Re: A Note from a Young Friend

witness one another. Peace, filiz -Original Message- From: joralt [mailto:jor...@netvision.net.il] Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 11:53 AM To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Subject: Re: A Note from a Young Friend Hello to all I am new in this place. I joined the list after discovering

Re: an interesting meeting in Berlin]

How about this? Could we do, if we had put our energies into it, a similar size and popular OS event in some big city, would that be revolutionary, evolutionary and worth the effort? Playfully, filiz -Original Message- From: Funda Oral [mailto:fundao...@ttnet.net.tr] Sent: Monday

Re: Virgin OSer needs reassurance!

icipants get it; it is more that we make sure the space is open so that everyone gets what they need to get out of this experience. Enjoy! filiz -Original Message- From: Joanna Fletcher [mailto:j...@lionlifecoaching.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 1:50 AM To: osl...@listserv

Re: opening space with very small groups

Esther, thank you for this genuine storytelling! What a joy :) Filiz from a rainy-sunny ıstanbul... -Original Message- From: Communications Esther Matte [mailto:ema...@excellence.ca] Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 3:06 PM To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Subject: Re: opening

opening space with despise

I know that is a weird subject line. This is the question I have today: Have you ever hosted an open space with a group/organization that you despise? If despise is too strong of a word, how about disapprove or dislike? Is it ethical? Is it possible for a facilitator to carry certain position and

Re: "Failure"

In Zen there is a saying "a good situation is a bad situation and a bad situation is a good situation" I have certainly witnessed the wisdom and truth of this sentence many times in my life. Actually experiencing one right this moment... filiz -Original Message- From:

Re: Simultaneous translation at 5-language Open Space event [long]

What a fantastic idea and what a fantastic experiment of human receptivity that would be! I would love to hear the result if any of us dares to open the space in gibberish :-) Playfully, filiz -Original Message- From: Phelim McDermott [mailto:phe...@mac.com] Sent: Saturday, December

FW: World Cafe European Gathering-Dresden 2007

-Original Message- From: Juanita Brown [mailto:juan...@theworldcafe.com] Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 1:39 AM To: AoH List Subject: Fwd: World Cafe European Gathering-Dresden 2007 Hi everyone We just received the notice about the World Cafe European gathering, to be held in Dre

Re: i am hrant, i am armenian

Dink planted seeds of peace and solidarity in our hearts. For sure one march is not enough, there is much more to do on our side. I hope that this will be the start of reconciliation between the peoples of this land. Today we were all Hrant Dink, we were all Armenian. Filiz -Original Me

Re: Request for Ideas

playfully into the conference: at the end of each speech, session, day, the beginning of the day, on the learning wall, etc. Piece back in the middle :-) filiz -Original Message- From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] On Behalf Of Tenneson Woolf Sent: Friday, January 26

open space and theater

re out there to integrate Open Space into theater? We look forward hearing your stories! Thanks! Filiz * * == osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu -- To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the

Re: Compelling video

amazing film by the way... Love from Turkey filiz -Original Message- From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] On Behalf Of Ralph Copleman Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2007 3:36 PM To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Subject: Compelling video Some years back, at an OSonOS in

an invitation to an intergenerational gathering

-affirming present and future, we would like to bring different generations together for an inquiry to the next level of "pioneering for change" and a tenth year celebration of Pioneers of Change. Please see the save the date info below. A more thorough invitation will follow. love and li

AoH in Turkey, 25-28 June 2009

working on to create new sustainable leadership – to share with others and learn how to strengthen them through the art of hosting participatory leadership. For inquiries, contact Filiz Telek at filizatbar...@gmail.com Invitation will follow shortly. I hope some of you can join us. in solidarity

Re: social networking and twitter

I was wondering about it, it popped up in this email list. and I joined the other day. perhaps a little tipping point is happening for twitter?? :) and for many of these tools which are connecting us more and more across the planet. filiz On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 11:44 PM, Viv McWaters wrote

Re: 100% satisfactory shopping!

perhaps self organizing :) filiz On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 8:55 PM, Michael M Pannwitz wrote: > who does the filtering? > mmp > > Esther Ewing wrote: > >> This should have been filtered out, surely? >> >> >> From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisest

