Hello, Lisa! What an inspiring invitation is this, uh? I almost cried out loud: I'M COMING!!! I'M COMING!!! WAIT FOR ME! :-)
And here goes a challenge to all brazilian that I don't really can see here all these years: helloooooooooooooooo! What about an Open Space on Open Space in Brasil, after the World Cup in 2014? Please, Lisa, send me your precious pages of wisdom from past Host Teams over the years. I'm sure they will help me coming to a decision. Hugs! Corina (from Brasilia, Brasil) 2011/8/28 Lisa Heft <lisah...@openingspace.net> > I will be there, too - will you? > > Join us: > *http://www.wosonoschile.cl * > > This is a long message - so you might want to get some tea or a nice glass > of wine and a cozy chair to relax into for your reading... > > *Language at the WOSonOS and during your visit to Chile:* > For those of you who do not speak Spanish - the amazing community of fellow > Open Space folks who speak Spanish and English will be there to help you - > both at the WOSonOS and as you eat and laugh and visit with them during your > trip. People are all so very helpful indeed, and I know that a lot of > laughter happens when I choose a wrong word when I myself am speaking > Spanish. So "Be Prepared to Be..." ...warmly helped and at times very > amused. > > *Inclusion:* > There are many graduates of our recent Latin America Open Space workshops > who wish to attend the WOSonOS - but just may need a little more funding to > accomplish that. > Do you have some funds to share - to contribute to the growth of the Open > Space community of practice in Latin America to support and continue their > rich knowledge sharing? > > Let me know - we welcome your financial contributions and I will divide > them amongst 'Askers' who just need a few more resources to add to their own > in order to be able to join us. > > *Access Queen:* > "Access Queen" is the name our late great colleague Laurel Doersam gave to > me in 2001. > One of my passions is to help people each year who just need a little more > support to be able to join us at our annual international gatherings > (WOSonOS). > I do not have funding such as 'here is a plane ticket'. My resources are my > belief in you, sharing ideas for how you can raise your own funds, helping > you ask for what you need from our colleagues in the Open Space community, > helping you connect to others who wish to help you (through home stays, ride > shares, in-country buddies, inviting you to a meal, sharing their hotel room > with you, helping each country's Host Team if they need it with lessons > learned or ideas for resources, and more) - and sometimes, little bits of > money that I try to use amongst the most possible Askers. By this I mean: a > little pocket money, or help with a meal, or to buy a book or something else > to help the most people who may still need that while they are at the > WOSonOS. > > So any of your donations will add to my little bit of money to help in > those situations. > And generous colleagues in Chile and nearby countries will be very > appreciative, as they are also donating their time and resources, homes and > good cooking to support Askers. > > *Askers:* > If you are an Asker - do know that a) you do not have to pay until you > arrive at the conference site (that gives you more time to raise your funds) > and b) you can ask the Chilean Host Team to match you with room-mates to > lower the cost of registration (which includes accommodation and food). See > the website above for those costs, and do ask the Chile Host Team any > questions that come to mind for your planning. > Note that we are now fairly close to the WOSonOS date - which means for > some of you who may need visas - do check in your own country to know the > time span you will need to request and receive a visa application > appointment, should that be required for your travel. > > *Adventurers:* > Suzanne is a great example of an appreciative and enthusiastic (surprised?) > traveler who makes friends in new cultures and does very well - even if she > does not know the language. I had some hilarious experiences with her when > in Taiwan for WOSonOS 2009 as she jumped in with (Law of?) two feet and > experienced it all. We welcome you to do so, too - I made many friends when > I gave my workshops in Chile and Argentina this June and was so very warmly > received - with friendship, laughter, thoughtful exchange amongst colleagues > and let us not forget that tasty Chilean and Argentine wine! Many of those > lovely colleagues will reunite at the WOSonOS this October and I look > forward to your meeting them - several can speak with you in English, as > well - and who knows what other languages, too! > > *Inviters to future