Dear Eddie, dear Kerry, CONGRATULATION to the GREAT contract !!! This European Conference will be a very important milestone with lots of great global effects !!! Be proud and enjoy !!! I look very much forward to hear more.
Best wishes from Berlin, Gabriela ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eddie Palmer" <ed...@palmer4421.freeserve.co.uk> To: <osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu> Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2005 9:10 AM Subject: OS to be used in a European Conference > Dear list > > Open Futures is pleased to announce that we have a first at least for the > U.K., use of Open Space for the two days of a European Conference to be held > at Aviemore Mountain Conference Centre in the Scottish Highlands on Nov. > 10/11 2005. Open Futures have just signed a contract to facilitate the > event. This is also the only European event to be held on UK soil during the > time of the UK's presidency, so it will be opened by Ministers. > The sponsors are the Euromontana Group (our European colleagues will be > aware of the names chosen for various funding streams/collections of people > within the EU). This group studies the economic effects on remote mountain > areas of agriculture, forestry, tourism etc. > We were lucky to have a champion within the Scottish Euromontana group, a > fan of some 5 years' standing, very enthusiastic to try and use the method. > The conference will have participants from 27 European countries, USA and > Australia, the OECD and EU. OECD in Paris is the co-ordinating body. > If you think that Kerry and I have been quiet on the list for a time, this > is the reason why! All we can say at this time is that the lead-in for this > event will have been the most difficult one we have carried out, for a group > who have only before experienced conventional conferences, and there is an > amount of anxiety over the whole event! > We will keep you posted of progress. > It is possible that participants from various countries might use the World > Map to approach fellow countrymen to talk about OS in advance, in their own > language (thank you Michael!). > The OS event will take place in English and French > > regards > > Eddie Palmer > Kerry Napuk > Open Futures > Edinburgh > Scotland > > * > * > ========================================================== > osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu > ------------------------------ > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, > view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: > http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html > > To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: > http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist > * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist