Dear Janet and all:
t 10:38 10-07-2003 +0530, Janet Pinto wrote: We are now ready to extend to the OS Community our invitation to hold the 12th OSonOS in Goa, on the west coast of India.
Thanks for the invitation. I think it's the right time for OST to go back to GOA. And, if I have not already died, as John put it, it's also the right time for me to go to GOA - and see if there are still some signs of my language over there (apart from some family names, of course). I will do my best to go to OSonOSinGOA. On a different matter, and answering in public to some private messages, I am now almost sure that I will not be able to go to Svenmark. I will have to do some medical examinations and probably a surgical intervention in August (small and not very complex, I hope). Fortunately I will have the opportunity to post my issues in the new online gathering at www.openspaceworld.net. Are there any plans to post there the issues of the presencial OSonOS? So, see you all in GOA, if :-( Regards Artur PS. E, Lucy, se calhar a gente ainda se vai ver primeiro em Goa...e só depois na Bahia... A
The choice of Goa seems natural in many ways: I understand that the name Open Space Technology was inspired on Goan soil. (Harrison and Mahesh could tell us more) Goa is a land of Open Spaces: endless expanses of perfumed red earth and emerald trees surrounded by white and gold stretches of sand, along the pearly white waters of the Arabian Sea. The people of Goa are characteristically OPEN : in Mind and Heart and Soul -- OPEN to welcoming guests, (their hospitality is legendary) to the Arts (great musicians, singers, painters, folk dancers and chefs) to the Spiritual -- Temples and Churches dot the landscape, -- reminders of the Portuguese who surrendered the island to India in 1961. Should we decide that Goa is the place I have the following recommendation on the dates Between 26th Sept to 10th October. 2004. Reasons: This is a time between seasons : the Monsoon will have just ended, to make way for the hot sunshine of October, before the relative cool of winter sets in. In this in-between time, (not too wet, not too hot, not too cool) Hotels will be able to give us lower rates and traveling will be easier. (Chartered flights start arriving in Goa from UK, US and other parts of Europe, from November to February.) It would be a good idea to take this opportunity to visit other interesting places in India. If this is planned just prior to the Goa event, one could avail of the extremely low Monsoon Packages offered by Resorts across the country, usually valid till Sept 30th. (As we go along I could send you the information you need, on this.) Please let us know how you feel about this invitation and the dates. It might seem a bit early in the day to think of Goa, while you are packing your bags for Denmark. Weve done a bit of spade work, and the earlier we can firm up the dates, (assuming it is Goa) the better the deals we can negotiate. Also we know that many of you need to set your calendars over a year in advance. There are so many ideas buzzing to help make this a magnificent Celebration of the Spirit of Open Spacecome full Circle. Please say YES. We are waiting to welcome you with OPEN ARMS. And can hardly wait .. On behalf of myself and Malay Biswas Janet Pinto * * ========================================================== [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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