WOSonOSs:* > It is also one of our traditions for future WOSonOS years' Host Teams to > invite our world community to their country for a future years. And it helps > us all to plan our travel and work schedules if we know who is inviting > about 2 years in advance. It also helps individual Host Teams to know > because it can take some Host Teams a year to meet, plan, and prepare their > event. > > If you would like to invite the WOSonOS to your country for a future year: > > - I have observed that it seems to work well to already have an Open Space > community of practice in your region - both to work on the WOSonOS together > and so it is not just a single-time event but instead is part of an series > of actions and events growing Open Space community in your region. For > example, the Chilean Host Team has a regional capacity-building strategy - > they scheduled 2 workshops to teach people Open Space in Chile, then 2 in > Argentina, then one more in Chile before the WOSonOS - all to grow the > regional Open Space community of practice. And there are more > Spanish-language Open Space workshops coming in nearby countries after the > WOSonOS. So whether or not those folks can all come to the WOSonOS - Open > Space practice and service to organizations and communities grows and > grows. > > - If a group of Open Space colleagues in your part of the world are > thinking of inviting for future years - do contact me - I have some pages of > wisdom from past Host Teams over the years. This may help you see if it is > something you would like to do and to hear some lessons learned about what > has been successful and not, upon reflection, for those teams. > > - Not everyone can physically get to a WOSonOS to invite. Some time ago I > invited for three years - it is a consensus process at the event and there > were other wonderful countries we decided to go to for our WOSonOS before it > was my team's turn to host. One year I was able to attend the WOSonOS and > could make the invitation in person. The next year I was not able to attend > - and fabulous Thomas Herrmann and Eva Svensson of Sweden represented me > (with an egg, but that is another story). In 2003, the lovely late great > Brian Bainbridge and I represented Janet Pinto of India, and made an > invitation on her behalf. It is really fun to create an in-person > invitation that shares the culture and essence of your country. So if your > country's Host Team would like to make an invitation but cannot attend - let > me know and we can find a way to represent you and invite on your Team's > behalf, and we can share some creative ideas for doing so. > > - I am noticing how exciting it is sharing Open Space and this event around > the world. Two things are happening - first, the annual international > WOSonOS moves around the world - so that one year some of us cannot get > there (too far away, too expensive); another year it is in our region > (easier for us, but not for our colleagues in other regions). I like that > sharing around the world. Second - Open Spaces on Open Spaces happen and we > invite each other to those as well - for whomever can join together > in-between the WOSonOS events. LIke the Learning Exchange that was this > recent Spring in Italy. Or the Open Space on Open Space I invite you to each > year held in San Francisco. Wonderful community building and knowledge > sharing indeed. > > *Travel dates:* > The WOSonOS is October 19-21. > And: a WOSonOS is not a training - it is a chance for those who use or have > recently learned Open Space to go deeper. > If you love Open Space, wish to come to the WOSonOS, but have not done much > Open Space and wish to learn more in a workshop setting: > I will be offering an Open Space Learning Workshop (in Spanish - but also > in English if some participants may need that) on October 17-18 - so you > might wish to come early for this pre-WOSonOS workshop. > And there will be a post-WOSonOS workshop with Harrison and Karen Davis on > October 25 - so you might wish to arrange your travels to include that, as > well. > > Okay, rest your weary eyes - thank you for reading...and I will see some of > you in *Chile* very very soon...! > > (here comes the chant...) chi chi chi le le le Chi Le! Chi Le! Chile! > Lisa > * > * > * > Lisa Heft > * > Consultant, Facilitator, Educator > *Opening Space* > lisah...@openingspace.net > > > > _______________________________________________ > OSList mailing list > To post send emails to OSList@lists.openspacetech.org > To unsubscribe send an email to oslist-le...@lists.openspacetech.org > To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > > -- Corina Castro e Silva Paz e Bem!
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