Dear Jana,
beginning this afternoon, the german speaking os-workers are gathering
for their annual 3 day OSonOS / Learning Exchange. I realize this is not
January 22 yet, but if you have more info than shown on your lovely website
http://www.demenko.info/Welcome%21.html
let me know...it would be a great opportunity to spread it among the 33
folks that registered for the regional OSonOS. And a good input for the
discussion we are going to have, I am sure, about the proposed 16th
worldwide OSonOS in Berlin in 2008.
At the same time, please find further down in this mail the invitation
that the Future Search Network people are circulating for their next
worldwide Learning Exchange in South Africa this fall (their summer). I
think it is an informative and straightforward invitation. Their scheme
of asking questions in the invitation that address the event itself,
what is happening around the event, etc. make it easy for me to read on.
Wish you all the best in planning for May and a productive 2007!!
hugs
mmp boscop eg
"You Are Invited to Future Search Network’s 2007 LEARNING EXCHANGE
in Johannesburg, South Africa
1. Invitation
A group of committed Future Searchers is delighted to extend an
invitation to the 2007 Future Search Network Learning Exchange in South
Africa.
We want to extend the global impact of Future Search, provide you with a
first-hand experience of a developing country and enable new
connections, particularly from Africa and other developing countries.
2. Key dates for the 2007 Learning Exchange
§ Informal Activities: Wednesday 7th November 2007
§ Formal LE Begins: Thursday 8th November 2007
§ Formal LE Ends: Saturday 10th November 2007
(November is South Africa’s early summer before the tourist rush.)
3. Location
Johannesburg / Pretoria area which has international airport access, a
variety of accommodation options and near local areas of interest.
4. Background to this invitation
South Africa is now into the second decade of democracy and the time is
opportune for a national focus on ‘thinking globally, acting locally’.
Putting Future Search more firmly on the South African map could be
significant in our progress towards a more sustainable and democratic
society.
The idea to conduct the Learning Exchange in South Africa was first
raised at the 2005 Northern Ireland LE where we proposed 2007 as the
date. Those at the 2006 Philadelphia PA LE unanimously agreed to the plan.
5. Some initial ideas for the 2007 Learning Exchange
We hope to bring together the following groups:
Members of the world wide Future Search Network
Experienced and New facilitators
Potential sponsors
Community organizations
Organizations with specific focus (e.g. conservation, social service, etc.)
Government (national and local)
Development agencies (e.g. UN, World Food Relief, UNESCO, etc.)
Foundations
and all those interested in learning about Future Search and the Network.
A design team drawn from the Network and fully supported by the local
team will work out the detailed design.
Some key concepts we are hoping to include are:
§ Adopting a developing country focus
§ Building whole communities for a healthy society
§ Sustainability
§ Getting the whole system involved
6. Facilitation Workshop with Sandra Janoff and Marv Weisbord
We are beginning the week with Sandra and Marv’s facilitation
workshop, now named Leading Meetings that Matter: The “Don’t Just Do
Something, Stand There!” Workshop. If you haven’t been to this
extraordinary workshop, come for both.
Location: Same as Learning Exchange
Dates: Sunday 4th November 2007 – mid-day Tuesday 6th November 2007
7. Why come to South Africa?
Quite apart from the LE theme itself, South Africa offers many attractions:
Seeing the miracle unfolding
Experiencing South Africa in all its complexity
Our Cradle of Humankind, a site outside Johannesburg that marks the
origin of man 2.5 to 3.5 million years ago
Our wildlife and natural beauty
Physical attractions, sport, shopping, etc.
For those who want to spend more time here, with family, friends or
partners, the opportunity for a very reasonably priced holiday planned
around the LE.
8. About South Africa
For strangers to South Africa considering a first visit, the ‘official’
website for the country has a lot of useful information and other web
links. For those who know us, this site is comprehensive and kept up to
date:
Visit www.southafrica.info
9. What’s in it for attendees?
The opportunity to see South Africa at first hand, experience our
diversity, see first hand some of the challenges facing this and other
developing countries and learn about the impact of Future Search in the
developing world.
10. What’s in it for the FS Network?
The opportunity to extend its reach in Africa and, in particular, with
projects in South Africa.
11. What’s in it for the South African network?
This will ensure more visibility for our local network. We want to
create opportunities to conduct more Future Searches in Southern Africa
and to have a bigger impact on communities in the region and to get
development support for this.
12. Our next steps
Some of the key steps envisaged include:
§ Publicising the LE on the FS website
§ Firming up the venue details
§ Inviting volunteers from the Network to form a design team to
put together a specific design for the LE event
§ Individually inviting participation from the 70 to 100 people
throughout Southern Africa who have conducted Future Searches, attended
an FS training or expressed an interest in Future Search.
13. Who is extending the invitation?
Our SA Network has now conducted around twenty Future Searches in South
Africa, Botswana, Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in
Tanzania and Zanzibar.
The core group extending this invitation includes:
§ Aria Merkestein:
o Focuses on African leadership and women’s issues; has conducted
five Future Searches.
§ Dumisani Ncala:
o Experienced Human Resource practitioner; life coach/counselor
and passionately involved in social development; limited FS experience
§ Tamara Sutila:
o Focuses on Media and Communication strategy, editing and content
writing: has conducted four Future Searches
§ John Goss;
o Focuses on whole system development; has conducted eight Future
Searches.
In addition, there are another four to five local collaborators keen to
join us."
Yana Demenko wrote:
*Dear Open Space community! *
Season greetings to all of you!
You are greatly invited to participate in 15th Open Space on Open Space!
Date: May 24-26, 2007
Place: Kyiv, Ukraine
Venue: 17th century building, venue of the first Eastern-European
University
*More information is coming on January 22 at www.demenko.info *
*Hope to see many of you in 2007 in Kyiv! *
Warm greetings,
Yana Demenko
[e-mail] y...@demenko.info <mailto:y...@demenko.info>
[post] p.o.box 4B, Kyiv-1, 01001
Michael M Pannwitz, boscop eg
Draisweg 1, 12209 Berlin, Germany
++49-30-772 8000
www.boscop.de www.michaelmpannwitz.de
Check out the Open Space World Map presently showing 431 resident Open
Space Workers in 70 countries (working in a total of 126 countries
worldwide)
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