Christine, Thank you for giving us the feeling of this event, place and people. Who could imagine a circus, tents and a truck... Local government folks joining, 3 sessions creatively self-organize themselves by the initiator and others, everyone shows up equal, impossible to determine who had mental disabilities -- I think we all have them, some better able to hide it than others. :-) In the spirit of circus, your story held many bits of magic that capture the essence of open space. Merci! Suzanne On Nov 15, 2014 8:55 PM, "Christine Whitney Sanchez via OSList" < oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
> Fantastic, Christine! Thanks for sharing the story. Sounds like the > ripples are moving out from the center of open space. > > Namasté, > > Christine > > Christine Whitney Sanchez, M.C. > Phoenix, AZ, USA • +1.480.759.0262 > www.innovationpartners.com > > Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/ChristineWhitneySanchez> | LinkedIn > <https://www.linkedin.com/in/christinewhitneysanchez> | Twitter > <https://twitter.com/CWhitneySanchez> > > On Nov 15, 2014, at 10:37 AM, christine koehler via OSList < > oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote: > > Today I have a few moments to write some news about the event I asked you > advices for. > > It went all wonderfully well. It was a 2 days OST event, plenary sessions > were held in a circus, breakout sessions in tents nearby and newsroom was > in a big truck . There were between 120 and 140 participants altogether. > Some came for the opening, attended a session, then came back the next day > for a few hours or sent someone from their team for next day. > > The sponsor was very happy because after a very difficult start, it turned > out as a success : original event had been planned a few months before and > was supposed to be co-organized by local government and non-profits, then > they experienced disagreements and decided to organized one event each. > This one was the one organized by the non-profit organizations, and in a > very short time frame. It turned out that many more people from local > government attended the open space than expected. This made them very > proud. > One anecdote caused by the come and go of people : one elected > representative tried to offer 3 sessions at the same time. Obviously he had > missed the opening. When he realized tha he had to be there, he manage to > merge one session with another one and delegate the third to another > person. And he did take care that there were reports for all. He came back > for the closing circle and had everybody laugh by telling the story. > > Today is the day of the local government event, where a statement from the > report of the OST was prepared for. The statement says the the event was > much richer than the report can describe, but obviously, it was a very > useful time that will have a significative impact on their future > > My previous fear (that was completely gone thanks to you) regarding > people with mental health disabilities was totally useless. There was a > team of 4 taking care of the newsrooms, among them 2 guys with > disabilities, and their helper. I knew it, because she was there. They > were very helpful and we got everything right for final report. > I had absolutely no clue about who had mental health disabilities among > the participants, even if there were any. It all went perfectly well. After > the event, we had a debrief with the team and I learned 9 of them > participated to the event. Several of them, I heard, posted topics. > > Although this was an event with very few butterflies and bumblebees, I > believe we all had a lot of fun. > I was funny for me although because of the unexpected people I met : > One of the facilitators the local government had appointed for its event > came. He was used to OST and much more used to working with non-profit than > with local government. we laughed. > I met although one young guy that recently came back from Cairo. He was > amazed something like this could happen in France, as he told me, he didn't > expect it. He has met there Art of hosting and knew Claudia. This gave him > lots of hope for developing all the projects he had, that suddenly he saw > much wider. > > We live in a small world with wide space open. > > > Christine > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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