Re: AW: 2108 -- Remember the Number-more questions by Birgitt

2003-06-17 Thread Pannwitz, Michael M
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Re: AW: 2108 -- Remember the Number

2003-06-15 Thread Birgitt Williams
Carolina USA Phone: 919-522-7750 Fax: 919-870-6599 -Original Message- From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu]On Behalf Of Harrison Owen Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 4:17 PM To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Subject: Re: AW: 2108 -- Remember the Number A

Re: AW: 2108 -- Remember the Number

2003-06-13 Thread Mick Walsh
bject: Re: AW: 2108 -- Remember the Number Dear Harrison and Michael, Thank you both for taking the time to respond so carefully. Although large OST events are not unusual, you have certainly done the largest and I think the only example of such a large one in only one day rather than a mult

Re: AW: 2108 -- Remember the Number

2003-06-12 Thread Erich Kolenaty
Hi Birgitt, Harrison und Michael, I want to share some reflections I wrote these days, which are very close to your questions and add maybe 2 Eurocents more. The Würzburg OS day proved what he had to: OS works with 2100 people. At least if you reduce the carriage of your march. It proved that

Re: AW: 2108 -- Remember the Number

2003-06-12 Thread Harrison Owen
At 08:01 PM 6/12/2003 +0200, you wrote: It seems to me that 500, 1000 or 2000 people are simple different social aggregats (seen under the view of a participative approach). There are many experiences working with 500 or so, but not too many with 1000 (I can only remember one in Germany) and n

Re: AW: 2108 -- Remember the Number

2003-06-12 Thread Harrison Owen
At 01:20 PM 6/12/2003 -0400, Birgitt Williams wrote: Your responses generated further questions and comments within me. I guess they did! 1. I was interested in both of you commenting that announcing the topics was an integral part of OST for you and that this was not on your list of "one m

Re: AW: 2108 -- Remember the Number

2003-06-12 Thread Birgitt Williams
onsultancy: Po Box 19373, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA 27619 Raleigh, North Carolina USA Phone: 919-522-7750 Fax: 919-870-6599 -Original Message- From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu]On Behalf Of Harrison Owen Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 9:16 AM To: osl...@listserv

Re: AW: 2108 -- Remember the Number

2003-06-12 Thread Pannwitz, Michael M
Dear Birgitt, the questions that you brought to Harrison and me are a welcome invitation to revisit the event. My reactions, quickly: On Wed, 11 Jun 2003 22:09:07 -0400, Birgitt Williams wrote: . >1. The next time, would you have had participants announce their topics or >would you have left the a

Re: AW: 2108 -- Remember the Number

2003-06-12 Thread Elwin and Joan
Harrison, Wow! Seven great questions and even greater answers. Without edit, this should be an addenda to the next printing of the "Users Guide." As always, I thank you! Elwin Guild = Elwin Guild Future Development International Baltimore __ Do you Yahoo!

Re: AW: 2108 -- Remember the Number

2003-06-12 Thread Harrison Owen
At 10:09 PM 6/11/2003 -0400, Birgitt wrote: The group raised a number of questions that we hope we can do some learning from you about. 1. The next time, would you have had participants announce their topics or would you have left the announcing part out? What happened to the energy when this pa

Re: AW: 2108 -- Remember the Number

2003-06-11 Thread Birgitt Williams
12, 2003 4:30 AM To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Subject: Re: AW: 2108 -- Remember the Number Hi all! Harrison wrote There is never a point to making people uncomfortable. And for sure if the resources (chairs, flip charts etc) are available, certainly they should be used. But as

Re: AW: 2108 -- Remember the Number

2003-05-12 Thread Erich Kolenaty
Hi all! Harrison wrote There is never a point to making people uncomfortable. And for sure if the resources (chairs, flip charts etc) are available, certainly they should be used. But as you noted above -- very little of all that is essential. My questions are always -- What is possible? and Wh

Re: AW: 2108 -- Remember the Number

2003-05-12 Thread Harrison Owen
At 10:30 AM 5/12/2003 +0200, Erich wrote: But we know, that one of the conditions of self-organization is a "nutrient enviroment". And here we come again to the question what is possible and appropriate in a certain context. For sure it would not been appropriate to skip, for example, the cateri

Re: AW: 2108 -- Remember the Number

2003-05-09 Thread Birgitt Williams
Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2003 7:18 PM To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Subject: Re: AW: 2108 -- Remember the Number Dear colleagues, just for the record, it was not a normal car that held everything for "2108" but an oldfashioned Volvo station waggon (that by the way, c

Re: AW: 2108 -- Remember the Number

2003-05-09 Thread Pannwitz, Michael M
Dear colleagues, just for the record, it was not a normal car that held everything for "2108" but an oldfashioned Volvo station waggon (that by the way, crossed the Atlantic twice and travelled up the Pacific Coast of the US to be picked up in Portland while Daniel, Friederike and Sabine and I spe

AW: 2108 -- Remember the Number

2003-05-08 Thread Hoinka/Wicke
Dear Gabriela, I am surprised about myself. Usually I don't participate so much actively in the debates in OS-Lists, but after the Würzburg OS it is different - I feel even more enthusiastic about OS than before. I don't know whether this effect will last longer, I'll see. Being part of the 2108-

Re: AW: 2108 -- Remember the Number

2003-05-08 Thread Harrison Owen
At 10:40 PM 5/8/2003 +0200, Hans-Georg Wicke wrote: Firstly: In Würzburg I have learned that we need nothing more than the circle, the market place, bulletin board... to get an OS working. No chairs, no pinboards, no flipcharts, no report forms, no signs, no break out rooms, no fineliner, no

AW: 2108 -- Remember the Number

2003-05-08 Thread Christiane Hoinka, Hans-Georg Wicke
Dear Birgitt, dear Harrison (nice to meet you virtually again!) together with 10 other wonderful people I was assisting in this extraordinary OS. As an assistant I had the chance to get a lot of (probably additional) impressions, no testimonials, but some stories: In a corner of one of the two bi