Laurel: Have I told you recently (like in the last two days?) how charged up and excited I am for all the work you are doing?
The training program sounds dynamite. I continue to watch you from this side of the water with admiration for your enthusiasm for the process. I have two big open space meetings coming up this week, and your energy is giving me the lift I need to see the light at the end of the tunnel. By the way, both of these upcoming OS meetings are mentoring opportunities for two associates of mine. I think I spooked them when I told them to read all the stories on my website and then go into the woods for a couple of hours before the meeting and find a quiet place within themselves. Because, as you know, when everything in your body is screaming at you to STOP! you need that quiet place to help trust the process. So two offers: I'll call you in ten days or so to tell you how the mentoring went, and what kinds of things you should be aware of, based on my own experirience. Also, I would offer my stories to you for use in your training program. They are on my website at http://www.geocities.com/chris_corrigan/osstories.html THe stories were all written to be shared with OSLIST and document my own experiences with the process from the facilitator's point of view. They were also written with an eye to giving new OS facilitators a glimpse of what it is like to run an OS meeting. Feel free to direct your folks to the site to read up on the stories, if you think that would be a valuable thing to do. One advantage with these stories over others on thw Web is that they all happened in BC, so there's a lot of local content. Best of luck with everything, and call anytime if you want to kick anything around, bounce idea off me, or if you need a shoulder to cry on...based on my upcoming week the later may have me blubering on the phone to you!! I'm kidding.....I have lots of confidence in both of us......now where did I put that quiet space at the core of my soul?? It's around here somewhere.... Chris -- CHRIS CORRIGAN Consultation - Facilitation Open Space Technology 108-1035 Pacific Street Vancouver BC V6E 4G7 Phone: 604.683.3080 Fax: 604.683.3036 cor...@interchange.ubc.ca http://www.geocities.com/chris_corrigan * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html =========================================================== osl...@egroups.com To subscribe, 1. Visit: http://www.egroups.com/group/oslist 2. Sign up -- provide an email address, and choose a login ID and password 3. Click on "Subscribe" and follow the instructions To unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@egroups.com: 1. Visit: http://www.egroups.com/group/oslist 2. Sign in and Proceed
