Hello Thomas, thank you for answering my question. I will take the idea of the German OS Institute to two open space meetings where many of the german open space people participate in, both in January.
And I am open for more input from other countries !! Greetings, Marei "Thomas Herrmann" <tho...@openspaceconsulting.com> schrieb: Dear MareiThanks for asking - what does an OS Institute actually do. The Swedish OS-institute was founded the 24th of November 2001 when we had a gathering of Swedish collegues and our friend Koos from Holland! The purpose of OSI-S is to develop and spread knowledge about Open Space Technology and to work for mutual support and learning between OS-facilitators in Sweden and in the world.We have a board where I was the chairman for 2,5 years, now our friend Agneta Setterwall has taken that role.So far the Institute has arranged one Scandinavian OSonOS two Swedish online OSonOS´s and co-sponsored the International OSonOS XI. And we have had annual meetings of the board, often during or after the yearly Scandinavian OSonOS. There are also local groups meeting regularily in south Sweden, west-Sweden and Uppsala which are not "formally" meetings of OSI-S but which are initiatives by members of OSI-S. But then - we are not very formal... We also started a smartgroups forum where there are about 40 people connected. It was transformed to an Scandinavian forum a couple of years ago. Not very active but a good way to get in touch with likeminded in Scandinavia. www.smartgroups.com/groups/sosif Before the International OSonOS we opened an account which has been helpful when arranging events. Otherwise I don´t think we are using the potential that working closer together could offer...but whenever that happens will be the right time. I would love to hear how other OSI´s work.Warmest regardsThomas Herrmann-----Ursprungligt meddelande----- Från: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu]För Marei Kiele Skickat: den 17 december 2005 13:19 Till: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Ämne: OS Institutes "Tree Fitzpatrick" <mailto:therese.fitzpatr...@gmail.com> schrieb: > By the power invested in me, I now pronounce you one of the founding > members of the German Open Space Institute. Voila! oh shit ! (smiling widely) And what, by the way, does an open space institute actually do? Would you others all over the world, who have founded an OSI, be willing to share a little about how you started and what you are doing at the moment?Thanks !! * * ========================================================== 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
