If this is a go, Alex(?) and I´m allowed aboard, please sign me up too. Chapter 2 would be nice to read. Good that I kept awake this late tonight. Good Night Thomas Herrmann
> -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- > Från: OSLIST [mailto:[email protected]]För Michael Herman > Skickat: den 18 april 2004 00:36 > Till: [email protected] > Ämne: Re: Talking Book -- Next Steps? > > > alex, i think you're elected! > > if you choose to accept the coordination role, sign me up! i like > chapter six. > > thanks, michaelh > > > > Harrison Owen wrote: > > >Alex -- Checked with the publisher (Glenda) and this is what she > had to say: > > > >I think it is an excellent idea! Don't know what we would need > to do. We > >could offer a free copy of the book to the people who commit to read a > >chapter and submit it in the appropriate format, etc. We would > need someone > >to coordinate the process. It sounds like this Alexander > Kjerulf might be > >the one. Have him get in touch with me, and we'll see what we can do. > > > >You have an incredible network of creative and generous folks! > Cheers. G > > > > > >Glenda H. Eoyang, Ph.D. > >Executive Director > >Human Systems Dynamics Institute > >www.hsdinstitute.org > >866-HSD-INST (866-473-4678) > > > >Her email is Glenda Eoyang [[email protected]] > > > >This may be a lot more than you had in mind -- but so far as I > am concerned > >-- Do It! And thanks for the thought. I love it when a plan > comes together. > > > >Harrison > > > > > >Harrison Owen > >7808 River Falls Drive > >Potomac, Maryland 20845 > >Phone 301-365-2093 > > > >Open Space Training www.openspaceworld.com > >Open Space Institute www.openspaceworld.org > >Personal website http://mywebpages.comcast.net/hhowen/index.htm > >[email protected] > >To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives Visit: > >http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html > > > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: OSLIST [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Alexander > >Kjerulf > >Sent: Saturday, April 17, 2004 9:18 AM > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: Re: The Possibilities of Peace > > > >Hi > > > >We could create an audio version of the Practice of Peace together. > > > >Books like Cory Doctorows Eastern Standard Tribe and Lawrence Lessigs > >Free Culture have been released under a so-called creative commons > >license, which allow people to copy the books into different formats. > >Volunteers have each chosen a chapter to record to an mp3 audio file > >(almost anyone with a computer can do this), and all the chapters have > >been posted to a website where you can download it. > > > >I'd like to volunteer to read a chapter :o) But only if the author > >thinks it's a good idea. How about it, Harrison? > > > >More info here: > >http://www.archive.org/audio/audio-details-db.php?collection=open > source_audi > >o&collectionid=DOMK > >http://www.turnstyle.org/FreeCulture/ > > > >Cheers > > > >Alex > > > >www.arbejdsglaede.nu - 27. maj 2004 > >Danmarks første konference om arbejdsglæde > > > >Alexander Kjerulf > >[email protected] > >http://www.positivesharing.com > > > >+45 2688 2373 > >Arena, Norrebrogade 14B, 1. sal > >2200 Copenhagen N. > > > > > > > >Peter or Esther wrote: > > > > > > > >>Harrison, > >> > >>Because of my eyes I try to get audio copies of books. Is "The > >>Possibilities of Peace" available in audio or do you plan that it will > >>be soon? > >> > >>Namaste, > >>Peter Fisher > >> > >>Harrison Owen wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>Dear Friends and Colleagues, > >>> > >>>It was never my intention to get into the "Peace Business." Nor was > >>>it my > >>>intention to write another book. But in the course of my life my > >>>intentions > >>>are often overlooked, and happenstance rules. So much for a life > >>>plan. And > >>>now, the book - The Practice of Peace - is available in a 2nd edition. > >>> > >>>Happenstance, in this case was a fortuitous journey to The Middle East > >>>several years ago. I went to that troubled part of the world lacking > >>>any > >>>clear understanding of what I might usefully contribute. To say that > >>>I was > >>>confused would be gross understatement. But confusion, as I have > >>>learned, is > >>>often (always?) an essential precondition to deeper insight. > >>>Confusion rids > >>>the mind of all you thought you knew, and thereby opens some space > >>>for new > >>>ideas. The new ideas, in my case, were perhaps closer to a blinding > >>>flash of > >>>the obvious. Twenty years' experience with Open Space Technology, over > >>>40,000 iterations in 83 countries had demonstrated to myself and > >>>thousands > >>>of colleagues, that every time space was opened, a most remarkable and > >>>unexpected result occurred. I called it Genuine Community, the sort > >>>where > >>>differences (of opinion, ethnicity, economics, politics etc.) were if > >>>anything amplified AND those involved found it possible to treat each > >>>other > >>>with respect, often coming close to real affection. It seemed > to me that > >>>another word for this phenomenon is Peace. Further more, the deeper the > >>>original conflicts the more intense was the sense of community. > >>> > >>>Why all this should be happening and what might be done with > it remained > >>>hidden in my cloud of confusion. Hence the book, which began life as > >>>a set > >>>of confused notes to myself in search of clarity and understanding. > >>>Anybody > >>>who says that they write a book does not fully understand the > process, I > >>>think. And certainly in my case, the book wrote me. As those of you > >>>who have > >>>shared in