Word from a US soldier

2005-02-04 Thread Spady's
We recently received this message from a friend, fighting in Iraq. I thought that it might be of interest for everyone to hear things from a young soldier's perspective. If you think about it, we truly are "opening the space" for the Iraqi people to live in peace. Judy Spady ---O

Re: Word from a US soldier

2005-02-08 Thread Spady's
: who decides about that? who accepts? You just do your best to make what your doing worth the cause..: is it really the best that can be done??? these Iraqi citizens appreciate it.: ? people are getting hurt and dying.: !!! who can jus

Re: Word from a US soldier

2005-02-08 Thread Spady's
Shay, Thanks for your reply. I'm fully aware that many will disagree with me on this subject and that's okay. I agree with you that force was used to open the space which is obviously not an OST principle (but I don't think that means that the space can't be 're-opened'). I disagree that it sta

Re: Survival of the Cooperative

2005-02-10 Thread Spady's
Funda writes: "a long term democracy (at least freedom of expression for everybody) can not be created by force." The big question I have for you to think about is...Who has force been used against in the Iraq war? It isn't the people who are trying to build the democratic society. The U.S. a

Re: Survival of the Cooperative

2005-02-10 Thread Spady's
let us talk about constructive and participative intervention, not a destructive one. filiz -- From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] On Behalf Of Spady's Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2005 5:2

Re: Survival of the Cooperative

2005-02-10 Thread Spady's
st. And, we have to refrain from verbal tricks if we want this list to be the global open space where we can handle complexity together. I might be wrong. Agneta Setterwall, Sweden Spady's wrote: Funda writes: "a long term democracy (at least freedom of expression for

Re: Survival of the Cooperative

2005-02-10 Thread Spady's
rain from verbal tricks if we want this list to be the global open space where we can handle complexity together. I might be wrong. Agneta Setterwall, Sweden Spady's wrote: Funda writes: "a long term democracy (at least freedom of expression for everybody) can not be c

Re: Survival of the Cooperative

2005-02-10 Thread Spady's
so frightened by terrorism and by fundamentalism of all kinds. All kinds. We donĀ“t have to agree at all on this list. And, we have to refrain from verbal tricks if we want this list to be the global open space where we can handle complexity together. I might be wrong. Agneta Setterw

Re: Word from a US soldier

2005-02-11 Thread Spady's
Chris, Thanks for all of your insights and great discussions!! Good food for thought. I, too, agree that this soldier's note is a very small piece of the whole puzzle...BUT..I, personally, still conclude (not based solely on his email but on many other learned factors) that Iraq is a mor

Re: Word from a US soldier

2005-02-11 Thread Spady's
To emphasize that it is a fact, not just my opinion. - Original Message - From: Esther Ewing To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Sent: Friday, February 11, 2005 1:26 PM Subject: Re: Word from a US soldier Judy: Why did you put "fact" in quotes? Chris, Thanks for al

Re: Word from a US soldier

2005-02-11 Thread Spady's
Okay...so.I'm still waiting to hear why it's not a fact. Once again, I have never said that my views are more or less valid than any other. That's why I clarified the items that were my personal opinion from those of fact. I don't get it

Quick Question

2005-03-08 Thread Spady's
Is the name "Open Space Technology" a Registered Trademark? I don't see it listed that way on any of the websites but I just wanted to be sure for publication purposes. Thanks, Judy Spady * * == osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu -

Re: Quick Question

2005-03-08 Thread Spady's
ves/oslist.html -Original Message- From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] On Behalf Of Spady's Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 1:09 PM To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Subject: Quick Question Is the name "Open Space Technology" a Registered Trad

Re: elevator speech

2005-03-09 Thread Spady's
MessageRobin, I, too, am interested in some advice on how to briefly explain OS to clients...especially in writing. Thank you so much for sharing this blurb that you wrote. It's great! :-) I do find something a bit confusing though. You state: "Open Space meeting is highly structured throug

Re: elevator speech

2005-03-22 Thread Spady's
Awesome, Lisathanks for sharing! As a newbie, this is the "good stuff". Judy Spady - Original Message - From: "Lisa Heft" To: Sent: Monday, March 21, 2005 3:09 PM Subject: Re: elevator speech Hi, I'm late to this discussion, but: Here's my 'elevator speech' -- Open Space T

Re: Sexual harassment topic

2005-04-07 Thread Spady's
I agree with Ralph (but in a different way than Esther did). I think what Ralph is trying to say is be extremely careful with this one (in the US anyhow). Sexual Harassment in organizations is something that the company has to acknowledge and portray an image of the caring, concerned body.BU

Re: Learning to expand our NOW

2005-04-22 Thread Spady's
Okay, I have to pipe in a bit on this one... Masud, I find it extremely ironic that the posting you made to Therese implies that she was being judgmental and then in this post you instantly jump to conclusions and "judge" her...h... IMHO you cannot factually conclude that her lack of respo

Re: Learning to expand our NOW

2005-04-25 Thread Spady's
Masud, Sorry for the delay in my response. I am responding to your question below because I want to apologize to you and to the list (in case others did not understand as well) for using a description that is obviously not universal. "Baited response" refers to a situation where the person asking

Fw: FW: Buzzards, Bats, and Bumblebees

2005-06-06 Thread Spady's
Sort of an interesting perspective about space that "seems" open, but really isn't. Sorry if this offends anyone in regards to the religious connotation. Judy Spady - Original Message - From: "Huntmac" To: "Janet Rammage" ; "Teresa Newman" ; ; "Robert Malesich" ; "Marla" ; "Judy" ; ; "A

Re: FW: Buzzards, Bats, and Bumblebees

2005-06-06 Thread Spady's
archives Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html -Original Message- From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] On Behalf Of Spady's Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 12:30 PM To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Subject: Fw: FW: Buzzards, Bats, and Bumblebees So

Re: FW: Buzzards, Bats, and Bumblebees

2005-06-06 Thread Spady's
ves Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html -Original Message- From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] On Behalf Of Spady's Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 5:08 PM To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Subject: Re: FW: Buzzards, Bats, and Bumblebees I think y

Re: FW: Buzzards, Bats, and Bumblebees

2005-06-07 Thread Spady's
t: Re: FW: Buzzards, Bats, and Bumblebees -Original Message- From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] On Behalf Of Spady's Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 12:30 PM To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Subject: Fw: FW: Buzzards, Bats, and Bumblebees > BAT > > The ordinary