Re: Living in ecological, peaceful, exploitation free Comunities

2000-11-14 Thread Fritz Walter
Hi folks, couldn't make it earlier with the link for Wulkow. We had a future search conference running on friday to sunday, which took us a lot of time to prepare. for further information have a look under www.zukunftstahnsdorf.de. Wulkow, the small ecological village in Brandenburg, can be found

Re: news from french speaking colleague

2000-11-14 Thread Florian Fischer
bienvenu pour toi et pour la langue francais entre nous !! pensez a la fond de voyage que a installeé: let´s wey to vancouver. florian fischer john engle schrieb: > Je tenterai de > trouver le temps et les moyens financiers, car mon association n'est pas > encore ouverte sur cette question pour

The business is learning

2000-11-14 Thread Artur F. Silva
A quotation I needed for other purposes and decided to share with you Artur - From Russel Ackoff The Democratic Corporation 1994 "Growth is an increase in size or number. Development is an ability and desire to satisfy one's own needs and legitimate desires and those of others.

DOC files and Open Souce Software

2000-11-14 Thread Artur F. Silva
At 19:40 12-11-2000 +0100, Christoph J.W. Schmees wrote: *.DOC files may contain viruses. . Now, what is the solution? (...) From that you choose "Rich Text Format (RTF)", then "ok". That procedure yields a file 'documentname.RTF' That's true. I think we should use RTF format. I normally don'

Re: news from french speaking colleague

2000-11-14 Thread Artur F. Silva
John: The post from Sow that you resent to us has a point I would like to know your opinion about (or the opinion of Sow, or any other...): the use of the word "technologie". At 13:10 14-11-2000 +, john engle (Sow) wrote: Il y a encore des résitances pour certains "chefs" mais quand je pr

Re: news from french speaking colleague

2000-11-14 Thread Joelle Lyons Everett
Art-- I can't answer about the usage of "technology" in French. I do recall from my limited experience that "methodologie" seems to communicate well in Latin America. Joelle * * == osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu To subscribe, unsubscribe,

Re: Living in ecological, peaceful, exploitation free Comunities

2000-11-14 Thread Kathryn Mazaika
Fritz: Thanks for sharing the website for Wulkow. Looks like it will be a great site to explore both in cyberspace, and on-the ground. Best, Kathryn - Original Message - From: Fritz Walter To: Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2000 11:38 AM Subject: Re: Living in ecological, peaceful, exp

Re: A new Gate Way?

2000-11-14 Thread Beverly McCarthy
Judi, How interesting ... thanks for sharing this. Bev McCarthy -Original Message- From: Judi Richardson To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Date: Tuesday, November 14, 2000 10:18 AM Subject: A new Gate Way? >Gates loses faith in computers >They can't cure world's ills, admits Microso

news from french speaking colleague

2000-11-14 Thread john engle
A propos de open space, j'ai fait beaucoup de choses. Des assemblées générales, des forum et je l'utilise même aujourd'hui en formation. C'est très dynamique et très participatif. Le 9 décembre, les associations d'éducation populaire dee la région aquitaine ont accepté de travailler sur la forme d

Re: A new Gate Way?

2000-11-14 Thread Meg Salter
Well, I guess there's hope for us all, after all!! I read somewhere that the Internet (and, by extension, computers) do for brain power what steam, railroads etc. did for muscle power in the Industrial Revolution. Picking up on notions like Maslow's hierarchy, and Spiral Dynamics, and even Owen (!

A new Gate Way?

2000-11-14 Thread Judi Richardson
Gates loses faith in computers They can't cure world's ills, admits Microsoft boss by Edward Helmore in New York and Robin McKie in London Observer Sunday November 5, 2000 Microsoft boss Bill Gates has renounced the machine that has made him the world's richest man. In a startling proclamation,

Re: Opening space in the big end of town/ history of methods

2000-11-14 Thread Florian Fischer
Joelle Lyons Everett schrieb: > Alan-- > > 20 years ago, when I was just beginning my consulting practice, > ..the design and facilitation of a community futuring meeting. > Most of the current forms for large group interventions had not yet been > invented, . > > dear friends. > metho

Re: Opening space in the big end of town

2000-11-14 Thread Joelle Lyons Everett
Alan-- 20 years ago, when I was just beginning my consulting practice, I was responsible for the design and facilitation of a community futuring meeting. Most of the current forms for large group interventions had not yet been invented, but the co-convenor and I went ahead just as if we knew what