that our State Department has put multiple millions into
    Opening Space in a foreign land. I seem to recall that the EU has
    done similar sorts of things, as has The World Bank. Even parts of
    the UN are guilty. Although I am totally certain that none of the
    above would ever admit to such a thing. I guess the secret sauce
    is the program and intent – OST is just a funny incidental.

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    Newbie here, who are the Foundations which grant funds to
    non-profits to facilitate Open Space gatherings?

    Thank you kindly,

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