Re: [OSList] [test]

Received here in Indiana, USA, too. :- Doug. Germann 574/274-5353 http://www.FootprintsintheWind.com On 5/8/22 4:55 PM, Thomas Herrmann via OSList wrote: Yes, to me anyway 😊 Thomas -Ursprungligt meddelande- Från: OSList För CHARLES COLPITTS via

Re: [OSList] Subscribing to OS Listserve

Michael-- You are apparently on, because this came to me through the list. :- Doug. Germann 574/274-5353 http://www.FootprintsintheWind.com On 5/3/22 8:08 AM, Brendan McKeague via OSList wrote: Hi folks (via Brendan McKeague) Any advice on How can I re-j

Re: [OSList] A Preface

Harrison-- Wonderful! :- Doug. Germann 574/274-5353 http://www.FootprintsintheWind.com On 3/15/22 4:37 PM, Harrison Owen SR via OSList wrote: Audrey Hepburn, a Young Chinese lady (that really is her name!)  tells me that she is going to publish some of

OSonOSinUS, 2007

Ted-- 2007 is correct. Are we looking ahead or what?! :-Doug. What wants to happen in your communities? * * == osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu -- To subs

OSonOSinUS, 2007

Hi-- Please get your calendar out and mark down the dates of November 2, 3, 4, and 5, 2007. On those dates, those of us in the US will gather in Asheville, North Carolina, for the 2007 OSonOSinUS. If you would like to be an inviter or help out, please contact Doug Germann. More details will be

Reflections on Wikipedia and Open Space organization

Anne-- Do you suppose that "higher consciousness" as you refer to it in your post, is somehow a product of thinking together, that is, it is of the essence of dialogue? :-Doug. Germann Seeking people making community change. * * ===

What don't we know?

Hi-- It occurs to me that it might be fruitful to ask ourselves: What don't we know about conversation? :-Doug. Germann Seeking people making community change. * * == osl...

Take any newspaper, any day..........

Gerard-- Only in spirit! Just sending along my contribution with you. :-Doug. What wants to happen in your communities? * * == osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu -

Authenticity and self-discovery in Open Space

Chris Weaver-- Poetry this is. Thank you. :-Doug. What wants to happen in your communities? << I think back on my first OST as a participant, which was << at the OSonOS in Monterrey. I kept watching the facilitators speaking and <<

Take any newspaper, any day..........

Gerard-- I like your idea. My current topic that would be great, probably around the world would be Immigration: Issues and Opportunities. What topics entice you? :-Doug. Germann What wants to happen in your communities? * * =

SV: juicy convening questions

Thanks for your kind words, Thomas! :-Doug. What wants to happen in your communities? * * == osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu -- To subscribe, unsubscribe,

juicy convening questions

Christine-- Not sure if this is the kind of thing your people have in mind. A year ago or so in South Bend, Indiana, we had The Doers Conference. The invitation and the proceedings can be found on this site: http://www.footprintsinthewind.com/forum/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=Do&Number= 473 1&page=1&

Immigration OST

Serve Mail [MAIL] 19-May-06 15:31:25 Sb: Immigration OST Fm: INTERNET:hho...@verizon.net To: Douglas D. Germann, Sr. [76066,515] Face-to-face is always the best, and I suppose if you are starting a totally new venture in an area you know nothing about -- 6 months is pretty fast work.

Immigration OST

Hi-- It is interesting to me that no one has yet commented upon the idea of instant OST that I raised at the start of this thread. Is it possible? Has anyone any experiences to share? :-Doug. What wants to happen in your communities? *

Immigration OST

Chris-- Could you expand a bit more on what you are doing and trying to do? Is this part of the instant OST work about which we corresponded offline? I am having difficulty putting pictures to what you said, but it is exciting me for some reasons. Perhaps I am getting lost in the terms of special

Immigration OST

Chris-- Thanks. I like your term "invitation support." Could you give an example of how you have gotten people involved in invitation support? For the Doers Conference which you mentioned, the process took place over almost 6 months, too long I think in retrospect. There were two pieces to it: g

Immigration OST

To our good friends-- On April 19, José and I announced the Immigration Conversations to the Hispanic Leadership Coalition for May 5 and 6, about 2 1/2 weeks off. Originally we were going to get equal numbers of people pro and con immigration reform. We discovered at that meeting that it was diffi

OSonOSinUS in 2006 or 2007?

