Thanks, Ted. I knew it was different than a road trip. . . the focus/intention,I guess, is the distinction. Maybe my comment should be posted over in the OS blog that Wendy recently started. . . and I'll head over there. A road trip without a marketplace is, IMHO, also an open space gathering.
On 10/16/05, Ted Ernst <teder...@gmail.com> wrote: > > yes, it was Tom or course, should've mentioned his name > > Very different than a roadtrip with pals because a roadtrip with pals has > conversation that flows naturally from movies to sports to wiki to > organizing to co-ops to currency systems and so on, without any direction or > point of focus, without an objective to any of the individual conversations > and without any documentation. > > This 2 day rolling open space was like open space where we each proposed > topics and then worked on those topics one at a time, of course sometimes > wandering, but always having a point to come back to. Some of them were > about meaning in life and sprituality and tend to be much like a trip with > pals, getting ot know one another and ourselves, others were much more > technical and felt like advancing projects that we all care about. We're now > here for a 3 day conference where we're going to continue in open space even > though the conference isn't, and then 2 days back in the van where I'm sure > we'll be even more focused on next steps. So the bottom line for me is that > this feels like continuing the work we're already doing on-line, not just > shooting the breeze. And it's all documented in the notes on > http://wiki.wikisym.org/space/WikiVanning, not very human readable by > others yet, but we can pull out the pieces that feel like they need to live > on. > > Hope you're well. > > hugs, > ted > > On 10/15/05, Tree Fitzpatrick <therese.fitzpatr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi Ted. Umm, was the guy in Portland who mentioned Peggy Tom Atlee? > > Thanks for telling us about your day in open space. The question I am > > about to ask I ask with fondness and sincerity: how did this day differ from > > a 'road trip with pals'? > > I'm listening. > > > > On 10/15/05, Ted Ernst < teder...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Here's a photo of our wall (the dashboard): > > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/tedernst/52723409/ > > > and my others > > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/tedernst/tags/wikivanning/ > > > > > > > > > On 10/15/05, Ted Ernst < teder...@gmail.com > wrote: > > > > > > > > I've never had a day quite like yesterday. > > > > > > > > I live in Chicago, flew to Portland, OR Thursday night and > > > > yesterday, spent from about 8am until 11pm in open space with 3 other > > > > people > > > > without the normal "breaks" for meals and such. Clearly a lot of times > > > > meal > > > > times at a conference are continuations of the sessions and topics from > > > > the > > > > conversation. This felt different. Let me back up. We're on our way to > > > > WikiSym, a conference (non-open space) in San Diego that starts Sunday. > > > > We > > > > wanted more face to face time in open space so we decided to do this > > > > drive. > > > > > > > > So leaving Portland, we got out some mailing labels and put our > > > > topics on the dashboard of the van! We drove to Eugene, about 2 hours > > > > away, > > > > and stopped for brunch at the Walnut Street Cooperative, a house where 9 > > > > people live. The brunch was hosted by two people and several others also > > > > joined in (those here are the right people!) and there were some really > > > > amazing conversatons and beginning friendships and collaborations there. > > > > After brunch we wanted a photo of all present so someone went to get > > > > another > > > > housemate to take it. When he found out who the travelers were and what > > > > we > > > > were doing, he asked if we had 5 minutes to hear about his stuff. We > > > > agreed > > > > and he blew us away for another 20 minutes and Peggy Holman's name came > > > > up > > > > as one of his collaborators. Connections! > > > > > > > > Then back in the van, just stops for bathroom and fuel (we had > > > > provisions with us in the van so didn't need to stop again to eat) and > > > > we > > > > worked through topic after topic from the dashboard. I'll have to get a > > > > photo of the dash uploaded, but in the meantime, here are our notes: > > > > http://wiki.wikisym.org/space/WikiVanning > > > > > > > > What a day! > > > > > > > > peace, > > > > ted > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Humanize the Earth! http://tedernst.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Humanize the Earth! http://tedernst.com * * > > > ========================================================== > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Warmly, > > Tree Fitzpatrick > > "It is never too late to be what you might have been." 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