[OSList] Chris Weaver

2017-09-22 Thread Raffi Aftandelian via OSList
Friends, ´I, too, am sharing in this shock and sadness on the news of Chris´ death.  I had the good fortune of being with him at two Genuine Contact workshops (maybe more), in 2004 and in 2014, if I´m not mistaken, in North Carolina. His warmth, gentleness, humor, and wisdom touched me deeply,

[OSList] Hilton Foundation Accepting Nominations for Humanitarian Prize

2017-09-16 Thread Raffi Aftandelian via OSList
friends,perhaps you have someone in mind??? Hilton Foundation Accepting Nominations for Humanitarian Prize SEPTEMBER 12, 2017Deadline: October 18, 2017 | | | | | Facebook | | | 0 | | | | | Twitter | | | | | | | LinkedIn | | | 0 | | | | | Google | | | | | |

[OSList] on context [was Open Space in Charlottesville]

2017-09-07 Thread Raffi Aftandelian via OSList
Hi Lucas, hi all! I´ve been following this conversation with interest and my curiousity is taking me in a different direction, hence a changed subject line- ¨On context.¨ First off, hats off to you, Lucas, for initiating these conversations. Much needed! One question that comes up for me when

[OSList] testing

2017-06-30 Thread Raffi Aftandelian via OSList
I was wondering if all was ok with the list as when I look at the archives here http://lists.openspacetech.org/pipermail/oslist-openspacetech.org/2017-June/date.html the volume of messages is much lower than most months... -raffi **What blocks gratitude in this

[OSList] testing

2017-06-28 Thread Raffi Aftandelian via OSList
Just wanted to test to make sure the list is still working... raffi **What blocks gratitude in this moment?___ OSList mailing list To post send emails to OSList@lists.openspacetech.org To unsubscribe send an email to

[OSList] MUST READS for a facilitator

2017-02-26 Thread Raffi Aftandelian via OSList
 Agnieszka, I don´t know if this counts as a must (listen), but I really like the 5 CD set ¨Understanding Open Space¨ from an OST training conducted back in the late twentieth century. I think it is still available through OSI US. salam from San Diego,raffi**What is one thing you are

Re: [OSList] free facilitation books?

2017-01-23 Thread Raffi Aftandelian via OSList
Friends,Thanks for your interest in the books.And, I sent out the box this morning to the first person who responded. I'm grateful that the books will have a new home and will have a new life!  appreciatively,Raffi**What is one thing you are grateful for?

[OSList] free facilitation books?

2017-01-22 Thread Raffi Aftandelian via OSList
friends,  I'm making the books available as a whole package. I estimate that it'll cost $8 (in the US) plus the cost of the box. If you're willing to pay the cost of postage, they're yours. The Change Handbook Homan, Devane, Cady Leadership Is Harrison Owen Spirit:Transformation and Development

Re: [OSList] peggy holman for prez

2016-10-30 Thread Raffi Aftandelian via OSList
yes, peggy-jan, i would imagine you wouldn't know what to say to this-- This is the way i've been voting for most of my adult life. And it's the only way i've figured out how to vote where i can stand in my integrity. Thanks for responding! warmly,raffi **What is one thing you are

[OSList] peggy holman for prez!

2016-10-27 Thread Raffi Aftandelian via OSList
This may seem a little random, if so- no harm in moving right along :) Most years I usually write in the name of a spaceholder whose work I really respect for US president...it may seem a waste of a vote, but it's the best thing i figure I can do to take part in this exercise while standing in

[OSList] Renewing the Mission of the Open Space Institute U.S.

2016-07-21 Thread Raffi Aftandelian via OSList
wow, i'm delighted and entranced by this conversation,enjoying all the questions-- especially the question put forth by paul and birgitt! i'd love to sit in a session where we answered these questions and came up with better ones. in gratitude,raffi **What is one thing you are

[OSList] why offer an ost training [was Open Space Technology training, June 2-3, 2016 in Vancouver, Canada]

2016-01-28 Thread Raffi Aftandelian via OSList
  chrisjan and all marshl! Thanks so much for your responses, chris and  miguel. Chris, I very much appreciate you taking the time to explain where you are coming from. This all intrigues me more and makes me more interested in the AoH, which I hope to take some day. much warmth from Port

[OSList] why offer an ost training [was Open Space Technology training, June 2-3, 2016 in Vancouver, Canada]

2016-01-27 Thread Raffi Aftandelian via OSList
Chris,this sounds like a fascinating offering!  I'd love to make it some day to one of your trainings. And I will. I'm curious about one thing-- It looks like - in the past, at least- you have tended to offer Art of Hosting workshops or to offer them far more than an OST workshop. And so, I'm

[OSList] lecturing on OST???

