Re: Open Space ,Self-Organizing Systems, and The Plexus Institute

2003-05-29 Thread Michael Herman
Harrison Owen wrote: At 07:42 PM 5/28/2003 -0500, Michael Herman wrote: hi all, if it's not too late to get in the game here, i'll add a few thoughts, too. not sure if they go anywhere helpful or not. it's quite a question and quite a discussion already... thanks to all for that. and here i

Re: OST climbs the Southern Alps

2003-05-29 Thread Anne Pattillo
Hi Mike, Well done - I couldn't image a bigger open space! Rank - I usually for "in house" OST get the sponsoring leader to think about how to address this in their opening of the space - although usually people don't have any trouble in working to the no rank approach. Departures - it see

Morning news on the last day of the training in Weimar

2003-05-29 Thread Pannwitz, Michael M
Dear Colleagues, this is the 5th and last day of the os-facilitator training in Weimar, Germany with 46 participants from 13 European countries. I am sitting on top of a huge pile of insights and learnings but want to share with you just the bits and pieces that were announced during morning news.

Morning news on the last day of the training in Weimar

2003-05-29 Thread Pannwitz, Michael M
Dear Colleagues, this is the 5th and last day of the os-facilitator training in Weimar, Germany with 46 participants from 13 European countries. I am sitting on top of a huge pile of insights and learnings but want to share with you just the bits and pieces that were announced during morning news.

Access Queen Invites You to Dream and Share.

2003-05-29 Thread Lisa Heft
Dear colleagues: - - - - - - - - - - - - Access Queen was dreamed up at the 9th OSonOS in Vancouver as a way to share news of who has and who needs resources to get to our annual global gatherings so that people of lower financial abilities and from faraway countries may attend. I volunteered to

Access Queen Says: The AQ Fund is Growing -and- The OSI Fund is Requesting Proposals...

2003-05-29 Thread Lisa Heft
Hello, dear Colleagues - Thanks, Gerard, for you exciting update message from Swenmark! My next message will be a re-posting of an earlier Access Queen message to remind you of all the ideas to spark your asking and your offering so more folks can get to Swenmark this August. However. - - - - -

OST climbs the Southern Alps

2003-05-29 Thread Mike Copeland
G'day All I have just opened space with a live audience of twenty one Environmental Educators in the Southern Alps of New Zealand. It was a magic two days in the mountains being ably assisted by OST facilitator and chef Daniel Lebel. Daniels food added a richness and depth to bless the experience

Re: OST climbs the Southern Alps

2003-05-29 Thread Joelle Lyons Everett
Mike-- In working with the managers of an organization as we plan for the Open Space, I encourage them to be full participants in the Open Space, "on an equal basis with everyone else." Being away from their normal workplace helps, and I sometimes encourage everyone to wear "casual, comfortable c

Re: Morning news on the last day of the training in Weimar

2003-05-29 Thread Harrison Owen
At 06:41 PM 5/29/2003 +0200, Michael M Pannwitz wrote: -birth of my grandchild complete with name and weight and a huge round of clapping and congratulation I particularly like the part about the new grandchild. Having several myself, it is always nice to know that their tribe is increasing. C

Re: organizing protests?

2003-05-29 Thread Joelle Lyons Everett
In a message dated 5/29/03 9:20:27 AM, mher...@globalchicago.net writes: << noticing what is seems most important about that "right," john... it is access to the language (more a skill i think than a right), the chance to demonstrate that skill in inside conversations earns the right to use the

Re: Open Space ,Self-Organizing Systems, and The Plexus Institute (and Krishnamurti)

2003-05-29 Thread Michael Herman
thanks for this julie. and yes! i think the gift of open space sometimes (always?) is the opportunity to look into what is. to deal with it directly, rather than playing cat and mouse with its shadows. when the someone, leader, manager, or community participant like ted and the peace movement,

Re: organizing protests?

2003-05-29 Thread Michael Herman
j, t, h, noticing what is seems most important about that "right," john... it is access to the language (more a skill i think than a right), the chance to demonstrate that skill in inside conversations earns the right to use the network. more skill, more connection points, more effective use of

Re: Fw: Open Space Technology

2003-05-29 Thread Michael Herman
On the last day of the seminar, I challenged myself to be the 'host' of one session (we called the trainer/facilitator/chair in this seminar as 'host', host is someone who creates a intent or purpose for the entire session and then invite people for certain discussion). i love the title of the

Re: organizing protests?

