Thank you for the invitation, Suzanne. I've heard great things about the open spaces held at International House in NYC for the past few years. I am excited to be there and meet more folks from this list in-person!
Lucas Cioffi Founder, QiqoChat.com Hastings on Hudson, NY 917-528-1831 On Sun, Nov 19, 2017 at 7:55 PM, Suzanne Daigle via OSList < oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote: > *Long Invitation* > From the heart; I could not not write what I wrote. > *Signed* Suzanne > > > Dear OS community and friends, > > This will be the first of many invitations. To a gathering for which I > feel a pull now more than ever before. I have not been able to find the > right words to extend this invitation to you on this OS list so I've been > sitting on it, and sitting on it. For about 4 to 5 years now, I have been > partnering with Harrison and Karen Davis to lend a hand in hosting Open > Space at this special place in New York City called International House. > The Open Space Insitute US and many others have also been there to support > and help. > > This year as I invite others, I feel its pull even more poignantly. > Because of the world we live in, because so many of us feel a calling that > seems more urgent, more critical and more important than ever before. > > With a tradition that has lasted more than 20 years, happening during this > same time period and at this same place every year, people have gathered to > learn Open Space or to deepen their practice of it - to feel its magic for > the first time or to feel renewed by it with others *as if* for the first > time. As I let my mind and my heart wander, I relive the moments of being > there, feeling the presence of those in my life who have become mentors, > friends and familiar faces. I feel myself climbing the well-worn steps of > this auspicious place full of history, remembering the buzz of > conversations, the silence, the reflections and the bursts of insight and > courage that emerged so naturally. For those who have attended, once, a few > times or more often, you each know what transpired afterwards because you > came. Afterwards, YOU opened more space than you could ever have imagined. > Countless individuals and entire communities from near and far have been > touched, inspired and activated because YOU opened space inside yourself > and for others. > > As I fled the Florida hurricanes this year, finding myself in Montgomery > Alabama where Martin Luther King, Rosa Parks and the entire Civil Rights > movement found their footing, I felt in awe of the space they had opened in > the world...courageously and strategically. Sitting in the Dexter Church, > standing in the kitchen where late into the night, Martin Luther King > questioned if he would have the courage to continue, to put at risk his > life and that of his lovely wife and newborn daughter. I felt transported > to the time later when he recited his "I had a dream" speech during the > March on Washington. > > One would think that after all the sacrifices and all the bloodshed, that > we would be many steps closer to living what is in the Declaration of > Independence: > > "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_men_are_created_equal>, that they are > endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these > are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life,_Liberty_and_the_pursuit_of_Happiness> > ." > > It would seem that as our planet gets smaller, that we would feel more > united and connected. And yet on so many fronts, we have reason to feel > discouraged and despaired. Indeed all the ingredients that invite us to > Open Space are there in its raw fury of opportunity. > > Harrison Owen explains that this approach works best when these conditions > are present, namely high levels of > > 1. *Complexity*, in terms of the tasks to be done or outcomes achieved; > 2. *Diversity*, in terms of the people involved and/or needed to make > any solution work; > 3. *Conflict, real or potential*, meaning people really care about the > central issue or purpose; and > 4. *Urgency*, meaning that the time to act was "yesterday". > > > Indeed one could venture to say that there has never been a time in > history where the need was ever greater to Open Space, to know Open Space > and to be Open Space. > > PEACE and HIGH PERFORMANCE is the timeless theme of this historical > invitation happening from Friday January 12th to Sunday January 14th, 2018. > > We invite you from the bottom of our heart and invite you to invite many > others. > > Here is the link with the official Invitation > <http://www.osius.org/peace-high-performance-2018> where you can register. > > With much love for this community - please spread the word! > > Suzanne > > > > > Suzanne Daigle > Open Space Facilitator > NuFocus Strategic Group > > FL 941-359-8877 <(941)%20359-8877> > Cell: 203-722-2009 <(203)%20722-2009> > www.nufocusgroupusa.com > s.dai...@nufocusgroup.com > Twitter @Daiglesuz > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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