Art of Hosting Participatory Leadership in Istanbul, 25-28 June 2009

How do we collectively shape our future and participate in the unfolding of a sustainable world and what kind of leadership is needed to make it happen?”* Please share it as widely as you can. thank you! Filiz Telek On behalf of the hosting team - Maria Skordialou, Sarah Whiteley, Thomas Ufer, Yuliya F

Re: Report on the First Real Time Virtual Collaboration conference

ts to explore virtual ways of collective intelligence! filiz On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 12:36 PM, Holger Nauheimer (Change Facilitation) < hol...@change-facilitation.org> wrote: > We did it! After a two months preparation, our international team hosted > the > first Real Time Virtual F

Re: Latvia

Hi! Once we opened the space with singing at Castle Borl. A friend from Malaysia shared her voice with us. It was powerful... filiz -Original Message- From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] On Behalf Of Harrison Owen Sent: 13 December 2004 13:21 To: osl

How Habitat for Humanity is responding to Tsunami in Asia

ml I am also adding a recent update from our Asia Pacific office below. Thank you for your support to Tsunami survivors. filiz BANGKOK, 5th January 2005: Habitat of Humanity offices in four of the principal countries affected by the devastating earthquake-triggered tsunami in the Indian Oce

Re: How do you live in open space?

ved the gift of OS once again... filiz every day is a good day -Original Message- From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] On Behalf Of Douglas D. Germann, Sr. Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 12:19 AM To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Subject: How do you live in open space?

Re: How do you live in open space?

for all the OS practitioners all over the globe? filiz every day is a good day -Original Message- From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] On Behalf Of Harrison Owen Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 3:30 PM To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Subject: Re: How do you live in

Re: How do you live in open space?

knowledge. filiz every day is a good day From: everett...@aol.com [mailto:everett...@aol.com] Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 5:32 AM To: Filiz Telek; osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Subject: Re: How do you live in open space? In a message dated 1/26/0

Re: Is trust a part of open space?

up…there is no fear of any particular outcome. Well then, my question is, what can an OS facilitator do to bring people to that state if anything at all? Filiz From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] On Behalf Of Jack Ricchiuto Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 5:36 AM To: osl

Re: Survival of the Cooperative

talk about intervention, 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 5:24 PM To

FW: survival of the cooprative - on behalf of Funda

From: funda oral [mailto:fundaoral2...@yahoo.com] Sent: Friday, February 11, 2005 7:05 PM To: Filiz Telek Subject: survival of the cooprative Filiz, would you please send this message to the OSList, it keeps coming back to me. It seems there is a connection problem. thank you

Re: On self-organizing

Harrison, What about the universe as a living system? How can we speculate on the end of it? filiz From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] On Behalf Of Harrison Owen Sent: Monday, February 14, 2005 5:45 PM To: osl

Re: What the Bleep

Don, Synchronicity!!! I was just looking at the movie's web site! Really cool stuff...too bad we have to wait some more in Europe to see this movie... Check out the web site: http://www.whatthebleep.com filiz every day is a good day -Original Message- From: OSLIST [mailt

Re: On self-organizing

ing. Unbroken. One enormous something that has extended its uncountable arms and appendages into all the apparent objects, atoms, restless oceans, and twinkling stars in the cosmos." The Holographic Universe - Michael Talbot (page 48) filiz every day is a good day -Original Message

Re: What is the magic we see?

_Unfolding Meaning_, p. 175 Individual wisdom and collective wisdom interwoven...for me this is simply magic :) but I have to admit, since my only experience with OS was combined with circle, I include the power of circle in this picture... filiz every day is a good day -Original Message- Fr

Re: What is the magic we see?

le into OS. And it just worked magically :) filiz every day is a good day -Original Message- From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] On Behalf Of Douglas D. Germann, Sr. Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 4:20 AM To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Subject: What is the magic

stammtisch in istanbul

2. stammtisch in Istanbul! Join us if you are around! when: 1 May 2006, Monday, 18.30 (6.30 p.m.) where: café limonlu bahce, Yeniçarşı caddesi No:98 Galatasaray from a sunny Istanbul. f i l i z The first principle of true teaching is that nothing can be taught - Sri Aurobindo

