Somehow I missed this one – or at least I missed Chris's original.
Gremlins? But I think we have a germ (may I say gem) of an idea. But I must
point out, Chris, that what for you is a "Harvest Moon" would have to be a
Spring Moon for all our friends south of the equator. Or maybe the Moon
isn't even out there? Oh well, everybody sees everything from their own
point of view. Or we might say something like "Hemi-Centric" – right up
there with Eurocentric, Ethnocentric?
But I really do like the notion of linking OSONOSs even if they don't all
happen at the same time. In fact there would be some nice poetry if they
happened randomly through out the year. To borrow a phrase from the Brits –
"Neither the Sun nor the Season will ever set on Open Space!" And in fact
that seems to be happening already without a plan or intention. Gerard is
inviting people to The Netherlands, I saw something from Larry Peterson
and Diane about an OSONOS in Canada. Then we come to the wonderful
gathering in Kiev, followed by yet another warm open space by the Sea –
And if you were to create something on Bowen Island in September, we would
already have about half the year covered. I just love it when a plan comes
together!
Harrison
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*From:* OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] *On Behalf Of *Michael
Herman
*Sent:* Tuesday, February 06, 2007 6:49 PM
*To:* osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu
*Subject:* Harvest OSonOS's?
is this going forward then, chris? if you post this up to your site, i
can link to it in the osonos section. did anyone else decide to convene
something in this same timeframe? does it make sense to make
september/harvest an osonos month, and so capture osonos by the sea in this
net, as well as giving avner a bit more room to work? is the osonos the
month and "harvesting the learnings" the de facto theme? i want to add this
to the osonos page, but need some specific invites to link to. chris?
avner? harrison? anybody else?
mh
On 1/22/07, *Chris Corrigan* <ch...@chriscorrigan.com> 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<http://www.farmersalmanac.com/astronomy/fullmoons.html>.
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.
Namast�,
*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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*From:* OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] *On Behalf Of *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 �re'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
B�sta h�lsningar
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*Fr�n:* OSLIST [mailto: OSLIST@ LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] *F�r *Joelle
Lyons Everett
*Skickat:* den 20 januari 2007 01:59
*Till:* osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu
*�mne:* 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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