Great, Romy, so glad it went well. The 8th is my birthday which will act as a prompt to think about you when you get in the circle with the 'big kids'. My Lurgan friends are staying with me this w/end if you'd like another perspective.
Terry ----- Original Message ----- From: "romy shovelton" <ro...@compuserve.com> To: <osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu> Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2001 4:55 PM Subject: brief notes from N. Ireland > Dear all > > thought I'd copy the notes I just wrote in reponse to an email from > Birgitt. Many of you sent such supportive thoughts to me/ us and I am > hugely grateful. I really felt you with us. > > Birgitt wrote: I am thinking about you as you set off for your work in > Ireland and hope > very much that it is both successful and joyfilled for you and that the > results are lasting for the people.< > > xxxxxxxxxxxxx thanks so much for that. The young person's event went > really well this week - especially the storytelling on the evening before > the Open Space Technology meeting - it was very moving - and probably could > have gone on longer once they got going. We also came up with a rather > lovely process for involving them from moment one and making the space > theirs : I put a series of flipchart sheets around a wonderful flower > display in the centre of the circle - the sheets made a kind of hexagon > looking shape (if you can imagine it). Into the inside of the sheets I > layed all the wonderful stones that had been collected from a local beach - > all kinds of beautiful shapes and colours - ready for the young people to > choose to prompt their storytelling. Then I asked the young people to > think about why they came and what they want to get out of being at the > event and to 'go for it' and write their thoughts on the sheets in the > centre. There was a big rush and lots of wonderful things written - about > peace and making change etc - as well as "getting out of school!" - this > was added to next day and during the time together. We also had an > absolutely huge Graffitti Wall that was completely filled with thoughts. > > The Open Space time was somewhat chaotic and rather difficult to keep the > attention of some of them through three one hour sessions (one before lunch > and two afterwards) - and I wondered if 45 min sessions might have been > better. On the other hand some of them wanted to talk for more than an hour > (and of course could have done even if we'd created Post-Its of 45 mins). > > Whatever the timing issues, on the whole they all dived into conversations > with energy and really thought hard about what they wanted for the future. > It was sufficiently enjoyable and they found the whole time valuable enough > that lots of them are saying that they are going to attend the next event > (8/9th March)- for community and business people (and primarily adults) - I > am really thrilled at this, as it's one of the reasons we put on the young > person's event first.... and .... now they are coming. It's so good. We > also really emphasised the importance of the young people taking things > forward themselves and continuing to be involved (with support) rather than > just giving their thoughts and then getting disappointed that "the Council" > and others don't seem to listen or do anything. So... it will be great to > have young people putting up their issues while the adults are there next > week. > > so... thanks for keeping us in your thoughts..... > > Romy > > * > * > ========================================================== > 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
