Dear all, Even though I havent been on all OSonOSs I have come to love and cherish them very much! It is soooo important at least for me to see the people I talk to here on the list the energy in face to face meeting and talking can never occur in an online meeting. I know that for myself it was much easier to speak out on this list after have seen some of you in my first OSonOS in Denmark a few years ago, and after that I was kind of home wanting to go to them all and so I have except from Moscow. Planning to go to Kiev though.
And I agree with Larry hugging my computer is both dull and uncomfortable :-) I really love the initial idea of moving from continent to continent in that way there is almost always an OSonOS nearby if not every year so at least every second or third. So my two öres thought is that we keep that rhythm. And that we have THE OSonOS once a year. There will always be regional, local, national OSonOSs and thats fine could be a great compliment or input to the big one I know thats how we think about our Scandinavian OSonOS that will be in Sweden this year. All the best from a stormy west coast of Sweden :o) Eva Bästa hälsningar Eva P Svensson EPS Human Invest AB "Verksamhetsutveckling genom människor skapar långsiktigt välmående företag och organisationer" Anåsbergsvägen 22, 439 34 ONSALA Besöksadress; Slussgatan 1, Göteborg Tfn: 0300-615 05, Mobil; 0706- 89 85 50 www.epshumaninvest.se _____ Från: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] För Joelle Lyons Everett Skickat: den 20 januari 2007 01:59 Till: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Ämne: Re: Michael Pannwitz's comment about OSonOS 2008 in Berlin In a message dated 1/19/07 2:21:24 PM, la...@spiritedorg.com writes: The face to face connections and support are not things I can get from a virtual event. Hugging my computer monitor is just not the same. So, I support a focus on a World Wide event where the chance of worldwide participation is high. So I can connect to both old and new friends. Maybe that is no longer possible in our virtual and tension filled world, but I still want it. I'm with Larry on this! I like having a worldwide event, and like moving it to various parts of the world. My travel budget is slimmer than it used to be, and overseas travel is more difficult now that I have some severe diet restrictions. But a worldwide OSONOS is always going to be a top priority. Maybe we need something like what Gabriela suggested, a voting process that lets those of us who are unable to be physically present participate in choosing the next location. I'm delighted that the Ukraine has such a thriving OS community, and that they enthusiastically invited us there. But for myself, I am disappointed to have the annual gathering two years in a row in locations which present some big challenges for me. I'd like to see us return the the idea we proposed when we first moved OSONOS away from North America--to move from continent to continent, to include local participants from many regions and to make the travel easier for a different group each time. Regional OSONOS and internet connections are great, but a face to face, worldwide OSONOS is something very special. I want to be a part of that as often as I can. Joelle Everett Shelton, Washington, USA * * ========================================================== 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