ILT: Ring of Power

Apparently there was another "open space" for middle east peace..anyone was involved in it? Filiz Telek Buğday Derneği www.bugday.org tel: +90 212 252 52 55 It's up to us to break the spell that steals the colors from the world and leaves it lifeless- it was our spell, we can

Re: research

open some space for the latter. I am thinking of minorities...or indigenous people...or street children (OS that Peggy Holman did in Colombia) These are significant works...and I can imagine democracy and human rights are two hot topics for academic researchers... filiz every day is a good day

stammtisch in Budapest

Dear all, In Budapest we are meeting today at 7 pm at Kicsi a Vilag tea house. Address is Madach utca 11. Cheers! filiz every day is a good day * * == osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu -- To

Re: inner aggression and the OST facilitator

Thank you once again. Maybe we can host an open space together for Turkish and Armenian people some day. :-) filiz every day is a good day From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] On Behalf Of Raffi Aftandelian Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 9:

Re: Raffi, genocide and OST

s teaching us when everything seems to be dead and then everything is alive. Now I'll count up to twelve and you keep quiet and I'll go. Pablo Neruda, as translated by Stephen Mitchell, "Keeping Quiet" filiz every day is a good day -Original Message- From: OSLIST [

Re: London calling--long reply

s. let's stop for one second and ask ourselves honestly, how our actions or non-actions contribute to the world out there? filiz p.s. I would really appreciate if we keep the sarcasm out of our messages. I think we are here for a dialogue rather than proving each other how 'right&#

Re: Questions for OSonOS

I would love to explore that... looking forward to Halifax! Filiz Brian S Bainbridge wrote: Dear Chris Great and real questions. I hope I'll be allowed to be at both those sessions as well. For me, one of the nagging questions is to do with exploring how to help/make/encourage develop a no

traveling to Halifax

Yarmouth. Thanks! Filiz - Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page * * == osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu -- To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your

Re: Greetings from Estonia to Halifax OSonOS

be in touch with you soon... cheers! Filiz Mikk Sarv wrote: Dear friends of openness throughout world! Best wishes for fruitful discussions during XIIIth OSonOS in Halifax! Nobody from Estonia can't participate this time, but we expect to be present next times. Harrison Owen's Open S

OSonOS photos

what happened during the 13th OSonOS... http://www.openspacehalifax.ca/day1photos/ (there are 5 pages, don't miss the arrow on the top) and definitely watch that space for the rest of the photos. congratulations and thanks to our photograph

Re: SpaceInvaders

these practices helps me to get the ego out of the way when I participate in a group process...I try at least :) filiz Chris Corrigan wrote: Primarily the problem is with the label that sticks to the person and not the situation. So I'd be less inclined to rename the "space in

Re: powerful poem! help me understand it.

don't work for improving life conditions, to create a more just division of earth's resources...my question is how do we do it without imposing a particular worldview and 'what we think is good', with total humility and keeping the space open? thanks for your question John! fi

Re: There is a river flowing now very fast

Hi Doug, the full version of the poem, as I found in the web: Message from the Hopi Elders You have been telling the people that this is the Eleventh Hour. Now you must go back and tell people that THIS is the hour. And there are things to be considered: Where are you living? What a

Re: There is a river flowing now very fast

Doug, when you search for 'message from Hopi elders' in any search engine, many web pages come up containing this poem... filiz "Douglas D. Germann, Sr." <76066@compuserve.com> wrote: Kairi-- Fantastic! Thank you, Kairi! Can you tell us where you found it o

Re: Open Space - a minimum?

is the most powerful empowerment medicine I've ever seen...:) filiz "Pannwitz, Michael M" wrote: Dear Funda, I live in a rich city: Berlin. My colleagues and I have facilitated about 300 os-events since 1996 in this city alone. The dark sides of this city have in that same

Re: Open Space - a minimum?

ivate certain actions, chemicals, interactions to happen in the body. but eventually the body heals itself...what a fascinating thought! filiz Funda Oral wrote: First i want to say that i am very grateful to have met you on this list, being able to read about your stories...and i agree with mo

Re: West-Eastern Divan Orchestra in Ramallah

practice of peace because I also dream to have one in Turkey one day :) filiz --- "Pannwitz, Michael M" wrote: > Dear colleagues, > I was not there, just watched in on Television, > the performance of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra > in Ramallah last > Sunday. > So

