One of my first experiences of OST was the 9th European Symposium on Organization Transformation, also known as OT-9, in tiny Galosfa, Hungary, in August, 1991.
Besides being an opportunity to visit the land of (some of) my ancestors, it was for me a life-changing gathering of 100 people from 17 countries for an evening, four full days, and a closing morning. It was organized and facilitated by Oskar David and Coen van der Kroon from the Netherlands. We had twelve participants from Russia who awoke the first morning to news (from a British participant on the phone with his wife) that President Yeltsin was, or would be, overthrown in a coup. We devoted much time to supporting and thinking with our colleagues about ways to respond, whether to return, exile, etc. On the third morning we heard that Yeltsin was atop the tank in the Moscow street and the coup was not successful. Our Russian friends brought out a trunk filled with vodka and glasses and we devoted the evening to songs and dances from our homelands. (Okay, we five from the US sang "Old MacDonald Had a Farm") It was a very successful OST for the experience of international exchange and human community. Jeff Aitken Petaluma river valley San Francisco Bay area -----Original Message----- >From: Jimmy Pryor <ji...@sunbody.com> >Sent: Mar 9, 2006 2:20 PM >To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu >Subject: Longest OS Event? > >What is the longest OS event you know of? > >What is the longest successful OS event you know of? > >Jimmy Pryor > >* >* >========================================================== >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
