It sounds like it must be time for a return to Nova Scotia. 

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> On Jul 15, 2019, at 7:46 PM, Chris Corrigan via OSList 
> <oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
> 
> I have to admit my memory is light on those details. I think from my 
> perspective I was facilitating a circle. And I do remember personally at some 
> point that Moscow seemed like a clear choice. It just shimmered I to being. 
> 
> I also remember that I think we deeply entrusted the next Wosonos to the 
> Moscow deep, and there is a bit of a sacred trust in taking responsibility 
> for this gathering.  
> 
> Chris
> 
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>> On Jul 15, 2019, at 11:28 AM, Marai Kiele via OSList 
>> <oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
>> 
>> That’s exactly what I am intending to describe in my short story, Peggy!
>> I smile, reading your description.
>> 
>> I don’t remember „Bohm dialogue“ (Are talking objects used in that?) 
>> Please remind me of what exactly you are referring to, so I can integrate 
>> that in my story.
>> 
>> I do have a clear memory of the moment when Chris Corrigan picked up the 
>> talking object and spoke up.
>> As I remember it, besides the „I“ language, he invited all who where 
>> expressing themselves to broaden their perspective.
>> 
>> Not just think of „what do I want“ or „what do we, in this room, want“ but 
>> include all those around the globe who are not physically there.
>> What would be best for the longterm flourishing of OST and for all those who 
>> belong to the community, in some way or another?
>> What would be best for those who weren’t capable of bringing their 
>> perspective in themselves?
>> 
>> To me, that was a sacred moment. I experienced that the whole atmosphere 
>> shifted, and after a while the next location had become clear to the whole 
>> group:
>> Moscow / Russia.
>> 
>> But I won’t give all the details of my whole story away in this email! ;-)
>> 
>> Marai     
>> 
>> 
>>> Am 15.07.2019 um 18:17 schrieb Peggy Holman via OSList 
>>> <oslist@lists.openspacetech.org>:
>>> 
>>> Yes, it was the year of Harrison’s 70th birthday. I remember the dancing!
>>> 
>>> The closing circle keeps coming back to me. We had invitations to go to two 
>>> places in 2006. We used Bohm dialogue to discern where to go. I remember we 
>>> used a talking piece among the 50-60 people. I recall setting it up with 
>>> something like listen to each other and speak when moved. And you, Chris, 
>>> added the essential guidance to speak “I” language — from personal 
>>> experience. 
>>> 
>>> Peggy
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Jul 14, 2019, at 11:17 PM, Chris Corrigan via OSList 
>>>> <oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> I remember 2005…it was celebrating Harrison’s 65th birthday I think too 
>>>> (or was it 70th?  I just know it was significant).  I wrote a song for him 
>>>> based on a Nova Scotia folks song…I’ll look through my old note books and 
>>>> see if I still have the lyrics.  I was so nervous to sing it!  I thin I 
>>>> rehearsed it with Esther Ewing, but I was too nervous to do it as a duet!  
>>>> 
>>>> I remember too that we also mourned our colleague Colin Morley, who was 
>>>> killed in the July 7 2005 London Underground bombings the month before.  
>>>> 
>>>> I met some life-long friends at that OSonOS, including Feliz Telik from 
>>>> Turkey and Piret Jeedas from Estonia who were both working (along with 
>>>> Kairi Birk) at Tim Merry’s Split Rock Learning Centre in Yarmouth.  
>>>> 
>>>> Halifax is such a great city.  And it was a really fun time, probably my 
>>>> favourite of the three full OSonOS’s I attended (including the OSonOS IX 
>>>> which I co-hosted with Laurel Doersam in Vancouver in 2001).  There was 
>>>> great conversation, a beautiful, community location and dancing and 
>>>> drinking every night!
>>>> 
>>>> Chris
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> On Jul 14, 2019, at 1:37 PM, Jeff Aitken via OSList 
>>>>> <oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> That (first or second) Day's Inn osonos was late '94. It was after the 
>>>>> November US election when Newt G became Speaker of the House (he was on 
>>>>> TV at the hotel.) Funny how memory works.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Jeff
>>>>> San Francisco
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Sun, Jul 14, 2019, 1:10 PM Jeff Aitken <r.jeff.ait...@gmail.com> 
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> Hi, the archives don't seem to go back that far. Were we on the MetaNet 
>>>>>> back then? Then the oslist was born in mid 90s when we needed a listserv 
>>>>>> instead of a website based conversation? 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I remember the first or second Day's Inn gathering. 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Was a nice complement to the OT "Symposium on Organization 
>>>>>> Transformation" taking place each July in different locations. The 9th 
>>>>>> US OT was in Colorado '91 and the 12th US OT was in Napa California '94 
>>>>>> - and that's the limit of my memory :)
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Jeff
>>>>>> San Francisco
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Sun, Jul 14, 2019, 10:02 AM Harrison Owen via OSList 
>>>>>>> <oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
>>>>>>> The questions of when, how many and where have persisted over the 
>>>>>>> years. Frankly I can't remember either. Even the first one is foggy in 
>>>>>>> terms of year -- but I know where... Day's Inn at Dulles Airport. 
>>>>>>> Suggestion is that you use the search function on OSLIST. Somewhere 
>>>>>>> "back there" I am sure you will find the collective ruminations. 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Harrison
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>>> From: Marai Kiele via OSList <oslist@lists.openspacetech.org>
>>>>>>> To: ost list international <oslist@lists.openspacetech.org>
>>>>>>> Cc: Marai Kiele <genuine-cont...@joyful-together.com>
>>>>>>> Sent: Sun, Jul 14, 2019 7:07 am
>>>>>>> Subject: [OSList] WOSonOS 2005 Nova Scotia - do you remember
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Hey folks,
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I am writing a short story about my experience at WOSonOS 2005 in Nova 
>>>>>>> Scotia. This will likely be published as a contribution to a short 
>>>>>>> stories book.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> It was my first and life-changing experience with collective sense 
>>>>>>> making (the way the location for the next WOSonOS was chosen, or 
>>>>>>> rather: how it became obvious to the group).
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I have the session reports from back then, but what I am missing are 
>>>>>>> numbers like:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>     - How many participants were we?
>>>>>>>     - From approximately how many countries?
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> And then the questions that probably have been asked many times before.
>>>>>>> Yet I still couldn’t find the „right“ answer:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>     - Since when does WOSonOS exist?
>>>>>>>     - In which locations / or in how many locations has it taken place 
>>>>>>> up to this year?
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Thanks a lot in advance!
>>>>>>> Marai
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> https://about.me/maraikiele
>>>>>>> 
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