Dear Eva Oaooo, this sounds inspiring! I am breathing with you... The discussion on Space-invaders is an old one and I think I heard HO say he never saw one and I have the same experience after some 200+ events. On some rare occasions it did happen that someone was starting to act towards becoming one but usually other participants took care of it - as they had space for dealing with it - or I might just remind about the principles/law or the other procedures such as everyone having the chance to contribute to the agenda and choose in what conversations to take part. But I can hardly think of times when this happened either.
To me it is important to keep the "invitational" tone but be clear on these basics. ...and mostly when I was warned that this or that person might become a problem - they have turned out to be the most passionately working participants really enjoying the space! But then, I never had a demonstration-crowd sworming in... ...and I think "the law of attraction" works on Space-invaders too;-) Wishing you and everyone there all the best - I think you are on to some very interesting ground! Warm regards & hugs Your "neighbour" Thomas Herrmann -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- Från: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] För Eva P Svensson Skickat: den 22 februari 2010 21:03 Till: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Ämne: SV: Any experiences of OS and demonstrations? Dear Lisa and Harrison, Why am I not surprised with your answers :) Invite and breath :) And I will! The theme is already set and so is the invitation and yes we think that some of the people "against" who are organizing the demonstration will come as well - and I think that is good - and I do hope that they respect the format and don't be "space invaders" - that is my biggest worry right now - that some of them will try to invade the freedom to everybody to bring forward what is on their heart and mind. The meeting is about a proposal from a city about how to develop and build/change a part of a city - and it's a "hot potato" i.e a lot of feelings against and some pro of course. And the open space will be a step in the formal procedure that they have to have - to inform the citizens so that they have a chance to react on the proposal. So - how do you handle a Space Invader? Any tips there? Sooo grateful for you being out there!!! :o) Eva Bästa hälsningar Eva P Svensson EPS Human Invest AB Member of Beyond Performance Group "Verksamhetsutveckling genom människor skapar långsiktigt välmående företag och organisationer" Anåsbergsvägen 22, 439 34 ONSALA Besöksadress; Norra Allégatan 8, Göteborg Tfn: 0300-615 05, Mobil; 0706- 89 85 50 www.epshumaninvest.se Skype: eva.p.svensson Besök gärna min blogg; www.epshumaninvest.blogspot.com/ "Jag kan inte lära dig något. Allt jag kan göra är att ställa frågor till dig, och låta dig själv finna svaren." Sokrates -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- Från: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] För Harrison Owen Skickat: den 22 februari 2010 14:58 Till: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Ämne: Re: Any experiences of OS and demonstrations? If you really want to blow everybody's mind invite the demonstrators to join the circle. When you have conflict (which it sort of looks like you do) the solution is to keep opening the space until there is room for everybody who cares to come. Of course if the demonstrators don't care to come -- just want to stand on the outside and do whatever, that is their choice. Harrison Harrison Owen 7808 River Falls Dr. Potomac, MD 20854 USA Phone 301-365-2093 www.openspaceworld.com www.ho-image.com (Personal Website) To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html -----Original Message----- From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] On Behalf Of Eva P Svensson Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 8:41 AM To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Subject: Any experiences of OS and demonstrations? Hi all! I'm on my way to hold spAce at an OST meeting where the organizers are expecting a demonstration against the proposal that is the theme for the meeting! Any of you that have any experience from that?? Would be most grateful for advice how to handle a situation like that!! 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