Re: [OSList] Open Space Outdoors

2017-05-12 Thread Harrison Owen via OSList 
Blew my cover! And I never said not to work. Only…Never work harder than you 
have to. Thanks to Mother Nature, there was some work to be done.

 

Harrison

 

Winter Address

7808 River Falls Dr.

Potomac, MD 20854

301-365-2093

 

Summer Address

189 Beaucauire Ave

Camden, ME 04843

207 763-3261

 

Websites

www.openspaceworld.com

www.ho-image.com

 

From: OSList [mailto:oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org] On Behalf Of 
Birgitt Williams via OSList
Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2017 2:03 PM
To: World wide Open Space Technology email list
Subject: Re: [OSList] Open Space Outdoors

 

This reminds me of a moment of great laughter, The setting was Highland, North 
Carolina for the Organizational Transformation conference, I think 1997. It was 
a conference that was a turning point in my life in so many ways I cannot list 
them all. Of greatest note is I met Chandra Christianson there, we became close 
friends after she walked across the circle and said 'I would like to get to 
know you', and she eventually introduced me to one of her dearest friends 
Ward...whom I married in 2000 which then resulted in my move from Ontario, 
Canada to Raleigh, North Carolina and ultimately to becoming a US citizen. 

 

It was also the event at which I met Barry Owen for the first time, out in some 
rocking chairs, and we instantly became fast friends. Barry also has been 
influential in my life in so many great ways, including a BIG lesson in facing 
a fearhe visited us in Canada, we went for a hike, and as I started sliding 
down a very ice covered hill with a dangerous fall off to one side, I was 
overwhelmed by fear. In that very calm way that Barry has, he scooted down the 
hill to catch up to me, and stayed by my side the whole way down, not rescuing 
me in any way but encouraging me inch by inch saying 'Birgitt, you can do 
it...face your fear and just do it'. Barry was also a catalyst in my meeting 
Ward. I flew to Tennessee to attend his wedding on a Feb 13 in 1999. It was 
such a short trip from there to Chandra in North Carolina, a bit of a detour on 
my way back to Canada. And it was on that trip and that detour that I met Ward.

 

I had lots of surprises in that OST event! Transformative in the extreme!

 

So, now back to the funny moment that caused me laughter. In an early morning 
walk at the crack of dawn, I and friends walked past the big white tent that 
our OST meeting was in. We peered through the windows sure we had seen 
something inside. And indeed there was someone even at that early hour. It was 
Harrison and he was rescuing reports and agenda items. Overnight there had been 
so much dew that everything had fallen off of the walls. Harrison was hard at 
work so that everything would be in top notch shape when we all arrived. The 
laughter by those of us who were close friends of his was the acknowledgement 
that he secretly worked much harder than he ever let on!

 

A good time was had by all,

Birgitt

On Thu, May 11, 2017 at 1:29 PM Daniel Mezick via OSList 
<oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:

Greetings Chad,

Regarding Open Space outside: 

Some years ago I did arrange an OST event for outside. We used one of those 
tents you can rent with the white tops and roll-down sides with the little 
plastic windows (in case of wind or rain.) You can rent big round ones, or big, 
rectangle-shaped ones. 

One thing that worked good was blue-taping the OST posters to a piece of 
cardboard cut from a large box. We took that and then duct-taped it to each of 
the tent poles. That actually worked pretty good-- they did not fall down or 
spin or flap around or anything like that. The duct tape held good. 

So you might want to try this also, that is, if you are also getting a big tent 
for your event.

Materials: 

*   Posters
*   Blue tape 
*   Duct tape
*   Cardboard backing (cut from a larger box) for the posters

Marketplace: 

We used a big white board on wheels and wheeled it out to the meeting area, and 
put the marketplace on that. This also worked great.

Regards,

Daniel

 

On 5/5/17 8:40 PM, Michael Herman via OSList wrote:

you might search the archives for "beach" ...and you should find ralph 
copleman's query years ago for ideas for dealing with the challenges of seaside 
open space.  