2003-05-29 Thread Jeff Aitken
Joelle wrote: > At an Open Space a few months ago, a young man told me that one of his > ambitions was to find a way to encourage environmentalists to be less > self-righteous. Helping peace activists to be more peaceful strikes me as > another worthy goal. I met the other day with Andre Carothe

Re: A Plea for bigger type

2003-05-29 Thread florian fischer
Harrison Owen schrieb: > .BUT COULD WE PLEASE TYPE IN GOOD OLD 12 PT. USING A HEALTHY SHADE OF > BLACK - vive l 'art typographique ! you are very right, harrison. florian * * == osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu --

Re: Fw: Open Space Technology (black and 12 point)

2003-05-29 Thread florian fischer
Srma Consulting schrieb: > Dear OS friends,This message comes to me in moment when I was > thinkinghow to describe my feelings and experience that I have it in > thisOS event in Slovenia. I decided that forwarding this message to > OSlist will tell everything. Mee Peng was my roommate in Castle

Re: OST climbs the Southern Alps,(black and 12 point

2003-05-29 Thread florian fischer
Anne Pattillo schrieb: > Hi Mike, > Well done ? I couldn’t image a bigger open space! > > Rank ? I usually for “in house” OST get the sponsoring leader to think > about how to address this in their opening of the space ? although > usually people don’t have any trouble in working to the no rank

Re: Open Space ,Self-Organizing Systems, and The Plexus Institute

2003-05-29 Thread Harrison Owen
At 07:42 PM 5/28/2003 -0500, Michael Herman wrote: Harrison Owen wrote: Thanks Glory -- and to all the others who have responded. I have been forwarding the stuff to the Plexus folks just so they have some idea where our heads are. I will talk to Henri and Curt next week, and while I doubt def

Re: organizing protests?

2003-05-29 Thread Harrison Owen
At 06:55 PM 5/28/2003 -0500, ted wrote: I'm writing now to follow-up on a conversation I had with Michael Herman last week which was itself a follow-up to a conversation I had with some peace and justice activists earlier last week. My experience in all sorts of anti-war organizing meetings is t

Fw: Open Space Technology

2003-05-29 Thread Srma Consulting
Dear OS friends, This message comes to me in moment when I was thinking how to describe my feelings and experience that I have it in this OS event in Slovenia. I decided that forwarding this message to OSlist will tell everything. Mee Peng was my roommate in Castle Borl, and she is great friend

Re: Story of recent Open Space

2003-05-29 Thread Harrison Owen
At 04:52 PM 5/28/2003 -0400, Judy Gast wrote: It feels good to recommend an approach that not only is the best to 'get the job done', but also, per the CEO of our client, 'will be the watershed event that turns the tide on the culture of our organization'. It is also fulfilling to work with an

Re: Open Space ,Self-Organizing Systems, and The Plexus Institute (and Krishnamurti)

2003-05-29 Thread Julie Smith
Awesome, as always, Michael. let me pick up on one thin strand. You said: >>> springing from healing, related by etymology and by varela to what might be called 'wholing'... it seems important that any study would embody (i love that word, peggy) a state of no separation between those studyin

AW: Open Space ,Self-Organizing Systems, and The Plexus Institute

2003-05-29 Thread Visuelle Protokolle
oh michael, what a tour d'horizon of themes i like and i need and i am deeling with! my focus is not os but on visual facilitation, but it doesn't matter through which window you are looking at the sky! thank you reinhard VISUELLE PROTOKOLLE Kuchenmueller & Dr.Stifel Munich Germany Tel: +49-

Re: organizing protests?

2003-05-29 Thread John Engle
friends, as a part of the peace activist group, i say amen to the analysis and prescription, harrison, ted and michael. i will share some things that some of you are already aware of. forgive the redundancy. the approach that i have taken in trying to live out my convictions, having an analysis

Re: Open Space ,Self-Organizing Systems, and The Plexus Institute

2003-05-29 Thread Joelle Lyons Everett
Well, Michael, you always give me something to think about! Joelle * * == osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu -- To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu, Visi