What Pernilla has written here looks and feels like a /proposal/.
Something for consideration. Perhaps to try? As an /experiment/ ?
Maybe for just 1 iteration (1 season)........to see how it works?
Or maybe, just try it in one /venue/ in a given WOSONOS year, again, to
just to... /see how it works? /
And then explicitly /inspect/ that, and make any adjustments needed from
there?
I wonder what person, or group of people, could actually make it happen;
that is, who can actually /authorize/ this proposal ?
De-authorize this proposal?
The countries/places that wish to host a future WOSONOS could post this
on the OSLIST and Facebook and send a gentle reminder a few weeks before
the upcoming WOSONOS. The inviting hosts would then be posted on a flip
chart at the WOSONOS and announced as a session when creating the
bulletin board or at the evening news. As always there is the
opportunity to add places, sessions and news announcements up until the
closing circle, both on the spot and via other ways of communicating.
This would make it easier for everyone to approach the hosts, express
their delight or ask clarifying questions. It would also enable the
hosts (or their representatives) to come together in a session and find
out how they would like to do the invitations in the closing circle.
Maybe some will wait until next year? Maybe multiple WOSONOSes in one
year? Maybe in different continents at the same time? Maybe with
different themes/urgent questions?
On 9/30/15 3:03 PM, Pernilla Luttropp via OSList wrote:
An invitation for future invitations to WOSONOS Hi all!
At the inspiring WOSONOS in Kraków there were some learning
conversations on how this community ÃÂ goes about when expressing and
accepting invitations from countries/places to host the upcoming
WOSONOSes.
ÃÂ
In the big circle there were voices that expressed some confusion and
discomfort with the process. Others said that whatever happened, they
would trust the process. There was also the mentioning of
ÃÂtraditionsÃÂ and the ways things are usually done at a WOSONOS.
And the reminder that traditions are made in every single now and
ÃÂWhatever happens is the only thing that could haveÃÂ.
ÃÂ
*If you are new to WOSONOS
*This is how itÃÂs usually done (I think): the countries that wish
to host the next WOSONOS makes an invitation at the closing circle of
the WOSONOS and the participants are free to accept any of the
invitations. The process of accepting the invitation is sometimes done
by some kind of ÃÂvotingÃÂ procedure in order to agree on one
place. There is often someone who reminds everybody that the
only way to ÃÂvoteÃÂ in Open Space is by applying ÃÂThe law
of mobilityÃÂ. There is no need to only have one WOSONOS, there
could be multiple since ÃÂWherever it happens is the right placeÃÂ.
ÃÂ
*My view
*I am personally very uncomfortable to use the words
ÃÂvotingÃÂ or to ÃÂmake a collective decisionÃÂ within an Open
Space. One of the beauties with Open Space is taking responsibility
for your own engagement. If we all share the same engagement we will
walk in the same direction, eventually. But sometimes it takes time
for things to emerge.
If a group decides on voting there are many good methods and itÃÂs
of outmost importance for those present to understand what they are
about to do, in order to make an informed decision. Is it a majority
decision? How many is the majority? What happens if some vote no? Is
it possible to have a ballot vote? Is it the role of the facilitator
to sum it up and make the final decision? In my view, we can only
express our appreciation for the invitation at the Open Space, offer
help if needed and make use of the law of mobility.
ÃÂ
*An invitation
*This is an invitation to try something else and maybe to let
go of a ÃÂtraditionÃÂ. What if we opened up at the beginning of
the process in order to see how it self organizes at the end?
There seems to be something unclear about the ÃÂtraditionÃÂ on how
to get information about who is inviting and why. If that information
were transparent from the very start of the WOSONOS, it might enable
more dialogue with the inviting hosts and between the hosts.
ÃÂ
The countries/places that wish to host a future WOSONOS could post
this on the OSLIST and Facebook and send a gentle reminder a few weeks
before the upcoming WOSONOS. The inviting hosts would then be posted
on a flip chart at the WOSONOS and announced as a session when
creating the bulletin board or at the evening news. As always there is
the opportunity to add places, sessions and news announcements up
until the closing circle, both on the spot and via other ways of
communicating. This would make it easier for everyone to approach the
hosts, express their delight or ask clarifying questions. It would
also enable the hosts (or their representatives) to come together in a
session and find out how they would like to do the invitations in the
closing circle. Maybe some will wait until next year? Maybe multiple
WOSONOSes in one year? Maybe in different continents at the same time?
Maybe with different themes/urgent questions? LetÃÂs embrace chaos
and see what emerges! Or ÃÂWhatever happens is the only thing that
could haveÃÂ.
ÃÂ
Since the closing circle have a more definite dead line than ÃÂWhen
it is over it is overÃÂ, due to flights and other time restrictions,
this prolonged invitation process will open up time for more dialogues
and invitations.
But then again, as said in the closing circle in Kraków, there is
nothing like a good mess in order to learn something new J
Maybe it has been tried before and in that case IÃÂm interested to
know how it worked or didnÃÂt work.
Greetings from Sweden!
Pernilla
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