Re: Animals in the open space

during one of the closing circles here at the Shire, a common night hawk circled above us for quite a while...we had gathered around the fire and it felt like our circle was blessed by the hawk, very magical! :) filiz Chris Corrigan wrote: I have actually had many experiences of real life

Re: happy cycle ~ grief cycle upside down ?

overwhelming sensation... filiz Marei Kiele wrote: Dear Lisa, Shay and Joelle, thank you so much for your mindful and heartfelt messages. They helped me ground again ~ give myself time ~ and breathe. I got one other answer off-list and after reading what Diane wrote about natural and

openspaceworld.org updated

post funding requests for community projects... thanks to those who created this wonderful space! :) filiz f i l i z www.barakam.blogspot.com Approach love and cooking with reckless abundance - Yahoo! Shopping Find Great

goal or tool

greetings from Istanbul! I have been wondering for a while...acknowledging OS is a way of life, in your professional life, is it a goal or a tool for you? and do you think OS is the only solution there is there to offer? cheeky smiles, filiz

Re: goal or tool

rainy Istanbul, filiz - Original Message - From: "Michael Herman" To: Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 5:06 PM Subject: Re: goal or tool hi filiz, for me open space is neither a goal nor a tool. it's a practice, or practices. it's something(s) i do, and pay attenti

YNT: Poetry Celebration and Contest

Joelle, I tried to send you a message with my sticky dots but my message couldn't be delivered to your address.permanent error it says.can you help?? Sunshine from Istanbul filiz _ Kimden: Joelle Lyons Everett [mailto:jleshel...@aol.com] Tarih: Thursday, February 02, 2006 01:20

YNT: Opening Space in some different ways

veryone in the same box... Filiz -Özgün İleti- Kimden: Harrison Owen [mailto:hho...@verizon.net] Tarih: Monday, February 20, 2006 15:33 Kime: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Konu: Opening Space in some different ways A Muslim friend of mine from India sent me the following. Those of you w

YNT: YNT: Opening Space in some different ways

I think it was the tone of the text, Tree, that alarmed my filters. "you muslims" (or you Christian, or you Americans would do the same for me) is somewhat alarming to my ears, whether it is a parable or political statement. filiz _ Kimden: Tree Fitzpatrick [mailto:theres

YNT: A Quiet Time

This is wonderful Paul, thank you! It's inspiring to think about touching as being in the present together. f i l i z approach love and cooking with reckless abundance! www.barakam.blogspot.com www.bugday.org _ Kimden: evere

first stammtisch in Turkey

Dear friends, So we join the caravan here in Istanbul and we will meet tomorrow at 19.00 (7 pm) at Gloria Jeans Café at Bahariye Kadikoy for our first stammtisch! If any of you are in Istanbul, why don’t you stop by? Cheers! f i l i z approach love and cooking with reckless abundance!

whatever one says,people do whatever they want to do anyway

This is the newest principle for OS that Funda and I are proposing.after our experience in OS yesterday :-) Ok, just around the days when we have been contemplating on "whatever happens is the only thing that could have", I will share with you a brief reflection on this open space we experienced,

Re: whatever one says, people do whatever they want to do anyway

abundance! <http://www.barakam.blogspot.com/> www.barakam.blogspot.com <http://www.bugday.org/> www.bugday.org _ Kimden: Lisa Heft [mailto:lisah...@openingspace.net] Tarih: Monday, March 06, 2006 19:15 Kime: 'Filiz Telek'; 'Maria Scordialos'; 'Sarah Whi

YNT: Longest OS Event?

The first and longest one I've been to was about 6 days.it was in Slovenia at magical Castle Borl, at "open space learning village". But that wasn't really about planning or problem solving, OS was the framework in which we lived and learned together. And not to forget that we took a day off in the

for Birgitt Williams

Birgitt, I have been trying to send you the following message, it kept bouncing back.sorry for the delay. Thanks again! Filiz Telek Buğday Derneği www.bugday.org tel: +90 212 252 52 55 "life is transformation" _ Kimden: Filiz Telek [mailto:fi...@bugday.org] Tarih: Tues