My question is a little different. The vulnerability does not have to do with the 'effectiveness of the circle', once it is formed. The vulnerability has to do with becoming 'part of the circle' when it is being formed.
A very small part may have to do with the effectiveness of the circle, the MUCH LARGER part has to do with the process of circle formation, i.e. who has the visibility to be invited into the circle? In terms of markets, who gets to play in the market? Masud Sheikh -----Original Message----- From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] On Behalf Of Michael Herman Sent: February 26, 2004 6:01 PM To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Subject: Re: spontaneous order, markets & open space important, i think, as makers of openspace markets, to notice that it's not the markets the do in the vulnerable... it's the big guys, who are usually big because of some special privileges conferred by government powers. in meeting terms, it's not the keynote speaker who really dominates the meeting, but the control structure that invites and introduces him/her, for instance. in open space we have two helpful dynamics at work. first, nobody is being granted special privileges or airtime in the meeting. so nobody is bigger than the 'vulnerable'. i like to point out in conversations about ost, that the circle does not make people equal. people are all different. but it does give them equal access to the flow of info... to announce, to post, to read and to publish in the proceedings... and the second dynamic... everybody has an equal job: learn and contribute as much as you can. so everyone is a leader and anyone nearby is charged with helping someone who falls behind in some vulnerability. as for whether the vulnerable are even present... in public ost scenarios... it's up to conveners to make whatever invitation will make it possible for poeple to attend. here too, there can be limits imposed by those in power... but we do what we can... and then we do a little more... and more... always inviting as much and as many into the circle as we can. my two cents. would love to hear john and fremy's two sense from haiti about now. or others. m Masud Sheikh wrote: >I have been thinking of the philosophy of Open Space and 'markets'. In >'markets', the 'vulnerable' get left out, unless community leaders >(which could mean different levels of government, or informal leaders) >play a part. >As there seem to be no 'community leaders' in open space, what happens >to the vulnerable, many of whom would stay out of the 'space'? > >Masud Sheikh > * * ========================================================== 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
