Hi Irv,
This question came up when we introduced Open Space to my community
here in Canada last year. It was a day and a half OS "Living Together
on Saturna Island", with action planning on the second day. A number
of people could not come for both days and talked to me about it. I
suggested that if they could only come for one day, the first day was
the day to be there. And if they could only come for part of a day,
make it the morning of the first day so that they could be at the
opening circle and stay as long as they liked. People seemed to find
those suggestions reasonable and inclusive.
BTW, those that did attend both days made sure to get copies of the
Book of Proceedings for their friends who couldn't come the second
day...
Best regards,
Beverley Neff
Saturna Island BC Canada
On Oct 10, 2007, at 6:52 PM, Irv Sheffey wrote:
Hi folks,
Got a question related to my first OST conference.
Invitations have gone out to several stakeholders for a two day
conference and we are beginning to get responses. Aside from those
who expressed that they cannot attend, we’ve been getting some that
indicate that they can only come to the first day (we expressed the
strong desire/need for full attendance). Realizing that “whoever
comes is the right people”, by inference I guess whenever they come
is the right time (for them). In light that the first day of an OS
event usually shakes outs the questions and day two begins the
process of action planning, what do you think about people only
participating in only one phase?
My thought, in the spirit of “whatever happens is the only thing
that could have” is simply that. Those who attend the full
conference will have the potential experience and opportunity to be
fully expressed, those who can only attend day one will contribute
what they can, in effect giving others their proxy to build on what
they’ve provided.
I would think that in the world of OS, what I’ve described is not
the first time such has happened. My question - is there anything
that I should BE about or DO in preparing for and facilitating this
forthcoming meeting? My first take, is to hold the space for a
productive meeting, encouraging full participation, but not get
hung up on this issue. Thanks for any feed back you might have.
Irv
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Environmental Justice Organizer
Sierra Club
2568 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, SE
Washington, DC 20020
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e-mail: irv.shef...@sierraclub.org
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