Re: re honouring each other

2009-11-21 Thread Denise Tennen
Tree Why not spend your energy on creating something you want rather than asking Michael to give over something he created? Why not taking him up on his willingness to list whatever you come up with? I got the sense that he is willing to do whatever to help boost the rankings of whatever

Re: a way forward?

2009-11-21 Thread Denise Tennen
What an interesting interpretation of Harrison's responses. I don't remember reading that Harrison says this (OSLIST) is the only way, just that its the only thing he is likely to participate in. I don't recall his dunning any of the various expansions. It makes me wonder if you are feeli

Re: [OSList] re honouring each other

2009-11-21 Thread Harold Shinsato
Tree, Thanks for your courage, posting into a circle that from where I sit doesn't look like it is welcoming your input. I salute you. I'm intrigued with your mentioning the work of Humberto Maturana, and would enjoy hearing more (email me privately if you think it won't be of interest to the

Re: re honouring each other

2009-11-21 Thread Denise Tennen
Kaliya Thanks for this clear update. and especially for responding neutrally and with clear information to a comment that struck me as a bit of a dig. A bit of background on my life vis a vis provocation and response. My son has always amazed me by his ability to not pick up provocation

Re: [OSList] re honouring each other

2009-11-21 Thread Harold Shinsato
Denise, Just a quick note - "into deeper cyber realms" - is not what I would think is the intent to improve things. When things are improved - it should be easier, lighter, more transparent. The "deeper cyber realms" sounds to me rather scary. For many - and myself as well - the OSList is a

Re: Fw: email response from oslist

2009-11-21 Thread Michael Herman
artur, this is because valerie is subscribed as one email address and sending from a different one. needs to send from her gmail account or subscribe with her comcast account. m -- Michael Herman Michael Herman Associates http://www.michaelherman.com http://www.ronanparktrail.com http://www.c

on contraction and embracing shadow

2009-11-21 Thread Tree Fitzpatrick
I am disappointed that Kaliya seems to have been hounded with putative non-violent communication. I am disappointed that some of the people I personally know who are active participants on this oslist do not feel it is safe or, maybe, loving to share their negative experiences with their interacti

Re: re honouring each other

2009-11-21 Thread Tree Fitzpatrick
Michael, are you willing to relinquish your ownerhsip of openspaceworld.org? I think that would be best for the worldwide OS community. A subdomain of your personal website is not, in my opinion, open. Thanks, Kaliya, for asking others to voice their possibly negative experiences with Michael Her

Re: a way forward?

2009-11-21 Thread Tree Fitzpatrick
First, a copyedit: I am a member of the Open Space Institute/US (OSI/US) board. Our name is OSI/US. . . remember when Xerox tried to stop people from referring to photocopies as xeroxes because they wanted to protect their 'ownership' of the name 'xerox, i.e. they didnot want 'xerox' to enter the

Re: Fw: email response from oslist

2009-11-21 Thread Artur Silva
Thanks, Michael.   I am copying Valerie, at her comcast adress.   Artur --- On Sat, 11/21/09, Michael Herman wrote: From: Michael Herman Subject: Re: [OSLIST] Fw: email response from oslist To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Date: Saturday, November 21, 2009, 3:35 PM artur, this is because v

My Intent and Desire with OST and with those interacting with this process

2009-11-21 Thread Artur Silva
  [I am ressending a message from Valerie, that she tried to post to the OSLIST, but was not distributed. So she posted the message at the NING. If not for anything else, at least to this the Ning was useful ;-) Artur]   Hello Everyone, I am new to open space technology and came here after the

Fw: email response from oslist

2009-11-21 Thread Artur Silva
Hi:   Valerie is subscribed to the OSLIST but unable to send messages. The messages she received when trying are below.   Can someone explain that?   Can you help, Rob?   Artur --- On Sat, 11/21/09, Valerie G White wrote: From: Valerie G White Subject: email response from oslist To: arturfsi

