Re: Circles and Tables

1999-03-14 Thread Esther Ewing
osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Subject: Circles and Tables Dear Friends, I wonder how we are measuring the success of our open space gatherings. What or who is "violated" by the use of a table in the center during the opening? How dow we even get to apply a word like "violated" to wha

Re: Circles and Tables

1999-03-11 Thread Parkinson & Gibeault
Hi Ralph, I find that people who are uncomfortable to get on the floor to write their topice often bring the sheet to their seat and write from there. Even if the table isn't obstucting the view as Larry suggested, it does symbolize that thing that creates distance in meetings. My preference is t

Circles and Tables

1999-03-10 Thread ralphsc
Dear Friends, I wonder how we are measuring the success of our open space gatherings. What or who is "violated" by the use of a table in the center during the opening? How dow we even get to apply a word like "violated" to what we're doing when decide to use a table or not? Are we perhaps thinki