Re: [OSList] Certification?

2013-08-10 Thread B.MELIN ALIDADE
Thank you Carmela for your beautiful poem What a nice way to start the week end lightly ! Warmest thoughts, béatrice De : oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org [mailto:oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org] De la part de Carmela Ariza Envoyé : samedi 10 août 2013 03:33 À : World wide Op

Re: [OSList] OS memorial services?

2013-08-10 Thread Michael M Pannwitz
Dear James, it has been done, most certainly in Australia. Here is the link to those colleagues that listed themselves in the World Map/Australia http://www.openspaceworldmap.org/moreinfo/contactinfo.php?c_id=10 If I remember correctly, Brendan, the fifth in the list, did it... but certainly

Re: [OSList] Certification?

2013-08-10 Thread paul levy
Sounds like dogma to me, Harrison. On Saturday, 10 August 2013, Carmela Ariza wrote: > Dear HO and the rest of OS loving colleagues, > > While reading again fully and partly the sharing/discussion on > certification and now this - point of Harrison on "I will be the first to > cheer the departure

Re: [OSList] OS memorial services?

2013-08-10 Thread Lourdes Adriana Diaz-Berrio Doring
James Sheldon: Yes I can tell you that when my dear step father pasted away I ask the friends and family to meet in a circle and asked them to share what ever they wanted to say about this moment or about this incredible man and it was a very powerful way to open the space and to listen to each ot

Re: [OSList] Ang.: Two Martinis

2013-08-10 Thread fischer florian
Working is the emergence (difference) between the first and the second Martini. Prosit Florian Florian Fischer D 10779 Berlin, Münchener Straße 6 (0049(0)30. 2116752, i...@ff-wey.com www.der-naechste-schritt.ff-wey.com Am 09.08.2013 um 19:57 schrieb ei...@gatewayc.com: Harrison, you are mo

Re: [OSList] Ang.: Two Martinis

2013-08-10 Thread Artur Silva
Like that, Florian ;-) Regards Artur From: fischer florian To: World wide Open Space Technology email list Sent: Saturday, August 10, 2013 11:05 AM Subject: Re: [OSList] Ang.: Two Martinis Working is the emergence (difference) between the first and the

Re: [OSList] OS memorial services?

2013-08-10 Thread Harrison Owen
James... I think you might argue that every Open Space is a funeral of sorts. When a group of people find themselves at a critical juncture it is almost always the case, at least in my experience, that something has died and needs to be let go of. That may be an idea, a practice, a business model,

Re: [OSList] Certification?

2013-08-10 Thread Harrison Owen
Carmela – Beautiful and thank you! Reminds me of my favorite Bette Miller... It's the heart afraid of breaking That never learns to dance. It's the dream afraid of waking That never takes the chance. It's the one who won't be taken, Who cannot seem to give, And the soul afraid of dyin' That nev

Re: [OSList] Certification?

2013-08-10 Thread Chris Weaver
Hi Artur! So glad to have you turn around, I didn't see you here in the pub under that hat :-) Here is a perhaps indirect answer to your direct question about *certificate vs. certification.* My thoughts about it likely do not correspond to common usage of the terms & ideas. The way I think of t

Re: [OSList] Ang.: Certification?

2013-08-10 Thread Chris Weaver
Hey Chris C! I think our views are very much in accord. Great to share the table with you. Speaking of "communities of practice" as I referred to in my response to Artur, the *Art of Hosting* is a group that I have never made the time to explore directly but have always respected and appreciated

Re: [OSList] Ang.: Certification?

2013-08-10 Thread Chris Corrigan
I think my experience in th Art of Hosting and Genuine Contact speaks to me if the longing we all have to see that these methods are pointing at a way of being, that there is something beyond the methods that, if you learn about it, makes things fly. So I love OST - it is my home place in this

Re: [OSList] Ang.: Certification?

2013-08-10 Thread Chris Weaver
well said indeed :-) On Sat, Aug 10, 2013 at 12:53 PM, Chris Corrigan wrote: > I think my experience in th Art of Hosting and Genuine Contact speaks to > me if the longing we all have to see that these methods are pointing at a > way of being, that there is something beyond the methods that, if

Re: [OSList] Certification?

2013-08-10 Thread Artur Silva
Hi Chris: Thanks for your clarification. It always has been - and it is now - a great pleasure to read your posts. You also wrote: "I'm also active in a most inspiring response to the current alarming political situation in my home state, including by using OST." That is something that, if you

Re: [OSList] Certification?

2013-08-10 Thread Michael M Pannwitz
Dear Chris W., so, whats so unfortunate about teaching? cheers mmp On 10.08.2013 16:53, Chris Weaver wrote: Unfortunately I will begin teaching in about a week and my time will be under much greater demands than in summer. I'm also active in a most inspiring response to the current alarming p

Re: [OSList] Certification?

2013-08-10 Thread doug
Carms-- Great poem! :- Doug. On 08/09/2013 09:33 PM, Carmela Ariza wrote: Holding Things Lightly by: Carmela Ariza 5:55AM, 10 August 2013 Allow me To hold things lightly For when I cling to them I loose sight Of the more beautiful Of the more important And the more fulfilling

Re: [OSList] Certification?

2013-08-10 Thread Chris Weaver
*so, whats so unfortunate about teaching?* :-) Dear Michael,* * Nothing, indeed...except that the demands are akin to a tsunami, and I will have a hard time persuading myself that it's a good time for an hour at the pub. c. On Sat, Aug 10, 2013 at 4:24 PM, Michael M Pannwitz wrote: > Dear Chris

[OSList] Fwd: Certification?

2013-08-10 Thread Chris Weaver
You also wrote: "I'm also active in a most inspiring response to the current alarming political situation in my home state, including by using OST." That is something that, if you have time, I also would like to know more about. Hi Artur, I'll try to put this story in a nutshell, and it will get