Re: [OSList] Who Opens the Space?

2019-05-17 Thread Chris Corrigan via OSList
Inspired by Dee Hock, these days maybe I’ll say that the space is always infinitely open and as a host of an Open Space Technology meeting, my job is to work with sponsors and participants close it down in a way that allows for good work to be done. I use the boundaries of time and space, and

Re: [OSList] OSList Digest, Vol 97, Issue 13

2019-05-17 Thread gerardo de luzenberger via OSList
CIao Allie, nice to read you here. This is what I know Save the Date! October 25-27, Friday through Sunday For the World Open Space on Open Space 2019 In Cherry Hill Park, 980 Cherry Hill Road, College Park, Maryland (30-45 minutes from Washington, DC and both airports.) Thursday Evening

Re: [OSList] Who Opens the Space?

2019-05-17 Thread Jan Hoglund via OSList
Here's a story about when the group itself opens its own space... It's an excerpt from Dee Hock's book One from Many, pp. 205-207 (Kindle edition). "Three hours into the morning, an agenda for the remainder of the three-day meeting was proposed. It contained nothing about the failed effort at

Re: [OSList] Who Opens the Space?

2019-05-17 Thread christine koehler via OSList
Hi everyone Long time not jumped into such an interesting conversation - I miss them- but I try to catch up from times to times. I believe that there are different levels of opening space. In myself first. it took me years to dare open myself to space, and as Michael says, sometimes it’s