it occurs to me that it might just be relevant to tell one more story here... about how i came to be in the spot i'm in with the oslist, what birgitt calls a position of power, and what others might be wondering about too. so this is how this has happened...
first, as i've mentioned, i thought we needed a better website, so i went and built one. passion and responsibility. and then it grew like crazy. so when the list went down last summer, many folks emailed me to ask about it, even though i had absolutely nothing to do with the list. i tried to find murli and when i couldn't, i went out and searched for boise state tech support and foudn the right folks. passion bounded by responsibilty. when kerry asked about the archives (again), i knew the tech folks and went right on in to ask. passion bounded by responsibility. and when therese asked here about deleting, i went and looked things up in the public place where any one of us could have looked, but i happened to know where, only because i'd discovered it last week responding to an earlier question. i'm no techie, i'm an openspace guy. i run on passion bounded by responsibility. i care about this list and i do things about it. that's how this practice of our works and that's how i live it. open space runs on passion bounded by responsibilty. and that's powerful. but not the sort of power that's limited to a few in secret. step up. take care of something. give. it works. for all of us. that's how FAQ happened. poetry contests. newsletters. access queen. the non-guide. the languages, the translators are the national contacts in those countries. osonos hosting. open space institutes. regional list serves. poetry chapbook, which out to be listed for download someplace, mr. weaver. trainers of open space. all arguably positions of power. and everyone in those positions got there because they are caring and responding. i'm not the only one and there's nothing secret about it. it's pure open space and it works. we've 12000+ stories to attest to that. what we do here is really just amazing. it really does work! -- 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 * * ========================================================== 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