Hello, dear colleagues -
I will be seeing some of you wonderful folks at the World Open Space
on Open Space (WOSonOS) in London in October. http://wosonos2012.com
During these annual events we often share thoughts about future
locations as we share the WOSonOS around the world.
We intentionally cross oceans back and forth so that if the WOSonOS is
not near you during one year, it may be geographically closer to your
part of the world the next year.
(and of course you can host an OSonOS anywhere, any time of the year -
as I do each Spring in San Francisco and as our European colleagues do
most years).
One of the things I do as Access Queen for our community is share
information and collected wisdom about the things that help people
access these annual international WOSonOS gatherings of ours.
So if you are thinking of what it takes (preparation, planning,
timelines, traditions, team tasks, resources needed and more) to host
a the WOSonOS in your own country in some future year, contact me
directly at [email protected] and I will send you the
collected wisdom from past WOSonOS hosts.
I have found that...
- the work of a Host Team starts far in advance
- is best supported by a local team (instead of one passionate person
on their own)
- and hosted where there is an existing community of practice (so that
it is not a one-time OS experience or a first-time-with-OS experience
but instead something that connects to local existing capacity and an
existing OS facilitation community)
- that it is useful to have experienced at least one WOSonOS (to see
how it differs from other OS events including some of the traditions
shared from year to year)
- that the majority of participants come over land and shorter sea or
air distances (so that figures into one's expectations of how many
participants may be expected)
..and more.
My observations and others' (similar to mine and different than mine)
are in this document and I am happy to share it with you.
My deep thanks to the WOSonOS Host Team for all their hard work
preparing for a lovely event (and helping everyone with housing,
registration, and more) - and to past Host Teams for sharing their
wisdom.
And I shall see some of you in October...
Lisa
(also known as Access Queen)
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