If you did that (ask the participants to define groundrules) it would not be Open Space. It would be something else. The beauty of the 4 Principles and 1 Law (as I see it) is that once you state them and the theme, the group is good to go! Self organization around topics that people care about really doesn't require anymore facilitation than that - Don Ferretti
>>> "Francoise Coupal, Mosaic.net International" >>> <cou...@mosaic-net-intl.ca> 11/27/00 12:21PM >>> I am wondering if any of you out there on the list serve has ever facilitated an open space event where the participants themselves determine the principles/laws that will govern their open space event. Maybe this type of approach would build a sense of ownership as to what would be important to respect and would take into account different cultural priorities. I have thought about Francis Gastman's email about her/his experience in Berlin (which I found very illuminating). Maybe if there was a space to consider key principles participants felt were important to respect during the Berlin open space event, something like the Law of Two Ears would have been deemed as important for all the participants to fully consider/respect. I use the concept of a Group Contract in non-open space events where participants are asked to define the ground rules they feel would be important to respect to ensure a successful workshop. We usually revisit the group contract every day to see how we are doing and if we need to add anything to the contract. Why not start an open space event asking participants to define the guiding principles that will govern the Open Space? Has this been done before and what were the results? Francoise ____________________________________________________ Francoise Coupal Mosaic.net International, Inc. 705 Roosevelt Ave. Ottawa, Canada K2A 2A8 Tel: (613) 728-1439; Fax: (613) 728-1154. Visit us on the World Wide Web at: http://www.mosaic-net-intl.ca * * ========================================================== 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 * * ========================================================== 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