 
--

Michael Herman
Michael Herman Associates

312-280-7838 <tel:(312)%20280-7838>  (mobile)

 

http://MichaelHerman.com
http://OpenSpaceWorld.org

 

 

On Fri, May 5, 2017 at 7:31 PM, Chad Clippingdale via OSList 
<oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:

I'm interested in learning about people's experience of hosting/facilitating 
open space outdoors, specifically in more remote locations. Any insights would 
be greatly appreciated. 

 

Chad


___
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

Re: [OSList] Open Space Outdoors

2017-05-11 Thread Michael Herman via OSList 
Birgitt's story reminds me of a big OS meeting, 70+ topics on the "wall"
which was actually small panes of glass, as the space was a large open area
in the pool atrium of a giant, sprawling resort complex.  same thing, lots
of humidity overnight.  long soggy-ish pile of topics along the wall when i
arrived.

it's not exactly exotic or remote and wasn't even outside, but one hotel
had a habit of wiping the airwalls with furniture polish.  nothing would
stick to them.  finally, they brought out some 3' magnetic disks they used
to hang large banners outside.  they stuck so well to the wall we could
hardly get them off.  we used them to hold up long pieces of tape with the
sticky side turned out and stuck our papers to that.

chris corrigan and i proved once on bowen island that a bushy hedge and
some clothespins will make a workable wall, too.

m



--

Michael Herman
Michael Herman Associates
312-280-7838 (mobile)

http://MichaelHerman.com
http://OpenSpaceWorld.org



On Thu, May 11, 2017 at 1:02 PM, Birgitt Williams via OSList <
oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:

> This reminds me of a moment of great laughter, The setting was Highland,
> North Carolina for the Organizational Transformation conference, I think
> 1997. It was a conference that was a turning point in my life in so many
> ways I cannot list them all. Of greatest note is I met Chandra Christianson
> there, we became close friends after she walked across the circle and said
> 'I would like to get to know you', and she eventually introduced me to one
> of her dearest friends Ward...whom I married in 2000 which then resulted in
> my move from Ontario, Canada to Raleigh, North Carolina and ultimately to
> becoming a US citizen.
>
> It was also the event at which I met Barry Owen for the first time, out in
> some rocking chairs, and we instantly became fast friends. Barry also has
> been influential in my life in so many great ways, including a BIG lesson
> in facing a fearhe visited us in Canada, we went for a hike, and as I
> started sliding down a very ice covered hill with a dangerous fall off to
> one side, I was overwhelmed by fear. In that very calm way that Barry has,
> he scooted down the hill to catch up to me, and stayed by my side the whole
> way down, not rescuing me in any way but encouraging me inch by inch saying
> 'Birgitt, you can do it...face your fear and just do it'. Barry was also a
> catalyst in my meeting Ward. I flew to Tennessee to attend his wedding on a
> Feb 13 in 1999. It was such a short trip from there to Chandra in North
> Carolina, a bit of a detour on my way back to Canada. And it was on that
> trip and that detour that I met Ward.
>
> I had lots of surprises in that OST event! Transformative in the extreme!
>
> So, now back to the funny moment that caused me laughter. In an early
> morning walk at the crack of dawn, I and friends walked past the big white
> tent that our OST meeting was in. We peered through the windows sure we had
> seen something inside. And indeed there was someone even at that early
> hour. It was Harrison and he was rescuing reports and agenda items.
> Overnight there had been so much dew that everything had fallen off of the
> walls. Harrison was hard at work so that everything would be in top notch
> shape when we all arrived. The laughter by those of us who were close
> friends of his was the acknowledgement that he secretly worked much harder
> than he ever let on!
>
> A good time was had by all,
> Birgitt
>
>
> On Thu, May 11, 2017 at 1:29 PM Daniel Mezick via OSList <
> oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
>
>> Greetings Chad,
>>
>> Regarding Open Space outside:
>>
>> Some years ago I did arrange an OST event for outside. We used one of
>> those tents you can rent with the white tops and roll-down sides with the
>> little plastic windows (in case of wind or rain.) You can rent big round
>> ones, or big, rectangle-shaped ones.
>>
>> One thing that worked good was blue-taping the OST posters to a piece of
>> cardboard cut from a large box. We took that and then duct-taped it to each
>> of the tent poles. That actually worked pretty good-- they did not fall
>> down or spin or flap around or anything like that. The duct tape held good.
>>
>> So you might want to try this also, that is, if you are also getting a
>> big tent for your event.
>>
>> Materials:
>>
>>- Posters
>>- Blue tape
>>- Duct tape
>>- Cardboard backing (cut from a larger box) for the posters
>>
>> Marketplace:
>>
>> We used a big white board on wheels and wheeled it out to the meeting
>> area, and put the marketplace on that. This also worked great.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Daniel
>>
>> On 5/5/17 8:40 PM, Michael Herman via OSList wrote:
>>
>> you might search the archives for "beach" ...and you should find ralph
>> copleman's query years ago for ideas for dealing with the challenges of
>> seaside open space.
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> Michael Herman
>> Michael Herman Associates
>> 312-280-7838

