if i could, kari, i would ! [?]
On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 1:04 AM, Kári Gunnarsson <kari.gunnars...@simnet.is>wrote: > I been wondering for a few years if anyone here has ever attempted to > host a moving open space. > > If you are booking Iceland for your open space, then perhaps it would > be fun to see some sites and have discussion on the road. In my > extended family we have a tradition that every 3 years we meet for a > road trip. This road trip covers a short distance and is like an open > space. for we drive for 5 to 15 minutes and then we stop for an hour > in different locations where the power of the coffee brake takes over > and people gather to talk about what needs to be talked about. This > year we had 85 people in 20 jeeps driving around and mixing up the > groups every time. If discussion was not done, then it would continue > in the new place, the arrangement of people in jeeps was also > changeable based on what we needed to talk about. Even with the > possibly bad whether we can do this, as we all have nice clothing that > protects us from rain, snow and wind. If it rains then we keep our > papers in the jeeps. > > Open Space meeting in jeeps on the road has the problem of > impermanence of space, as we are driving around. Any wall space would > need to be virtual. We already have good place markers that we take > with us, that is the jeeps them selves, as a different discussion > group can form next to jeep A or B. The time slots would be the place > names of the sites that we visit. Like "Jeep B at Geysir" would be a > group convening next to jeep B whenever we are next at the Geysir > site. > > The traditional site seeing in groups is usually hosted with a site > guide that dumps to much information in to short of a time and hurries > along so most of the people become to tiered to talk about other > maters. This must be avoided, but we can still have some light and > informative information of the sites by use of the comm system in the > jeeps while approaching the sites. We can also tag along and enjoy the > sites while conversing with our groups by giving a little more time, I > would recommend to take a step out of the discussion to take in the > site and revive the power of the pure nature to fuel the spiritual > dimension of the discussion. > > In my experiences, the energies and dimensions of a group of jeep > traveling have almost all the parts that can be used for a good open > space practice. The only missing part would be the wall that would > need to be implemented virtually with tablet or smart phone > application usable with an in jeep wifi / G4 system. > > There are two major factors that drive me to these thoughts, one is > that the nature is marvels and it is a shame to be stuck in a building > when we can be traveling. And the other factor is that I like groups > to come to my small country for experiencing these marvels while going > on with the business that matters. > > Any experiences, thoughts, opportunities or comments are welcome. > _______________________________________________ > 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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