John-- Sure, would love to be on your show. Give me a couple of alternative dates and times, and we'll make it happen. The number to call is 605/725-1900, and the code is 48174. This number is in South Dakota. :-Doug. What wants to happ

OSonOSinUS in 2006 or 2007?

Hi-- OK, the conference call to talk about if, when and where for a US regional OSonOS has been scheduled for *this* Wednesday, May 10, 2006, at 12:01 pm (noon) New York time. If you would like to be included in the call, please e-mail me for the call in number. I look forward to hearing your vo

OSonOSinUS in 2006 or 2007?

Hi-- Who would like to be involved in a telephone conversation to talk about doing a regional OSonOS in the USA in either 2006 or 2007? Please let me know if you would like to be included in the call. Would you prefer: 1. Wednesday, May 10, 2006, 12:00 Noon, New York time? 2. Thursday, May 11,

XIV Open Space on Open Space Moscow

Raffi and friends-- Got the Website info from Raffi and finally found time to take a look. We are finding that airfare alone from Indianapolis will run about $1,400 per person. Is that in the range others are finding? Any better deals anywhere you've found? :-Doug.

Half-way to this?

Wendy-- You have just sent me my newest favorite poem! Thank you. I love getting lost in it! And I particularly like this from your hand-- << We go from being merely leaves caught up unknowingly in << the swirling chaos of life, to beings who jump with eyes wide open into << the flow and play

Half-way to this?

Good friends-- Open Space is a half-way technology. So says Harrison. Half-way to what? Open Space Technology, The World Café, and the dozens of other meeting formats that have been appearing among humans the last few decades are harbingers of a growing shoot. The growing edge is to see what can

SV: Bible-writing OST?

Lise-- Thanks for your warm thoughts from Copenhagen. I am in still cool South Bend, Indiana--we are expecting snow for the next several days, but with temperatures above freezing. :-Doug. Germann Seeking people making community change.

Bible-writing OST?

Thanks, Joelle. When you speak of poetry sessions do you mean like the one we had at OSonOS Halifax? :-Doug. What wants to happen in your communities? * * == osl...@listserv.boises

Bible-writing OST?

o ooOOOoo Please pass it on. :-Doug. By Douglas D. Germann, Sr. c Copyright 2006, Learning Works, Incorporated. All rights reserved. Easy reprint permissions

A Quiet Time

Paul-- Not weird--mystical. (And I didn't know you had it in you! ) :-Doug. What wants to happen in your communities? * * == osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ---

very short events - Re: Optimal Time-Slots

Ted-- I did a 1.5 hour or so session using a manila file folder as the "wall" and 3 x 3 sticky notes for the topics, with sharpie markers to write on. Then we all stayed in one group (there were about 6 or 7 of us) and chose which topics to work on next from the "wall." The topics tended to focus

OST is....

Friends-- How is this as a description of OST? How would you improve upon it? Open Space is the best way to do action planning. :-Doug. What wants to happen in your communities? * * =

OS LIST

Julie and Diane-- When I get messages from the list, the from line starts all in caps, "OSLIST." Does it do so on yours? In my e-mail, the line for the subject is rather short, and it is nice to get the full subject line, when it is not too long. :-Doug.

Footprints in the Wind/sm # 638

you and me, would stars become super novae and black holes? oo ooOOOoo Please pass it on. :-Doug. By Douglas D. Germann, Sr. c Copyright 2006, Learning Works

Whoever plays...