Re: [OSList] Open Space Outdoors

2017-05-11 Thread Birgitt Williams via OSList 
This reminds me of a moment of great laughter, The setting was Highland,
North Carolina for the Organizational Transformation conference, I think
1997. It was a conference that was a turning point in my life in so many
ways I cannot list them all. Of greatest note is I met Chandra Christianson
there, we became close friends after she walked across the circle and said
'I would like to get to know you', and she eventually introduced me to one
of her dearest friends Ward...whom I married in 2000 which then resulted in
my move from Ontario, Canada to Raleigh, North Carolina and ultimately to
becoming a US citizen.

It was also the event at which I met Barry Owen for the first time, out in
some rocking chairs, and we instantly became fast friends. Barry also has
been influential in my life in so many great ways, including a BIG lesson
in facing a fearhe visited us in Canada, we went for a hike, and as I
started sliding down a very ice covered hill with a dangerous fall off to
one side, I was overwhelmed by fear. In that very calm way that Barry has,
he scooted down the hill to catch up to me, and stayed by my side the whole
way down, not rescuing me in any way but encouraging me inch by inch saying
'Birgitt, you can do it...face your fear and just do it'. Barry was also a
catalyst in my meeting Ward. I flew to Tennessee to attend his wedding on a
Feb 13 in 1999. It was such a short trip from there to Chandra in North
Carolina, a bit of a detour on my way back to Canada. And it was on that
trip and that detour that I met Ward.

I had lots of surprises in that OST event! Transformative in the extreme!

So, now back to the funny moment that caused me laughter. In an early
morning walk at the crack of dawn, I and friends walked past the big white
tent that our OST meeting was in. We peered through the windows sure we had
seen something inside. And indeed there was someone even at that early
hour. It was Harrison and he was rescuing reports and agenda items.
Overnight there had been so much dew that everything had fallen off of the
walls. Harrison was hard at work so that everything would be in top notch
shape when we all arrived. The laughter by those of us who were close
friends of his was the acknowledgement that he secretly worked much harder
than he ever let on!

