There will be a second annual "Education for Sustainable Development"
weekend in Eliot Maine, 9/21-23, and 9/21 is UN International Day of
Peace.
Last year we had an afternoon of OS; the plans aren't yet made for
this year.
Diane
On Jan 22, 2007, at 7:20 PM, Chris Corrigan wrote:
Friends:
If I have understood Harrison correctly over all the years he has
been talking about Open Space, he has always had an aspiration that
the process become so ubiquitous that it disappear into a fabric of
"business as usual" while at the same time changing business as
usual, much as brainstorming has since its discovery in the 1950s
as a simple but powerful technique for unlocking creativity in groups.
It has seemed to me that over the past ten years the movement of
Open Space has been dispersing far and wide. It used to be that
there were only a handful of trainings for example and I knew all
of the trainers. Now Open Space training is offered everywhere by
people who none of us in the "core community" of practitioners have
ever heard of. OST is being used in all kinds of settings and what
we are learning about leadership, organization and management is
being deeply internalized into practice and life.
It seems that the movement of who we are and what we know has been
scattered to the winds and that is a beautiful thing. It is
something that could never have happened if Harrison had retained
control over the process, or if everything was centralized into one
set of licenses for training and use. OST is used every day in
hundreds of different contexts and its spirit permeates many
organizations, communities and personal practices.
And so. the evolution of this conversation seems timely. As much
as I also have enjoyed the OSonOS events (and I co-hosted one of
them) I can see the wisdom and delight in what Michael Herman has
proposed. A worldwide Open Space week, self-organized, possibly
interconnected or possibly not in which many gatherings on many
scales could take place is a brilliant and accurate reflection of
our community of practice. Better than having 200 people gathering
one place, having 200 gatherings of 50 people in many places would
be a monumental testament to the ubiquitous nature of this
incredibly fluid process. As far as I know, none of the
organizational change practitioner's communities has anything like
this.
To me it is the difference between watching the moon eclipse the
sun, and watching a full moon rise. Both incredibly beautiful
events, but different. But the solar eclipse is only visible to a
very tiny slice of the world, and when one occurs, those of us who
are outside of that range can only follow along on the web or TV
and envy those who got to be there.
But sharing the experience of watching a full moon rise is totally
different. Lovers separated by many miles often do this, feeling
connected in the moment with their partner, sharing a common
experience of beauty. We appreciate the event together and we
appreciate the fact that we are doing it together, no matter where
we are.
And so, what if we chose the week of the harvest moon for our week
of gatherings? In the northern hemisphere, the harvest moon is the
full moon closest to the autumnal equinox, usually occurring in
late September or early October. The harvest moon marks the time
of year when the harvest of the year's bounty begins. The days and
night are roughly equal in length and the tides are reasonably
equal as well. It is a time of equanimity and rededication to the
communal effort of harvesting what we have sown.
This year the harvest moon is September 26th. What if all over the
world, during the week of September 24, we gathered in large to
small groups for a day or two or more and held open space on open
spaces, to harvest what we have sown, learn from one another and
contribute to a worldwide learning inquiry about the edge of our
practice, and the incredible evolving story of Open Space?
If others feel like this is a good idea, I will start the ball
rolling by committing to having one here on Bowen Island, near
Vancouver, Canada that week, let us say September 25-26-27. It
will be in a rustic setting, and it will be cheap and accessible.
Anyone who wants to gather with me from near and far is invited.
We will enjoy each other in two days of Open Space and on the
evening of September 26, we will go down to the beach looking east
across the mouth of Howe Sound to the North American mainland and
watch the harvest moon rise, knowing that as we are doing so, many
of our friends and colleagues will have seen that same moon emerge
over their gatherings in Siberia, Zimbabwe, Belgium, the United
States, Colombia and Haiti? And then we will post our proceedings
on our worldwide web site and relish in the conversations shared
with others across our world.
What say you, friends?
Chris
On 1/21/07, Christine Whitney Sanchez <milagr...@cox.net > wrote:
As Larry, Doug, Eva and others have said, I like the hugging/
dancing kind of OSonOS. And I am also intrigued with the idea of a
whole bunch of OSonOS's self-organizing at the same time as the
international one, incorporating Gabriella's fabulous OpenSpace-
Online.
I favor the practice of hosting the international OSonOS on
different continents every year. What I most want is a way to
connect with all of you, face-to-face, heart-to-heart that offers
the greatest possibility for diversity of languages, cultures,
world views and hugging styles.
Namasté,
Christine
CWS - Collaborative Wisdom & Strategy
Christine Whitney Sanchez
2717 E. Mountain Sky Avenue
Phoenix, AZ 85048
480.759.0262
www.christinewhitneysanchez.com
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Michael Herman
Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2007 9:18 PM
To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu
Subject: Re: SV: Michael Pannwitz's comment about OSonOS 2008 in
Berlin
what if the decision-making process was simply about picking a
single week of the year in which osonos would be perhaps
permanently fixed?
then, within that timeframe, anyone could convene an osonos
anywhere in the world. all of the locations would have an opening,
a bulletin board, and a marketplace. all of the issues and notes
would be posted online in the same place. and all of the topics
from everywhere posted on the wall in each place.
when 100+ people gather for two days, nobody can go to every group
or meet all the people, but it's still informative to read the
whole of the wall. so everybody could meet wherever was best for
them. some would travel far and cross-pollinate. some would
travel near and perhaps get involved in more local actions.
the whole of it together would be *the* international osonos,
simultanteously global and local. if you want a european hug, go
to a gathering in europe. if you're strapped for cash or time, go
local, host somethign small where you are, or just visit online.
what a great thing that anyone globally could convene an osonos
gathering and be able for just a few days share issues and notes
printed out from all over the world on their own little local
wall. might not get a german or australian or canadian or whatever
sort of hug is exotic to you, but maybe get a good local hug after
a good discussion of an issue raised 1/2 way around the world!
then, regional and local gatherings would be everything else,
through out the world and throughout the year.
mh
On 1/20/07, Eva P Svensson <e...@epshumaninvest.se> wrote:
Dear all,
Even though I haven't been on all OSonOS's 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 J
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 öre's thought is that we keep that rhythm. And that we
have THE OSonOS once a year. There will always be regional, local,
national OSonOS's and that's fine – could be a great compliment or
input to the big one – I know that's 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
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välmående företag och organisationer"
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Från: OSLIST [mailto: OSLIST@ 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
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