i'm going to jump in on this one even though i wasn't present. i think there was mention that the talking stick was not used...is that true? i have found that talking sticks really help to bring awareness to the fact that one is talking. there is a physical presence that accompanies one's voice and sometimes you start to notice..."gee, this really has been in my hand for awhile." does this hold true for others that use talking sticks?
curious, ashley ----- Original Message ----- From: Michaël - Syst To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Sent: 10/6/2003 5:36:09 PM Subject: Re: Thoughts from the OSonOS11 organising team: Evening news and Closing Circle Dear all, I remember that circle very well indeed! On Tuesday Tova said in the Morning News If we continue like this, we can start the closing circle once were finished with Morning News. Somehow a closing circle seems a more difficult situation to use your two Feet, because after the person who you feel is really wasting your precious time, someone might just say the most wonderful thing you could not dream of missing......... I do agree It was a very long sitting and I couldnt keep my attention with it all the time, so long as it took. And indeed I felt that I also wanted to hear everyones individual statement at that time, not for all the words however, but to just to feel and experience everybody who was there for the last time. So thats very interesting for the law of the two feet: One part of my heart says: Lets go away and the other part says: I want to experience everyone and stay. Well, maybe a schizophrenic situation. We have of course two feet and theoretically one foot could stay and the other could leave . I have experienced this many times when a group makes a round, as everyone gets his or her turn. One solution could be time limitation for each contribution. Maybe a soft bell after a few minutes that gets louder? Or the other could be a total limited of time until time stops. When a limited total time is set, everyone (well almost ) will take this into account. Im very interested in creative solutions for this! ________________________ Michaël Molenaar Systemisch Consult Tilburg - Holland mich...@syst.nl Website: www.syst.nl GSM 0031 (0)6-51561095 ________________________ -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] Namens Gerard Muller Verzonden: maandag 6 oktober 2003 11:32 Aan: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Onderwerp: [OSLIST] Thoughts from the OSonOS11 organising team: Evening news and Closing Circle Dear All, We talked for quite a while during morning/evening news and closing circle during OSonOS. Are we a group with many chiefs, few Indians ?. Instead of using basically unlimited time would it help to suggest a limited time frame ? Would we listen to whoever suggested that ? On Tuesday Tova said in the Morning News If we continue like this, we can start the closing circle once were finished with Morning News. Somehow a closing circle seems a more difficult situation to use your two Feet, because after the person who you feel is really wasting your precious time, someone might just say the most wonderful thing you could not dream of missing......... Do we respect the Talking Stick procedure as we ask our participants to ? How come we forgot to use the Talking Stick in the closing, after Michael passed it to Brian, to take it along to India ? Thomas (who facilitated the closing)was quite surprised and had to watch the video to believe it! Gerard Muller Thomas Herrmann OSI Denmark OSI Sweden * * ========================================================== 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...@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...@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