2016-01-21 Thread Raffi Aftandelian via OSList
barry, chris-jan, and all- marshl! thanks so much for your suggestions-- i like the circle-lecture idea... and koos- you're right-- perhaps it's worth it to try unpacking the assumptions... we'll see what happens! much warmth,raffi p.s. it looks like i may have blown up the oslist again...i see

[OSList] lecturing on OST???

2016-01-20 Thread Raffi Aftandelian via OSList
spacenik friends- So, a friend would like to invite me to do an OST for her cultural organization. She senses, though, that before really offering to do an OST for them that they'd really feel more comfortable with me if I were to give a lecture on OST, presumably with Q This organization

[OSList] OS Hotline - TODAY! Tues Jan5th @12PM EST/UTC-5 :)

2016-01-05 Thread Raffi Aftandelian via OSList
 thanks to all for today's call! quite stimulating and friendly and yummy-challengingit was like a WOSonOS session...maybe WOSonOS never ends??? a bow to the minds and hearts on the call!salam from Port Khomeini, West Tabarestan. and special thanks to tricia for keeping this going.  raffi p.s. i

[OSList] happy bday harrison

2015-12-02 Thread Raffi Aftandelian via OSList
harrisonjan marshl! happy bday to you! or с днюшкой or تولدت مبارک! thanks for all the yummies, as it were! won't be able to join via qiqochat...but a hearty salam to all! wormly,raffi **There is a societal ill that Pindostani civilization is loath to acknowledge. It is far more

[OSList] florian fischer has passed away

2015-11-01 Thread Raffi Aftandelian via OSList
My goodness! So unexpected! I remember meeting him in a training led by Marv and Sandra in 2003 in Potsdam, if I'm not mistaken. I was taken by his playfulness and poetry. And I remember thinking, "Gosh, I'd love to have that sense of lightness, open-heartedness, presence, and play when I'm his

[OSList] open space meditation??

2015-10-19 Thread Raffi Aftandelian via OSList
friends, thought you might it of interest--I've been checking out Recollective Awareness Practice in the past year or so and just completed a retreat in this form of Buddhist meditation. I think os-niks might like to know that this is form of meditation is the closest thing to Open Space I've

[OSList] examples of facilitation used by government??

2015-09-16 Thread Raffi Aftandelian via OSList
friends,  A Moscow colleague is planning on giving a training quite soon for municipal leaders. She'd like to cite examples of the application of facilitation approaches at local, municipal, and regional levels around the world (including in Russia). Do you know of any written materials that

[OSList] Отв: workshop: Why I'm no longer promoting participative meetings

2015-02-27 Thread Raffi Aftandelian via OSList
, check out his blog! Smiles Bhav... On 25 February 2015 at 07:56, Raffi Aftandelian via OSList oslist@lists.openspacetech.org wrote: friends,this online workshop may be of interest! an intriguing reframing! raffi Пересылаемое сообщение От кого: Birgitt Williams birg

[OSList] Отв: workshop: Why I'm no longer promoting participative meetings

2015-02-27 Thread Raffi Aftandelian via OSList
, check out his blog! Smiles Bhav... On 25 February 2015 at 07:56, Raffi Aftandelian via OSList oslist@lists.openspacetech.org wrote: friends,this online workshop may be of interest! an intriguing reframing! raffi Пересылаемое сообщение От кого: Birgitt Williams birg

[OSList] Отв: workshop: Why I'm no longer promoting participative meetings

2015-02-27 Thread Raffi Aftandelian via OSList
, check out his blog! Smiles Bhav... On 25 February 2015 at 07:56, Raffi Aftandelian via OSList oslist@lists.openspacetech.org wrote: friends,this online workshop may be of interest! an intriguing reframing! raffi Пересылаемое сообщение От кого: Birgitt Williams birg

