hello birgitt... of course, normally we don't take questions during the opening... <grin> but for you a special harrisy!
and also another invitation... to come read the answers at the site. as it turns out, these questions ARE the work of this site... and it will be more messy that the other site (and its users) can really handle... so join us at... http://www.openspaceworld.NET and click on the link for QuestionsAboutThisSite ...noticing that if you're asking questions... you already are participating! so come jump in. you can jump out anytime. it's all open space, law of two clicks, etc. many thanks and hope to see you there. am off for there myself, to answer these directly. michael Birgitt Williams wrote:
Michael, thank you for the invitation. In order to decide if I want to participate, I need more information and hope you will provide it. 1. why is this site needed as well as the other great site that you already have up and worked so hard on? 2. what are the "givens" that are implied in this new site. There are implied givens in your other sites and yet they have not seemed to be openly stated. For example, for me, the word "practitioners" is not something I agree with at all. I have noticed it having slid into use on this list and elsewhere as though that is what we refer to ourselves as. Is it a "given" that this is some of the agreed upon vocabulary and if so, whoever made that decision? 3. please tell me a little more about people being able to go in and edit anyone's words. For example, could I post something, and without my permission, someone change my posting but it still end up with my name on it? Thanks Michael. Blessings to you and to all with whom you make Genuine Contact, Birgitt Birgitt Williams of Dalar International Consultancy www.dalarinternational.com <http://www.dalarinternational.com/> As mentors to leaders and organizations we assist you in going beyond what has been before. We provide inspirational and practical “how to” guidance for leaders who want to achieve healthy and balanced organizations to produce exciting, tangible results for the organization and for its people. Our approach is holistic, creating a better future by tapping into ancient wisdom. We believe that Spirit matters and people are precious. We know that organizations incorporating these values have exciting, tangible results including wealth, prosperity, and abundance. These organizations tend to their health and balance on a daily basis. View the calendar for upcoming training in the Organizational Health and Balance series of workshops featuring the Genuine ContactÔ program at http://www.openspacetechnology.com/training.html We invite you to join the Genuine Contact list serve at http://www.smartgroups.com/groups/genuinecontact Contact information for Dalar International Consultancy: Po Box 19373, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA 27619 Raleigh, North Carolina USA Phone: 919-522-7750 Fax: 919-870-6599 -----Original Message----- From: OSLIST [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Michael Herman Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2003 12:08 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Please join us... ...a call for online leadership in an expanding online community of practitioners: There a have been OSLIST rumblings about this for some time now, but finally the time has come to formally invite you to please join us at http://www.openspaceworld.NET -- an entirely new web address, to be developed as a peer to the existing .ORG and .COM sites. This new site is a wide open "wiki" website -- a project and posting space for OST practitioners worldwide. "Wiki" is a hawaiian way to say "quick." Its use is quick AND easy -- like one big online Open Space -- an electronic combination of marketplace wall and ongoing proceedings document. Like Open Space Technology itself, the many potential benefits and uses of http://www.openspaceworld.NET will only be realized as we use it together. And like swimming, we will only really learn it by ‘jumping in’ and doing it. Please join us! Here’s what we might do there: * convene a practitioner's work group to develop a specific OST resource * collect some specific kind of OST stories, education, healthcare, etc. * post the the invitation and discussion topics from a community event you hold, so that it can be replicated and extended elsewhere in the world * invite your participants in such gatherings to post their notes, eliminating the need for photocopying and group 'reply-to-all' sorts of emailings * post the notes from training workshops you are holding * invite your participants to continue to manage and document their community followup projects online... thus offering them an immediate, free, accessible, showcase and functionally open space website for their work. * add your name to the list of "SpaceHolders" which means that you will help keep the place tidy (visit every now and then) and also will be recognized at the site as a leader in the open space community worldwide * send prospective clients there to see the showcase and notice that you are an active member of this worldwide practice. Our collective http://www.openspaceworld.NET wiki website opens many new possibilities, the list above being only the beginning of what might grow up there. As we get started, we must be patient with ourselves as we learn our way into this. Some of us must also be active and responsible there, or nothing will happen there. There is no Plan B. <grin> PLEASE JOIN US... in a working group that will begin posting and learning there, and in the process, will give the space shape for others to come and work and learn together. So far, the http://www.openspaceworld.NET wiki website is brought to you by Open Space Institute (USA) and a lot of time, energy and love by Michael Herman (John wrote that part). We believe it has the potential of helping all of us to expand our practice in Open Space. We also believe that it is going to foster shared learning among all who become involved. Click http://www.openspaceworld.NET and then click all around the new site, and see if this is something you would like to play and grow together. It's all very new and emerging. We need your help to give it shape and direction. We are eager for you to join us in this collective online experiment! It's time to jump in! Please join us! Open Space Institute, USA http://www.openspaceworld.NET Michael Herman, John Engle, Chris Corrigan, co-facilitators -- Michael Herman Michael Herman Associates 300 West North Avenue #1105 Chicago IL 60610 USA (312) 280-7838 http://www.michaelherman.com - consulting & publications http://www.globalchicago.net - laboratory & playground http://www.openspaceworld.org - worldwide open space ...inviting organization into movement * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected], Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected], Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html
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