To our good friends-- Raffi posted something here the last day and my eye skipped around in it, coming up with an interesting play-- Whoever plays are the right people. What do you think it means? :-Doug. Germann What wants to happen i

Stories that moved you, stories that could change the world

Glory-- Great! Looking forward to your report. :-Doug. What wants to happen in your communities? * * == osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu -- To subscribe,

Keepin' Busy

Glory-- Your story about the boy with autism is one of those meaningful stories I was asking about. Wow. :-Doug. What wants to happen in your communities? * * == osl...@listserv.bo

Keepin' Busy

Paul-- Thanks for your thoughtful response. << I don't want my << children taught ID, which I regard as a abomination and total stupidity, << nor Not sure I know what ID is. Besides, I thought I was talking to that distinguished looking grey-bearded gentleman whose children are probably all g

Stories that moved you, stories that could change the world

Glory-- Thanks! << doing so I've realized that, in each case, it seems to involve a group << accepting that the world has/will change and then engaging consciously << (choosing) how they will interact with that change That is so profound when people get that, but it is something we see al

Keepin' Busy

Paul-- << likewise? If we do, then where our lives meet, who's story is the one we << will live << by? Many conflicts in the US right now over Intelligent Design and << Darwin's Theory of Evolution. Many conflicts in the world right now over Paul, I just couldn't let this one slip throug

Stories that moved you, stories that could change the world

Glory-- Thank you for your kind note. << the ideal story would include and transcend any existing << polarities - IMHO. << So my own question is seeking its answer in me... and I think the stories << that move me the most are ones where a whole group shifts in some new, << interesting or su

Stories that moved you, stories that could change the world

Florian-- With what you say in your spirit, my heart agrees. If might want to use different words, our hearts can still agree. Perhaps the poet in you will recognize a few of these heartbeats, Florian. The world is fluid A self-organizing bunch of waving particles You touch me, I touch another

Stories that moved you, stories that could change the world

Glory-- Thanks for your kind words. Your words brought me up short, and perhaps you would like to see what I saw: << I am also personally grappling with the following story problem: << Given ... the abundance of ... oppositional (good/evil) stories... << What is/are the compelling counter and

Stories that moved you, stories that could change the world

Hi-- As we move toward the new year, my thoughts have turned reflective: What are the OS stories that really moved you over the years, the ones that show that it is possible to change the world? A few that come to mind for me are: * 50 Israelis and Palestinians * Tova's Tent (I do hope she

open space in theatre.

Phelim McDermott -- Wow! Thank you! :-Doug. Germann Seeking people making community change. * * == osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu -- To subscribe, unsu

what's in a word?

Jack-- Ooh! What an image--fractal invitations! Wow! Thank you, Jack. :-Doug Germann What worldwide conversation would advance the human race? * *

Appreciating OSLIST

Chris-- Aren't you the keeper of the FAQs for the OSlist? This would be a wonderful addition to the material that goes out to people once or twice a year or so :-Doug. Germann Seeking people making community change. * *

what's in a word?

mmp-- Would Begleiter be similar to chaperone? :-Doug. Germann Seeking people making community change. * * == osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu -- To subsc

SV: The Pros and Cons of OST?

Allison-- How about combining your idea, Peggy's and just a bit of Fran Peavey's "Willing to listen" signs and do something like this: Have a clipboard or a poster with blank paper and marker pens and a simple question like, "Questions we should be asking ourselves" See what shows up.

Deep Democracy..and concious social action

Peggy-- << 1. Defining the Law of Two Feet as "taking responsibility for what you << love". I no longer talk about the Law of Two Feet as passion and << responsibility. Peggy, this is potent. I think I have heard the phrase, taking responsibility for what you love, before, probably many time

Ideas please for a different closing

Message(s) #: 91749 S0/CompuServe Mail [MAIL] 15-Nov-05 12:27:26 Sb: Ideas please for a different closing Fm: INTERNET:76066@compuserve.com To: Douglas D. Germann, Sr. [76066,515] Joelle and Tree and Koos and Lisa and Zelle and all-- Hopefully this will go to the list. Got a lot

OS & the power of presence

Jack-- Wonderful poem. Thank you for giving it to the world. :-Doug. Germann Seeking people making community change. * * == osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu -

Tiny URL, was Re: Who all is going to OSonOSinUS in two weeks?

Tree-- << I dare to believe the world needs me. That one's a keeper, Tree! I am putting it in my quotes file. :-Doug. Germann What would be fun to talk about? With whom? * * == o

Who all is going to OSonOSinUS in two weeks?

