Congratulations Todd- Open Space is the way to go!
But first, get and understand what Harrison Owen has written in "Open Space Technology- A Users Guide"- see Amazon.com for a copy; don't "do" OST without it!! Peace, Elwin Guild Future Development International Baltimore --- Todd Saddler <lauriet...@aol.com> wrote: > Posted by Todd Saddler > lauriet...@aol.com > > Greetings! > > My good friend, John Engle, suggested that I > subscribe to the OS listserve. > John exposed me to Open Space Technology as he as > promoted its use for our > work with Beyond Borders in Haiti. I participated > in 3 or 4 of our annual > meetings that used Open Space, and was pleased with > the results. > > Now I am living in Ithaca, New York, and am called > to practice and promote > sustainable living here in the USA. Based on my > experience in Haiti, I am > convinced that the typical American lifestyle is a > part of the burden on the > backs of the poor throughout the world, and is > harmful to the environment. I > am trying to stimulate the creation of a business or > organization which will > provide green design and building services in this > area. It think that an > Open Space conference would be a great way to bring > together people who > would be interested in collaborating with me on this > project. > > While I have participated in Open Space meetings > before, I have not yet > facilitated one. I have a general feel for the > principals and procedures, > and have downloaded a few documents from the > internet. I have also ordered a > copy of Harrison Owen's book on "Spirit" from my > local bookstore. > > If anyone on the list serve has advice or > suggestions, I would appreciate > your help! > > Below is a copy of the latest version of the > invitation. > > > > > You are invited to an Open Space conference on the > theme: > > Building for Sustainable Living: Making it > Available > > Our society defines us as consumers and makes it > relatively easy to live > comfortably in ways that degrade the environment and > exploit other people. A > few committed nonconformists are able, with > difficulty, to create > alternatives to the status quo, and thus provide a > good example. But what > about the rest? > > A growing number of people aspire to live > sustainably, but are unable to > strike out on their own and do it. The time is ripe > for those who have the > skills, experience, vision, and commitment to come > together and create ways > to make sustainable built environments a real, > available, affordable option > for everyone whose conscience causes them to want > it. > > Open Space > > Open Space Technology, developed by Harrison Owen, > is a method for organising > a self-managed meeting or conference where > participants create their own > programme of work sessions. In these simultaneous > sessions people discuss > their concerns, explore issues and opportunities and > find new ways forward. > > An Open Space event brings people together, often in > large numbers and > representing great diversity, to contribute their > views, share their ideas > and develop plans for creative and collaborative > action. The output of an > Open Space conference is a set of written reports, > one for each session, > usually with action points. > > This text is from http://www.openspaceworld.org, > where you can find much more > information about this exciting new organizational > tool. If you haven't > participated an Open Space yet, it will be worth > your while to come for this > reason alone! > > Where: The Common House at Ecovillage Ithaca. > Please park in the visitor > parking area or > along the road, but not in spaces near houses. > When: Saturday, March 10th, 2001, 1PM to 5PM, > Potluck supper to follow. > > Cost: Free to the people - there will be a dish to > pass supper. If you are > able to bring a laptop computer, that would help us > get the report out more > quickly. > > If interested, please contact Todd Saddler > 269-0587, lauriet...@aol.com. 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