and... who is the/our community? ...or communities? ...or what kind of communities are these communities?
-- Michael Herman Michael Herman Associates 312-280-7838 (mobile) http://MichaelHerman.com http://OpenSpaceWorld.org On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 4:10 PM, Harold Shinsato via OSList < oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote: > Dear People of Open Space: > > The Open Space Institute of the U.S. has been "holding space for open > space" since at least 1997. It's origins lie in the summer of 1996, 20 > years ago. In the beginnings, there were many serious conversations in the > community as to the role and mission of such an institute, and that role > has certainly evolved over the years. The board has determined it is time > for us to revisit our mission and role, and especially to invite and trust > the rest of the community refresh and renew our purpose. > > Rather than have a mission statement, we hope instead to have a mission > question. Or series of questions. What are the most valuable and alive > questions for our community right now, and for the foreseeable future? > > To start the "question storming", here are some questions that have been > reportedly asked deeply within our community in the early days: > > What is Open Space Technology? > What is Open Space? > What is Space? > > And here are some practical questions that would help guide the OSI-US's > operations: > > How can the OSI-US best support our community? > How can we best work together with the community to co-create a broad and > diverse circle of people holding space for open space? > > Thanks! > Harold Shinsato > on behalf of the Board of the Open Space Institute, U.S. > > -- > Harold Shinsato > har...@shinsato.com > http://shinsato.com > twitter: @hajush <http://twitter.com/hajush> > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > Past archives can be viewed here: > http://www.mail-archive.com/oslist@lists.openspacetech.org >
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