Hi-- Who all is planning to go to OSonOSinUS in two weeks? Anybody still waiting to decide? :-Doug. Germann Seeking people making community change. http://www.openspaceworld.org/network/wiki.cgi?OpenSpaceOnOpenSpaceInUS/Inv ita tion200

AW: OSonOSinUS: What topics would you post?

mmp and Reinhard-- We could do with more disturbing benefits, yes? :-Doug. Germann Seeking people making community change. Getting caught up on e-mail in cool, clear South

OSonOSinUS: What topics would you post?

Hi-- If you were coming to OSonOSinUS (Nov 12-14, San Antonio), what topics would you post? What is current for you? What questions are at the heart of your life just now? :-Doug. Germann Seeking people making community change. * * ===

Self-organizing: the co-creative Practice of Peace

Anne-- Wow! What a powerful, fresh set of words and images! This is the way I want to be able to write invitations, if I decide I want to grow up, and especially if I decide I do not want to. Thank you for your word-smithing. Astonishing. You have shaken the ground.

A report from a taster of OST in 1,5 hours - long!

Jack-- << answer to the question of How long does it take to fall in love with ... A << direct experience of your own freedom, faith in those you share agenda, << the power of community in dream space, OS ...? About an hour or two. What a wonderful turn of phrases! I think this is about the be

gaining OS experience?

Patricia-- You are in luck! Come to the OSonOSinUS in San Antonio in a month. You can not only experience another side of OS, but meet others and see who might need your help. Info was sent to the list last evening, so you may already have it in your inbox. If not, the invitation is here: htt

Now's the time--OSonOSinUS

To our good friends! Now's the time--for you to register for the US regional OSonOS in San Antone. There were about 30 of us last year, a wonderfully diverse and spirited group! Come be with us this year. :-Doug. Germann Seeking peopl

Blog

Wendy-- To increase awareness of the blog, could you add the address to your signature file on the list, please? Thanks! :-Doug. Germann Seeking people making community change. * * ==

Open invitation to join new OS blog

Thanks, Wendy! :-Doug. Germann Seeking people making community change. * * == osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu -- To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your op

Open invitation to join new OS blog

Wendy-- Looks wonderful! (By the way, on my Mozilla 1.7.2, the text on the left is almost off the page.) Would you be so kind as to add my blog to your blogroll? Thanks! :-Doug. Germann Seeking people making community change.

OSI-USA Board adopts new Bylaws

To our Open Space friends-- The Open Space Institute--USA has adopted new Bylaws. They are posted at: http://www.openspaceworld.org/wiki/wiki/wiki.cgi?OpenSpaceInstituteUSA/ByLaws Please take a look. Your OSI-USA Board: :-Doug. Germann

Reflections on a 4-evening open space (longish)

To my good friends-- (Also posted to my weblog at http://www.footprintsinthewind.com/?p=83 .) Last night was the closing circle. The last man to speak was an ex-Marine, rugged, silent. He passed the stick to me without speaking--and then withdrew it with a grin. We came in here as many, he said,

We're not just talking....

To my good friends-- Posted this to my blog this morning: During evening news at an OST last night, one man said something to the effect of, "We're not just talking, we're... discussing!" Yeah, I know what he means. What I take him to be saying is we are actually about the planning in earnest,

Short Report of Gratitude

Lisa-- << On my handouts I say when and why OS would and wouldn't be used, << including the deliverables of a short OS as compared to a longer one - << in that way I feel it is explaining how a longer OS would be more useful Would you be so kind as to send the text of your handout to the list,

OS Facilitator Needed in Asheville, NC

Maureen and Zelle-- This sounds like something I would like to help them with, if it is 4 hours (It would probably not be worth it to them to bring me in for only two hours). Their Website shows they are only allowing two hours (Noon to 2:00) for this part of their meeting. Have you arranged for

SV: Architectural Dream

Christine-- I have sometimes thought of this question in terms of the old "elements:" Earth--a way to get outside and be in touch with the soil. Air--lots of air moving about, outside air, windows to open in good season. Fire--sunlight, lots of windows to let it in. Water--moving, churning, evoca

Need examples

Ralph-- Good to see you back on the list. The trip went well? << It's the same every year, speaker after speaker after speaker. I know I'm coming to this thread late, but it struck me that the speaker after speaker event must have produced a lot of action plans and results that were demonstrabl

Inviting conversation, work as conversation

To my good friends-- >From my blog this morning: This morning a glimpse that my work is a conversation. It is intercourse between my client and I and other parties involved. It is my living and working in flow and Csikszentmihalyi's Flow is in fact conversation. It is entering into a place betwee

But there it is....