A good time was had by all,
Birgitt

On Thu, May 11, 2017 at 1:29 PM Daniel Mezick via OSList <
oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:

> Greetings Chad,
>
> Regarding Open Space outside:
>
> Some years ago I did arrange an OST event for outside. We used one of
> those tents you can rent with the white tops and roll-down sides with the
> little plastic windows (in case of wind or rain.) You can rent big round
> ones, or big, rectangle-shaped ones.
>
> One thing that worked good was blue-taping the OST posters to a piece of
> cardboard cut from a large box. We took that and then duct-taped it to each
> of the tent poles. That actually worked pretty good-- they did not fall
> down or spin or flap around or anything like that. The duct tape held good.
>
> So you might want to try this also, that is, if you are also getting a big
> tent for your event.
>
> Materials:
>
>- Posters
>- Blue tape
>- Duct tape
>- Cardboard backing (cut from a larger box) for the posters
>
> Marketplace:
>
> We used a big white board on wheels and wheeled it out to the meeting
> area, and put the marketplace on that. This also worked great.
>
> Regards,
>
> Daniel
>
> On 5/5/17 8:40 PM, Michael Herman via OSList wrote:
>
> you might search the archives for "beach" ...and you should find ralph
> copleman's query years ago for ideas for dealing with the challenges of
> seaside open space.
>
>
> --
>
> Michael Herman
> Michael Herman Associates
> 312-280-7838 <(312)%20280-7838> (mobile)
>
> http://MichaelHerman.com
> http://OpenSpaceWorld.org
>
>
>
> On Fri, May 5, 2017 at 7:31 PM, Chad Clippingdale via OSList <
> oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
>
>> I'm interested in learning about people's experience of
>> hosting/facilitating open space outdoors, specifically in more remote
>> locations. Any insights would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> Chad
>>
>> ___
>> 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
>>
>
>
>
> ___
> 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: 
>

Re: [OSList] Open Space Outdoors

2017-05-11 Thread Daniel Mezick via OSList 

Greetings Chad,

Regarding Open Space outside:

Some years ago I did arrange an OST event for outside. We used one of 
those tents you can rent with the white tops and roll-down sides with 
the little plastic windows (in case of wind or rain.) You can rent big 
round ones, or big, rectangle-shaped ones.


One thing that worked good was blue-taping the OST posters to a piece of 
cardboard cut from a large box. We took that and then duct-taped it to 
each of the tent poles. That actually worked pretty good-- they did not 
fall down or spin or flap around or anything like that. The duct tape 
held good.


So you might want to try this also, that is, if you are also getting a 
big tent for your event.


Materials:

 * Posters
 * Blue tape
 * Duct tape
 * Cardboard backing (cut from a larger box) for the posters

Marketplace:

We used a big white board on wheels and wheeled it out to the meeting 
area, and put the marketplace on that. This also worked great.


Regards,

Daniel


On 5/5/17 8:40 PM, Michael Herman via OSList wrote:
you might search the archives for "beach" ...and you should find ralph 
copleman's query years ago for ideas for dealing with the challenges 
of seaside open space.



--

Michael Herman
Michael Herman Associates
312-280-7838 (mobile)

http://MichaelHerman.com
http://OpenSpaceWorld.org



On Fri, May 5, 2017 at 7:31 PM, Chad Clippingdale via OSList 
> wrote:


I'm interested in learning about people's experience of
hosting/facilitating open space outdoors, specifically in more
remote locations. Any insights would be greatly appreciated.

Chad

___
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





___
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


--
Daniel Mezick
Culture Strategist. Author. Keynoter.
(203) 915 7248. Bio.  Blog. 
 Twitter. 


Book: The Culture Game. 
Book: The OpenSpace Agility Handbook. 
 

___
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

Re: [OSList] Open Space Outdoors

2017-05-05 Thread Michael Herman via OSList 
you might search the archives for "beach" ...and you should find ralph
copleman's query years ago for ideas for dealing with the challenges of
seaside open space.


--

Michael Herman
Michael Herman Associates
312-280-7838 (mobile)

http://MichaelHerman.com
http://OpenSpaceWorld.org



On Fri, May 5, 2017 at 7:31 PM, Chad Clippingdale via OSList <
oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:

> I'm interested in learning about people's experience of
> hosting/facilitating open space outdoors, specifically in more remote
> locations. Any insights would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Chad
>
> ___
> 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
>
___
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