I agree with HO that OS is in a great extent native and natural thing, what has been practiced in one or another form around world for thousands of years. This is perhaps the reason, why it is so easily applicable in whatever language and environment. Another question is the renewal of this ancient and powerful tool. There is a nice rule: don't fix it if it works! Most of facilitators of OS around world seem to stick pretty punctually to the way OS facilitation is proposed to convene in Users Guide, repeating carefully all sentences etc. As the OS in English (American) works so powerfully there seems to be no need for it's alteration. In many languages even the name of it, Open Space is often left untranslated. I am passionate to find the contact with native OS traditions. I am much grateful for any guidance to resources in listserve archives about this topic. I am also much interested to develop here further ideas and experiences of OS in other languages and traditions. August 15-17 there is going to be held the second OS conference Earth and People in a small village Shongui of Murmansk region, Russian Saamiland. Russian Saamis (lapps) are rediscovering their native ways of OS nad plan to have annually a meeting on that topic in their country. We from Estonia invite people to face2face OS meeting "Native OS as Practice of Peace" in Tartu University for the first week of February 2004. With greetings, Mikk Sarv
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