[OSList] workshop: Why I'm no longer promoting participative meetings

2015-02-24 Thread Raffi Aftandelian via OSList
friends,this online workshop may be of interest! an intriguing reframing! raffi Пересылаемое сообщение От кого: Birgitt Williams birg...@dalarinternational.com Кому: Raffi *|LNAME|* ra...@bk.ru Дата: Вторник, 24 февраля 2015, 2:40 UTC Тема: Why I'm no longer promoting

[OSList] workshop: Why I'm no longer promoting participative meetings

2015-02-24 Thread Raffi Aftandelian via OSList
friends,this online workshop may be of interest! an intriguing reframing! raffi Пересылаемое сообщение От кого: Birgitt Williams birg...@dalarinternational.com Кому: Raffi *|LNAME|* ra...@bk.ru Дата: Вторник, 24 февраля 2015, 2:40 UTC Тема: Why I'm no longer promoting

[OSList] workshop: Why I'm no longer promoting participative meetings

2015-02-24 Thread Raffi Aftandelian via OSList
friends,this online workshop may be of interest! an intriguing reframing! raffi Пересылаемое сообщение От кого: Birgitt Williams birg...@dalarinternational.com Кому: Raffi *|LNAME|* ra...@bk.ru Дата: Вторник, 24 февраля 2015, 2:40 UTC Тема: Why I'm no longer promoting

[OSList] peggy's talk

2015-02-19 Thread Raffi Aftandelian via OSList
suzannejan  marshl! greetings fellow spacenicks! thanks, suzanne, for turning us on to the talk Peggy gave recently. this is a shot in the dark...If anyone has figured out how to turn the talk into an mp3, give me a heads up!I'd love to listen to it... thanks,raffi On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 4:12

[OSList] peggy's talk

2015-02-19 Thread Raffi Aftandelian via OSList
suzannejan  marshl! greetings fellow spacenicks! thanks, suzanne, for turning us on to the talk Peggy gave recently. this is a shot in the dark...If anyone has figured out how to turn the talk into an mp3, give me a heads up!I'd love to listen to it... thanks,raffi On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 4:12

[OSList] peggy's talk

2015-02-19 Thread Raffi Aftandelian via OSList
suzannejan  marshl! greetings fellow spacenicks! thanks, suzanne, for turning us on to the talk Peggy gave recently. this is a shot in the dark...If anyone has figured out how to turn the talk into an mp3, give me a heads up!I'd love to listen to it... thanks,raffi On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 4:12

[OSList] Time No Longer?

2015-02-12 Thread Raffi Aftandelian via OSList
Hi spaceniks- I'm curious if anyone has read Patrick Smith's Time No Longer: Americans after the American Century. I think it is a very important book. And I'd love to hear people's thoughts of it; I think the book is especially interesting if we recall Harrison's thoughts on story and myth in

[OSList] Time No Longer?

2015-02-12 Thread Raffi Aftandelian via OSList
Hi spaceniks- I'm curious if anyone has read Patrick Smith's Time No Longer: Americans after the American Century. I think it is a very important book. And I'd love to hear people's thoughts of it; I think the book is especially interesting if we recall Harrison's thoughts on story and myth in

[OSList] Time No Longer?

2015-02-12 Thread Raffi Aftandelian via OSList
Hi spaceniks- I'm curious if anyone has read Patrick Smith's Time No Longer: Americans after the American Century. I think it is a very important book. And I'd love to hear people's thoughts of it; I think the book is especially interesting if we recall Harrison's thoughts on story and myth in

[OSList] wosonos2015

2014-09-27 Thread Raffi Aftandelian via OSList
ditto what chris said. as a co-org'r of a previous wosonos (in another slavic country) happy to share my experience- the good, the differently good, and the quite differently good- aspects of organizing such an event. laramtsa, raffi ** I am the culturally White middle class

[OSList] wosonos2015

2014-09-27 Thread Raffi Aftandelian via OSList
ditto what chris said. as a co-org'r of a previous wosonos (in another slavic country) happy to share my experience- the good, the differently good, and the quite differently good- aspects of organizing such an event. laramtsa, raffi ** I am the culturally White middle class

[OSList] wosonos2015

2014-09-27 Thread Raffi Aftandelian via OSList
ditto what chris said. as a co-org'r of a previous wosonos (in another slavic country) happy to share my experience- the good, the differently good, and the quite differently good- aspects of organizing such an event. laramtsa, raffi ** I am the culturally White middle class