participate in the Open Government Dialogue!

2009-05-22 Thread Sandy Heierbacher
Hi, Open Space folks! I wanted to make sure you knew about this opportunity to influence the Open Government Directive. Someone may want to add a post about OST under Participation: New Tools and Technologies. Begin forwarded message: From: Sandy Heierbacher Date: May 22, 2009 4:22:55

Re: Open Space & Spiral Dynamics & Seeds

2009-05-22 Thread Suzanne Daigle
Larry, I'm in for Toronto! My sister lives there and it will be an opportunity to visit her from Florida. As for the OS list, I still marvel at it every day. It's like a friend whispering its wisdom in so many inspiring ways. The Wave Rider event was very intense for me and I so honor this commun

Re: Necessity of space

2009-05-22 Thread Pat Black
I think of the between space as the permeable membrane. The shape of the membrane, the spaces within the membrane change and are different depending on what is happening on either side of it. It is constantly transformed by the communication of its bordering spaces. These spaces are changed by t

Re: Open Space & Spiral Dynamics & Seeds

2009-05-22 Thread Larry Peterson
Now that I am playing with a variety of social networks, lists, Linkiden groups, twitters and all, I find the OS list one of the things I use to keep in touch -- it is interesting what it all takes now to stay connected. The connections are great and I want time for other stuff too. Christine, I

Promise USA - National Network of Citizen Conversation

2009-05-22 Thread Christine Whitney Sanchez
Dear Open Space Friends, I invite you to read and consider voting for the Promise USA proposal for the Open Government Initiative - http://opengov.ideascale.com/akira/dtd/2632-4049 (see the text version below my signature) Promise USA proposes a series of national conversations, initiated b

Re: Necessity of space

2009-05-22 Thread douglas germann
The first volume of this work has the quote to which you referred, Christy. Here is a bit longer snippet: I have expressed the idea that space must be considered an almost living entity—a kind of stuff which, depending on the recursive structures that are built up in it, b

Re: Necessity of space

2009-05-22 Thread Wendy Farmer-O'Neil
Hi Doug, You wrote: But I think there is a next step, a deeper step: it is to the between. He writes of something *making* me feel alive, *generating* a feeling of life, *inducing* greater harmony: these speak of one (living) thing touching--meeting--another. It is this bumping, interacting, b