To my dear friends-- Here are some musings from my blog today, about OST: I must confess to you that I am at a loss to describe to you this meeting. We come to it and meet in a way that shares more of us than we ever planned to share, and it makes us whole; it reveals our beauty-individually and

A taster of OST meeting on 1,5 hour

Eva-- In the closing, you might invite people to give one-word responses to what the session has meant to them. That would help keep that part within time frames. :-Doug. Germann Seeking people making community change. * * =

For the people in Katrina's wake....

Hi-- Joelle's poem, , speaks to me to the space in which Katrina survivors find themselves. I think her words may help. May Your Grief Blossom Grief hidden creeps Like mildew under wallpaper, Slips between skin and sinew, Turning the world to gray. Grief honored blossoms Like night-blooming

learning report - OS for 60 teachers in Northern BC Canada (longish)

Wendy-- Wonderful, thoughtful, reflective report. Uplifting. Thanks! Never being one to avoid the tough issues of the day here goes on the microphone cord question: 1. Get a cord twice as long as you think you need. 2. Walk the circle from starting point all the way around clockwise; then turn

Opening Space on the Gulf Coast

Lisa-- It all works. It's all good. However we can help is the best help. Whenever we can help is the best time :-Doug. Who needs to be heard? * * == osl...@listserv.boisestate

Opening Space on the Gulf Coast

Lisa-- Since there will be a bunch of us there Nov 12-14 for OSonOSinUS, it would be a great time for space to be opened in several venues, and probably about the time people will be anxious to get something new going. Maybe we can do something :-Doug.

Opening Space on the Gulf Coast

Harrison-- Thanks for making the promptings audible and visible. I have just sent an e-mail to a friend of mine in Atlanta, and another in Florida, asking if they have such contacts. We shall see. :-Doug. Germann Seeking people making c

New Orleans violence: conversation's role?

John and Pat-- Thank you John and Pat for your kind words. What we do in OST is an example of the kind of conversation, at least in my experience, where persons are brought forth: people are listened into speech, and especially into being really somebody. People who identify themselves by things

New Orleans violence: conversation's role?

Hi friends-- Gangs roaming the streets of New Orleans, people shooting at the helicopters trying to evacuate the Super Dome: this is something directly out of a disaster movie. People are becoming angry, but some are also violent. Then there are stories of overwhelming sharing and caring and sacri

Inviting Topics for helping social agencies work together?

Hi-- A couple days ago I had lunch with a lady who is head of a volunteer center which gets volunteers for all the social service agencies in the county. She said that the major conversation that needs to happen in town is How can we work together better as social agencies? She sees turf wars as p

What do we know new about writing topics?

Hi-- What do we know now about writing topics that we did not know a year ago? What are the live questions we have today about writing topics? :-Doug. Germann Seeking people making community change. * *

OST is jazz...

To our good friends-- OST is jazz to a symphony concert, potluck to a seven course meal, improv to a stage play, stone soup to starvation. Make me some more jazz :-Doug. Germann Seeking people making community change. * * =

Strugglelessness

Judi-- Such lovely words. I am saving them to savor again. Thank you, Judi. :-Doug. Germann Seeking people making community change. * * == osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu --

There is a river flowing now very fast

Kairi-- Fantastic! Thank you, Kairi! Can you tell us where you found it on the Web, please? Thanks! :-Doug. Who needs to be heard? * * == osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu -

There is a river flowing now very fast

Kairi-- Thank you for posting this. Was this poem longer than this? I seem to recall a line about "This is the hour." Or was that perhaps from what someone else read in the closing? Thanks, Kairi! :-Doug. Germann Seeking people making

While any of us yet live...

Kathryn-- << . How can I identify similar people in my community? Ask a question, << host those who come to answer it. I'm starting to feel like a gopher, who << has just popped his head out of his hole and looks around and sees with << some surprise and gratification, that he is not al

While any of us yet live...

