G'day Janet and Malay - thanks for this enchanting invitation
India sounds wonderful in 2004 - you paint such a beautiful picture and
whet the appetite so alluringly.
I will assist the Spirit to favour my desire to attend...(and to still be
alive)
Cheers
Brendan
At 10:38 AM 10-07-2003 +0530, you wrote:
Dear Friends in Open Space,
Malay and I have been reliving a moment at the OSonOSinOZ, when we stood
in a Circle with Harrison and Peggy and knew in our hearts that the 12th
OSonOS the event would come full circle in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns
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Yes.
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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.
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
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