Having been on the hosting team for OSonOS IX, I echo what you write here Phelim…I sometimes equated my experience of opening space for all of my colleagues as "telling jokes to comedians." It's not easy, but it's fun and once you've done it - as Michael Herman said to me - "you're in deep."
So welcome to being in deep! Love right back to you... Chris PS and asking an acclaimed Broadway director "can you handle criticism?" is a bit rich, and pretty funny. Like asking the sun, "So you think you're hot eh?" The answer is an obvious, "well - yes. What's you're point?" :-) On 2012-10-20, at 1:46 PM, Phelim McDermott wrote: > Chris > > I agree with you. I'm fine with the critique. Different strokes for different > folks. > > I think the difficulty is what you pinpoint. It's hard to reply and have a > constructive conversation when it's not directly addressed to myself and the > hosting team and seems like a veiled passive aggressive attack especially > considering how it is being disseminated with provocative headlines of the > "can you handle criticism" kind. > > I wonder what the intention behind the communication is? > > I also think this raises the issue of what WOSonOS is.... > > Is it a celebration and a meeting of a community who share? Not just an open > space event but the creation of a welcoming gathering space in which people > work on being a community and honour the history of the event. Or on the > other end of the scale is it where we come and check out how other people "do > or facilitate open space" and critique and score it? > > I know that WOSonOS is not an open space event for a client And Personally > I'm in for celebrating diversity of style in event and facilitation. It was > one of the reasons we were encouraged to invite by the international OS > community we are a theatre company and our event had small touch of that > style... if only a touch. > > And Paul if you're on the list I would love to engage in a conversation about > this. > > Love > Phelim > > ________________________________ > > I generally pick up emails only at the beginning and end of the working day. > I am currently aiming to respond the following day. If it is urgent please > call me on 07956 187298. > _____________________________________ > > www.improbable.co.uk > @openspacer > > > On 20 Oct 2012, at 21:23, Chris Corrigan <chris.corri...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> The critique in the article is fine. And the subsequent link Phelim sent >> along is fine too. Paul's tone is a bit jarring and his argument isn't >> helped by making a lot of generalized statements. Also he critiques WOSonOS >> in a way that makes it hard to separate his critique if the event from a >> critique of the team, even though he later clarifies that he wasn't >> critiquing the facilitator. It's tricky to make a forceful and powerful >> critique without it seeming personal. >> >> My response to these posts is that Paul is right in substance. In general my >> take in things is that the Law of Two Feet applies. If you are not learning >> or contributing find some way or some where that you can. That's what makes >> things better. Obviously expecting others to change the way the way a >> process seems too dependant on them is rational madness. >> >> Chris >> -- >> CHRIS CORRIGAN >> Harvest Moon Consultants >> www.chriscorrigan.com >> >> >> Art of Hosting - Participatory Leadership and Social Collaboration, Bowen >> Island, BC >> November 12-15 2012 >> >> Art of Hosting in Faith Based Communities, Salt Lake City, Utah >> November 28th - December 1, 2012 >> >> On 2012-10-20, at 5:09 AM, "a...@alanhalford.com.au" >> <a...@alanhalford.com.au> wrote: >> >>> Just spent a delicious three days co-learning with Peggy Holman here in >>> Perth then I read this - >>> So, what's possible now? >>> http://rationalmadness.wordpress.com/2012/10/18/the-tragic-re-imprisonment-of-open-space/ >>> >>> take care out there >>> alan >>> >>> >>> www.alanhalford.com.au >>> 0421 475 252 >>> skype: alanhalford >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > _______________________________________________ > 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
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