I did send a note to Michael to the effect that I didn't know how an 'Open Space' could be full as this one is announced to be.
So even more queries on the right people. Though I am sure that both you an Brian are just 'Right' for it !!! >Greetings friends and colleagues in Open Space Technology, >We are getting ready to go to Berlin for this year's Open Space on Open >Space. I am having a struggle with thinking about all of my colleagues who >are not going to be at the event. I am having a struggle with the principle >"whoever comes are the right people". I agree that all the people who will >be there are the right people. Some might say that those who are not there >are not there by choice. And so the principle holds. I am not so sure about >this. For years I was a single mom with four young ones to finance on my >own, house and feed. Many events took place that I just could not afford to >go to, despite great inner pain when I could not. Did I have choice? My >choice was about food/shelter/responsibility to children. Was this a choice? >Really? Did I feel good if I heard "whoever comes are the right people"? I >think there are many among my colleagues for whom there is not really >choice. I believe that I am part of an elite group who could find the >financing by July for this event now. I share with you my thoughts about >this and my struggle with "whoever comes are the right people". Is it really >true? > >And so what I do now is to open the discussion via e-mail asking that if any >of you have any topics that you would like to send along by e-mail to be >included, I would happily print them for you and post them on the newswall >at osonos. I suspect there will also be an effort made by the good folks who >organized this year's event to link on-line during the event. I am not sure >if I saw a note about that or not. > >Blessings, >Birgitt > >Birgitt Williams of Dalar International >******************************************** >For your ongoing professional development join us in Sweden or in North >Carolina, USA in November for the Advanced Program in Open Space Technology >focusing on the Open Space Organization! This is also credited as Session >Four of our Genuine Contact Program. > >Upcoming training dates for the four basic components of our Genuine Contact >Program (more info www.openspacetechnology.com) >#1: Open Space Technology: Sweden Nov 12-15; Ontario Nov 21-24 >#2: Process Facilitation: North Carolina Mar 5,6; British Columbia Mar 18, >19; Ontario April 23,24 >#3: Cross Cultural Conflict Resolution: North Carolina Mar 7,8; British >Columbia Mar 16,17; Ontario April 19,20 >#4: Advanced Program in Open Space Technology focusing on the Open Space >Organization: Sweden Nov 16,17,18; North Carolina Nov 27,28,29,30; British >Columbia Feb 2,3,4 > ><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> ><HTML><HEAD> ><META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> ><META content="MSHTML 5.00.2314.1000" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> ><BODY> ><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=020105501-18102000>Greetings friends >and colleagues in Open Space Technology,</SPAN></FONT></DIV> ><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=020105501-18102000>We are getting ready >to go to Berlin for this year's Open Space on Open Space. I am having a struggle >with thinking about all of my colleagues who are not going to be at the event. I >am having a struggle with the principle "whoever comes are the right people". I >agree that all the people who will be there are the right people. Some might say >that those who are not there are not there by choice. And so the principle >holds. I am not so sure about this. For years I was a single mom with four young >ones to finance on my own, house and feed. Many events took place that I just >could not afford to go to, despite great inner pain when I could not. Did I have >choice? My choice was about food/shelter/responsibility to children. Was this a >choice? Really? Did I feel good if I heard "whoever comes are the right >people"? I think there are many among my colleagues for whom there is not really >choice. I believe that I am part of an elite group who could find the >financing by July for this event now. I share with you my thoughts about this >and my struggle with "whoever comes are the right people". Is it really >true?</SPAN></FONT></DIV> ><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN >class=020105501-18102000></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> ><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=020105501-18102000>And so what I do now >is to open the discussion via e-mail asking that if any of you have any topics >that you would like to send along by e-mail to be included, I would happily >print them for you and post them on the newswall at osonos. I suspect there will >also be an effort made by the good folks who organized this year's event to link >on-line during the event. I am not sure if I saw a note about that or >not.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> ><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN >class=020105501-18102000></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> ><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN >class=020105501-18102000>Blessings,</SPAN></FONT></DIV> ><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN >class=020105501-18102000>Birgitt</SPAN></FONT></DIV> ><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN >class=020105501-18102000></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> ><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=020105501-18102000></SPAN></FONT><FONT >face="Arial Narrow" size=2>Birgitt Williams of Dalar International</FONT></DIV> ><DIV><FONT face="Arial Narrow" >size=2>********************************************</FONT></DIV> ><DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>For your ongoing professional >development j</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>oin us in Sweden or in North >Carolina, USA in November for the Advanced Program in Open Space Technology >focusing on the Open Space Organization! This is also credited as Session Four >of our Genuine Contact Program.</FONT></DIV> ><DIV align=left> </DIV> ><DIV align=center><FONT face="Arial Narrow" size=2>Upcoming training dates for >the four basic components of our Genuine Contact Program (more info <A >href="http://www.openspacetechnology.com/">www.openspacetechnology.com</A>) </FONT></DIV> ><DIV><FONT face="Arial Narrow" size=2>#1: Open Space Technology: Sweden Nov >12-15; Ontario Nov 21-24</FONT></DIV> ><DIV><FONT face="Arial Narrow" size=2>#2: Process Facilitation: North Carolina >Mar 5,6; British Columbia Mar 18, 19; Ontario April 23,24</FONT></DIV> ><DIV><FONT face="Arial Narrow" size=2>#3: Cross Cultural Conflict Resolution: >North Carolina Mar 7,8; British Columbia Mar 16,17; Ontario April >19,20</FONT></DIV> ><DIV><FONT face="Arial Narrow" size=2>#4: Advanced Program in Open Space >Technology focusing on the Open Space Organization: Sweden Nov 16,17,18; North >Carolina Nov 27,28,29,30; British Columbia Feb 2,3,4</FONT></DIV> ><DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML> > * * ========================================================== 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. 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