this little odyssey will know, confused notes eventually > >>>yielded > >>>to some form of connected text, which in turn was shared with some 180 > >>>colleagues for their critique. And critique in full measure was given > >>>and > >>>gratefully received - yielding a book which was published > >>>collaboratively by > >>>the several Open Space Institutes around the world with the title, The > >>>Practice of Peace. In the intervening period since publication, there > >>>have > >>>been multiple workshops and conferences around the world, each > >>>contributing > >>>to a deeper understanding of Open Space and the possibilities of > >>>Peace. Now, > >>>I am pleased to announce that a 2nd Edition has been published by The > >>>Human > >>>Dynamics Institute. > >>> > >>>In substance, the 2nd Edition is not radically different from the > >>>1st, but > >>>countless hours of concerned conversation with colleagues and friends > >>>around > >>>the world have tightened the focus, enhanced the flow, and brought to > >>>mind a > >>>number of facets that had been neglected in the first attempt. In > >>>short it > >>>is a much better book. > >>> > >>>As an author, I have always found it difficult, not to say > >>>embarrassing, to > >>>recommend my own books. However, in the case of this book, The > >>>Practice of > >>>Peace 2nd Edition, I have no such qualms. This is not theory in > >>>search of a > >>>practice, but just the reverse. The practice required the theory simply > >>>because the practice works. Every time Space opens, Peace > seems to break > >>>out. And the application is not only in the global arena of conflicted > >>>people, but also in the multiple areas of human life were Peace > >>>appears in > >>>jeopardy, including families, community organizations, and businesses. > >>> > >>>Such qualms as I may have about apparent self-serving advertising are > >>>also > >>>mitigated by the fact that even though my name appears on the book > >>>(and I > >>>take full responsibility for all errors and omissions), this book is in > >>>truth a communal production. Literally thousands of people all over the > >>>world have contributed great thoughts and ideas. So this is not so > >>>much an > >>>advertisement for my book, but our book. > >>> > >>>To receive a copy for yourself or to pass along to a friend, you may > >>>contact > >>>the good folks at the Institute -- > >>>www.hsdinstitute.org/dept_press.asp. > >>>Also the several Open Space Institutes can provide copies. Click on > >>>http://openspaceworld.com/intro%20to%20pop.htm for the details. Last, > >>>but > >>>not least, I believe that www.amazon.com will be carrying this book > >>>as they > >>>have also carried my others. > >>> > >>>Thanks for bearing with me. I hope you will read and enjoy, but most > >>>of all > >>>use -- The Practice of Peace. > >>> > >>> > >>>Harrison > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>Harrison Owen > >>>7808 River Falls Drive > >>>Potomac, Maryland 20845 > >>>Phone 301-365-2093 > >>> > >>>Open Space Training www.openspaceworld.com > >>><http://www.openspaceworld.com/> > >>> > >>>Open Space Institute www.openspaceworld.org > >>>Personal website http://mywebpages.comcast.net/hhowen/index.htm > >>>[email protected] > >>>To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the > archives Visit: > >>>http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>* > >>>* > >>>========================================================== > >>>[email protected] > >>>------------------------------ > >>>To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, > >>>view the archives of [email protected]: > >>>http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html > >>> > >>>To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: > >>>http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>* > >>* > >>========================================================== > >>[email protected] > >>------------------------------ > >>To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, > >>view the archives of [email protected]: > >>http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html > >> > >>To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: > >>http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > >* > >* > >========================================================== > >[email protected] > >------------------------------ > >To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, > >view the archives of [email protected]: > >http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html > > > >To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: > >http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist > > > >* > >* > >========================================================== > >[email protected] > >------------------------------ > >To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, > >view the archives of [email protected]: > >http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html > > > >To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: > >http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist > > > > > > > > -- > > 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 > > * > * > ========================================================== > [email protected] > ------------------------------ > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, > view the archives of [email protected]: > http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html > > To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: > http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist > * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected]: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist
