Christine-- How about out of doors? A large tent or two?
:- Doug. On Sat, 2007-12-15 at 16:31 -0700, Christine Whitney Sanchez wrote: > Thank you, Michael. Your calculations were very helpful. The client and I > are in the stage of really wanting Open Space(s) but truly not finding the > space(s) to hold all the people. While we might have to let go of OST, I am > holding the space that we will find a way to open the space for 7000. You > are so right - it is pure fun! > > Warm wishes from a brilliant Phoenix afternoon, > > Christine > > Christine Whitney Sanchez > CWS - Collaborative Wisdom & Strategy > 2717 E. Mountain Sky Avenue > Phoenix, AZ 85048-8990 > 480.759.0262 > www.christinewhitneysanchez.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] On Behalf Of Michael M > Pannwitz > Sent: Friday, December 14, 2007 1:07 AM > To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu > Subject: Re: Circles within rectangles > > Dear Christine, > thats about 10 000 square meters (only a small part of the world thinks in > feet) and comparing that to the approximately 3000 squaremeters we had for > the event with 2108 in Germany (you will definitely break the record!!)your > space would hold about 5000 people. > Our space was 70 by 40 meters, not exactly square, yours is 150 by 70...very > similar in shape...you do have to consider that the inner circles can be > real perfect circles but as you add more circles they turn more and more > into ovals...or you just add half circles at the long ends of the the room. > For the 2108 people we had 10 or 12 concentric circles (people sitting on > small pillows...the firedepartment would not permit chairs unless they are > bolted to the floor)...that made it real easy to create breakout spaces > throughout the large room (marked by gas filled ballons that were attached > to small bags filled with sand, the balloons bearing the breakout space > number, we had 70 spaces...for the closing circle participants pitched in > creating the circles again... > Seems that for 7,000 people you need a space about 1,5 the size you have > now. Or, calculating for huge crowds, you might think of 1,5 square meters > per person wish you lots of work, which, if it is really work, is pure fun > Greetings from Berlin mmp > > Christine Whitney Sanchez wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > I would appreciate your help in figuring out how many people we can > > fit into Open Space concentric circles in a room that is 500 feet by 216 > feet. > > AND...how big a space would it take to accommodate 7,000 people in > > Open Space? > > > > Thanks in advance for any help you might offer. > > > >>From clear and chilly Phoenix, > > > > Christine > > > > Christine Whitney Sanchez > > CWS - Collaborative Wisdom & Strategy > > 2717 E. Mountain Sky Avenue > > Phoenix, AZ 85048-8990 > > 480.759.0262 > > <http://www.christinewhitneysanchez.com/> > > www.christinewhitneysanchez.com > > > > Michael M Pannwitz, boscop eg > Draisweg 1, 12209 Berlin, Germany > ++49-30-772 8000 > www.boscop.org www.michaelmpannwitz.de > > > Check out the Open Space World Map presently showing 470 resident Open Space > Workers in 76 countries (working in a total of 132 countries > worldwide) > www.openspaceworldmap.org > > * > * > ========================================================== > 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 * * ========================================================== 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