Re: re honouring each other

2009-11-21 Thread Michael Herman
kaliya, did you see my offer to host things in subdomain(s) at openspaceworld.org? have you definitely decided that it's better to host elsewhere? (knowing so would help me think about the future of osw) ...and if that's the case, would creating subdomains at osw that simply pointed to your separ

Re: re honouring each other

2009-11-21 Thread ashley cooper
I agree with you, Wendy, about the essence of contraction and expansion. I'm intrigued by how people perceive/experience 'this space'. There is a great deal of diversity present in the OSlist space... a fundamental aspect that keeps it vibrant. And I'm intrigued by the perception that areas of the

Moments of Contraction

2009-11-21 Thread ashley cooper
Your question inspires a lot in me. Thanks, Erik. I particularly appreciate it's one line potency. I've started a thread at the ning site to play with that question in a poetic sort of way. Anyone who wants to play, come have a peek and jump in if you're interested: http://openspaceworld.ning.com/

Re: re honouring each other

2009-11-21 Thread Michael Herman
this reminds me of a conversation with merrelyn emery during a search conference and participative design training program, exploring the question of whether or not it was ethical to do search conference in search of the future of some nasty corporate interests. i've heard that question pop up her

Re: re honouring each other

2009-11-21 Thread Michael Herman
just to be clear about one thing, holger... you said... * > This list has a long history, and obviously people like that history. History brings togetherness, whether the tool is "owned" by somebody or not (by the way - I have never felt that Michael owns this space. I am sure a lot of people didn'

Re: re honouring each other

2009-11-21 Thread Kaliya *
> If the new list of Kaliya is about continuing this conversation and calling > upon somebody who is not even there, I can just say: good luck. I won't be > there. The list I put up at the request of people who did not want to hear about how we could collaboratively organize our online presence t

Re: re honouring each other

2009-11-21 Thread Wendy Farmer-O'Neil
These are compelling questions Ashley (and Erik!). As i sat with them so many rich avenues for exploration opened up. Would you be willing to start a new thread for this conversation? Hugs, Wendy On 21-Nov-09, at 8:42 AM, ashley cooper wrote: I agree with you, Wendy, about the essence of

Re: re honouring each other

2009-11-21 Thread Wendy Farmer-O'Neil
No Erik. That would neither be possible nor desirable. Contraction and Expansion. Breathing. The breath is an essential part of both the form and the essence of Open Space and Life. Love, Wendy On 21-Nov-09, at 6:33 AM, Erik Fabian wrote: Is this space closed to moments of contraction?

Re: re honouring each other

2009-11-21 Thread Erik Fabian
Is this space closed to moments of contraction? Erik On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:12:32 -0600, Denise Tennen wrote: >Thank you so much for your comments, Wendy > >Denise >On Nov 20, 2009, at 4:51 AM, Wendy Farmer-O'Neil wrote: > >> In my experience, truth is relative. It depends essentially on my

Spaces

2009-11-21 Thread Ralph Copleman
Someone asked me to join the Ning, so I did. I had a fleeting question about where the conversation would wind up taking place, there or here, but I dismissed it. Sometimes I do not need to know the difference between the main circle and a break-out session. Or which is which. The space does

Different types of Our Precious Passions and Responsibilities

2009-11-21 Thread Spark
Dear my friends- I just got to realize that how vibrant our sharings have been on the list-SERVE and it made me awakened my night- sleepless. It seems to be doing its work- awakening us that we are a community... Recent dissonance is just a collective birth pang of a new born, I would rather r

Re: re honouring each other

2009-11-21 Thread Holger Nauheimer (Change Facilitation)
On Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:04:49 -0800, Karen Sella wrote: >... being open-minded, I >followed the link in your invitation, and upon arriving there was >disappointed to find more negative commentary about Michael and his website >amidst more productive suggestions about possible options. > > Thanks