Judi-- Well I am looking forward to meeting as many of them as I can. Your conversation with yourself calls to mind a glimpse I wrote this morning in my journal: "Perhaps imagination is just a word for another person, party to your conversation. Even if it is not another person you can dialogue

While any of us yet live...

Patricia-- It looks like you are trying to keep the conversations happening. That is good. We each meet whom we can meet, and keep looking for more meetings, yes? :-Doug. Germann Seeking people making community change.

While any of us yet live...

Raffi-- You are right, there is a note of urgency, deliberately put there. Life is as life is; some things are urgent (get the child out of the burning building), some are not (breathe in and breathe out some more before you answer another); some things are shoulds and musts, some things are open

Halifax--who's up for whale watching Tuesday or Wednesday?

Kerry and Thomas and everyone-- Sorry to take so long. Here is what our research turned up: A. We will be unable to go with Thomas Herrmann's group, since our plane touches down at the same time your boat leaves the dock. B. There are 3 places as follows: 1. Peggy's Cove--3 hour tours $45.00.

While any of us yet live...

Judi, O sparkling one-- Want to ask you the same questions as I asked Kathryn--who were the people who came to your Art of Hosting and Practice of Peace? How do we find them? Where do they congregate? Are they college people? Intellectuals? Religious? Manual laborers? Where is the well of the spar

While any of us yet live...

Kathryn-- This morning I awoke with a realization that conversation is how we awaken. That I got this while awakening is ironic, but it also seems to me profound. Your response prompts me to ask you With whom are you able to converse about such important things? Who are the people who are most en

While any of us yet live...

Kathryn and Judi-- It is s nice to be among a bunch (what's the word for this species? Gaggle?) of poets Very nice, Kathryn. Very nice, Judi. :-Doug. Who needs to be heard? From South Bend, Indiana,

While any of us yet live...

Patricia-- My introduction was born of necessity--I was program chair for a statewide professional organization when our speaker cancelled on short notice. Remembering some weird meeting format someone had mentioned to me where there was no agenda, and having that morning gotten an e-mail from Jud

Halifax--who's up for whale watching Tuesday or Wednesday?

Dear Whale Watchers-- Here is the Whale Watching info we researched to pass on to you: There are 3 day-time 2 1/2hour tours. 10:30 to 1; 1:30 to 4; 4:30 to 7. Cost for Adults is $32.95, Seniors (65+) $30.95. I presume this is Canadian Dollars. There is a Canteen on board for snacks and they hav

While any of us yet live...

To our good friends-- We need to figure out some way to promote conversations. The conversations ought to be about the importance of conversation and dialogue, about consciously getting together. It is not just that this is what interests me; it is because this notion of making evolution conscious

Wind or "Ol Fossil fuel?"

Harrison-- Poetry, pure poetry! :-Doug. Germann * * == osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu -- To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisesta

Halifax: Advice for new international travelers

Kate, Joelle, Harrison, and Erich--and all-- Thank you for your wise advice. We shall certainly follow it all to OSonOS. We are looking forward to meeting you all there. Are there any questions I should be asking? :-Doug. Germann Who ne

Halifax--who's up for whale watching Tuesday or Wednesday?

Hi-- Who is up for whale watching Tuesday evening or Wednesday morning, August 2 or 3? :-Doug. Germann Who needs to be heard? * * == osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu

Halifax: Advice for new international travelers

Jennifer, Masud, Judi, Alan and Kerry-- Thank you all for the sage advice. It will give us a couple more things to do before we leave, but hopefully make it a more enjoyable and worry-free time. Any other advice anybody has for the neophyte travelers? :-Doug. German

Halifax: Advice for new international travelers

Hi-- Going to Halifax from the US is my first time traveling internationally in many years. What advice do you offer to such a one as I? Currency: Is it best to convert money at my home bank, at the airport, at a bank in Halifax, or just rely on merchants and vendors to properly convert my US Dol

Reflections at 100--# 26

Masud-- OK, I am really lost now. Forgive me for being so dense, but what do those various versions have to do with "Doubting Thomas?" Who is the one who is doubting, and what are they doubting? Or maybe more appropriately, what am I missing? :-Doug.

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