Hello all The other day I had lunch with Brendan McKeague and Andrew Rixon to discuss the future of the Open Space Institute in Australia. I'm sure many of you are aware that Brian Bainbridge WAS the Open Space Institute in Oz and we'd like to honour his contribution by continuing the OSI.
Also at lunch was Brian's friend and executor of his will, John Grace. I asked John if he thought Brian's parish had any idea what he did when he wasn't there. Not surprisingly, he answered 'no'. He also told us the story of how the locals who were short of cash and wanted a hand-out from the church would wait till the office staff had gone home and would knock on Brian's door - even very late at night. No-one ever went away empty handed. So I think Brian would be chuffed to know that there's a scholarship in his name to enable someone to attend this year's World Open Space on Open Space in Berlin, someone who wouldn't be able to otherwise. This scholarship is being coordinated this year by the US Open Space Institute as their way of honouring Brian, and Lisa Heft (aka The Access Queen) has kindly taken on this task of coordinating the funds. There is a candidate from Chile to receive the extra support who would not otherwise be able to attend. I think Brian would be happy with this as he always wanted to spread the understanding and use of open space far and wide. Some of you may wish to individually contribute to the Fr. Brian Bainbridge Memorial Fund for the 2010 WOSONOS. Please make your own individual contributions as appropriate. The details of how to do so are explained below. At our Fringe WOSonOS in Melbourne on May 11 we will talk about an Australasian Scholarship for future WOSonOS events. And most exciting for me (personally) at this Fringe WOSonOS will be that we'll have access to Brian's beloved shalalee for our talking stick. Yay! Stay tuned for photos. If you have any questions please contact me offline <v...@mcwaters.com.au> ******************* Thank you for your thoughtful contributions to the Brian Bainbridge memorial scholarship. This is a collection of funds with the intention of helping someone attend this year's World Open Space on Open Space in Berlin, Germany - May 12-15, 2010. These funds will be handled through the Access Queen project (Lisa Heft) who has worked with each year's WOSonOS "Askers" - people of lesser financial abilities who wish to join their colleagues at a WOSonOS - and each year's Host Team since the Access Queen project's inception in 2001. For any funds given to the project specifically in memory of Brian this year, Lisa is working with Open Space Institute Australia's Viv McWaters to inform who may be (a) likely recipient(s). Please note that the WOSonOS is fast approaching so if you are thinking of contributing you may wish to do so very soon. The options for contribution include US check (zero handling fee taken out of your contribution) -or- PayPal (about 4% taken out of your donation by PayPal as processing fee) US Bank check / money order Made out to Lisa Heft, and mailed to 2325 Oregon Street, Berkeley, California 94705-1106 USA Be sure to write 'Access Queen / Brian Bainbridge' in the memo portion of the check (the Access Queen Project is not an NGO so US citizens cannot get a tax deduction for payments made in this way) US$ Bank check / money order Made out to Lisa Heft, and mailed to 2325 Oregon Street, Berkeley, California 94705-1106 USA Be sure to write 'Access Queen / Brian Bainbridge' in the memo portion of the check (the Access Queen Project is not an NGO so US citizens cannot get a tax deduction for payments made in this way) PayPal (for which you can set up a connect to your bank account or use your Visa, American Express, MasterCard or Discover Card) Go to http://www.paypal.com Log into your existing PayPal account or sign up for one, then click on the "Send Money" tab Send a payment to lisah...@openingspace.net Be sure to write 'Access Queen / Brian Bainbridge' in the notes section Cheers Viv ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Viv McWaters Beyond the Edge Pty Ltd PO Box 665 Torquay 3228 Australia 0417 135 406 Facilitator Training: www.facilitatingwithconfidence.com My Blog: www.vivmcwaters.com.au My Podcasts: www.winkipod.com.au Skype: vivmcwaters Twitter: vivmcw * * ========================================================== 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
