Re: Whatever happens....

"WHATEVER HAPPENS IS WHAT DID" is the poster i use in english and orally, i add, "Learn and move forward." this is what i landed on based on, i think, Doug Germann's weighing in when i was feeling the need to change it. so far it seems to have worked nicely. it's short, catchy, and avoids

Have a great WOSNOS

Dear colleagues and friend As Kerry beautifully wrote "I will miss seeing old friends and making new ones, as well as the wonderful atmosphere and unforgettable experience of a world gathering." But I can not make it to Baghdad this year... Wishing each and all a rich, joyous and fruitful gather

Showing ourselves

Dear colleagues gathered in San Francisco from all over, in the last two days two more osnicks have included themselves in the world map, both from the United States of America: -Scott Gassman from Hollis Hills, he is also inviting us to a newly blossoming Stammtisch he is convening together wit

Re: WOSonOS 2008, San Francisco...in...progress...

A little offering from my first experience at WOSonOS & the workshop with Lisa, I have arrived home, and while my suitcase was light and quick to unpack, I feel I am also coming back with an armful of gifts that will take time to carefully unwrap, and gradually savour their true beauty.

NYC OPEN SPACE STAMMTISCH - Thurs. Aug 7th, starts 6 pm, at the Pig'n Whistle

Please come and join us on Thursday, August 7th, starting at *6 pm, *as the OPEN SPACE community of NYC holds a Stammtisch at the Pig'n Whistle ( http://pignwhistleon2.com/) on 2nd Avenue (between 50th and 51st) in NYC. if the weather is nice, we can sit out on the sec

OST in Indonesia

Hey Friends, just wanted to let u know that I ran a one day open space for a conference in Indonesia that had a 110 young people from 33 countries exploring how to share experience and find common action on the MDGs. It was my biggest so far and a huge circle, see attached. One guy from Australia

RE : OST in Indonesia

Good morning Bhav! Congratulations! Was anyone for the World Youth Alliance participating to your event, by any chance? It is so nice to read your message as I, too, will be running an OS in the same context (Millenium Development Goals). It’ll be in Quebec City, in French, mid-August. I’ve

Re: Message from Berlin

Is it just me - but what does orotunditude mean? (It only appears in one place in google - and that does not define it! Thanks! Jon From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] On Behalf Of John Rapp Sent: 24 July 2008 20:06 To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Subject: Re: Messa

Re: OST in Indonesia

Smiles to you as well, Bhav! Sounds like a fabulous and magical day! (But what are MDGs? - attachments don't come through on the listserve by the way) With regards to action planning - I have used a number of processes: 1) You can attempt to divide the time - so that (say) day one

Re: Message from Berlin

My apologies for deploying this neologism (probably more like a bastardization) -- esp. on a list with some for whom English is already a second (and challenging language). Here's "orotundity": http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/orotundity -- the legitimate sibling of my "orotunditude." My

Re: Message from Berlin

"orotunditude" My take: "Oratory with amplitude" ho Harrison Owen 7808 River Falls Drive Potomac, Maryland 20854 Phone 301-365-2093 Skype hhowen Open Space Training www.openspaceworld.com Open Space Institute www.o

Re: WOSonOS 2008, San Francisco...in...progress...

Greetings all you fabulous OSlisters, We're here in Sunny San Francisco. But it's never sunny here, so this is unusual. We had a brilliant array of topics this morning, everything from developing an open space school to what to do when your organization won't do OS. People are lively and engage