from OS Institute (US) board

2002-03-04 Thread john engle
Dear Colleagues, We would like to invite the larger OS community into a discussion. We also encourage those interested in implementing ideas that emerge from the discussion to come forth. Following the membership renewal letter recently sent by the Open Space Institute (US) to its members, sever

Re: from OS Institute (US) board

2002-03-04 Thread Michael Herman
some thoughts... 1) What do you all think about these ideas? i'm not sure that open space suffers for lack of a central database. the stories are certainly available on the list and on the websites of many practitioners. and also by posting a request for stories here on the list. my guess is

Re: from OS Institute (US) board

2002-03-04 Thread Michael M Pannwitz
Dear John, dear other board members, I like the idea of a database of events. If you take a look at my website, there is a list of events (Veranstaltungen) from 1996 (when I began to facilitate os-events) till today listed chronologically with information to: date, length in days, sponsor, title, l

Re: from OS Institute (US) board

2002-03-04 Thread Ralph Copleman
Hi all, My responses/reactions to Kerry's comments and the OSI board's request... > > 1) Open Space, as a process, lacks a universal database of events and its > credibility suffers accordingly. I have no evidence of suffering credibility. Can Kerry or someone say more about this? If we did hav

Re: from OS Institute (US) board

2002-03-04 Thread Esther .
I feel that the kind of structure we need will happen if it's truly necessary but I do not think that we should maintain a database. I, certainly, have more important things to do as, I am sure, do the board. And I agree with Ralph that we all sit in the same circle. Also, some of my clients woul

Re: from OS Institute (US) board

2002-03-04 Thread Michael Herman
some more notes... first i just want to be clear that www.openspaceworld.org is *not* michael herman's website, though i understand how there could be some confusion about that. suffice it to say that michael herman speaks only one language, and that one not so good sometimes. also, that www.mic

Re: from OS Institute (US) board

2002-03-04 Thread Michael Herman
a call for major ost resource depots... if you have a major section of your website devoted to offering resources for ost practitioners, whether those resources be stories, articles, training tools or whatever... something beyond one-few pages that merely describe and offer your open space service

Re: from OS Institute (US) board

2002-03-05 Thread Elena A. Marchuk
.Weber, so you can count on me in some Russian materials as well elena - Original Message - From: "Michael Herman" To: Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 11:25 AM Subject: Re: from OS Institute (US) board > a call for major ost resource depots... > > if you have a major se

Re: from OS Institute (US) board

2002-03-05 Thread Chris Corrigan
I'm not inclined to add much more to what has been said, but I want to state my thoughts on a couple of points: > > > 1) Open Space, as a process, lacks a universal database of events and its > credibility suffers accordingly. > I disagree here. OST lives and dies by how effective it is on the g

Re: from OS Institute (US) board

2002-03-05 Thread Michael M Pannwitz
Dear Michael Herrmann, here is the direct link to the os-section of my website: http://www.michaelmpannwitz.de/openspace.htm The open space section includes a complete set of working materials to facilitate an open space; books, videos, CDs that can be ordered online from me; a list of literature

Re: from OS Institute (US) board

2002-03-05 Thread Joelle Lyons Everett
I'm with Chris on the subject of designating OS practitioners as Masters. It seems to me that integrity and rapport are more important in the choice of a facilitator for a particular project than number of meetings previously facilitated. Plus, you set yourself up for the old question of whether

Re: from OS Institute (US) board

2002-03-05 Thread Mark R. Jones
Original Message- From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu]On Behalf Of Joelle Lyons Everett Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 3:57 PM To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Subject: Re: from OS Institute (US) board I'm with Chris on the subject of designating OS practitioners as Mas

Re: from OS Institute (US) board

2002-03-05 Thread Esther .
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2002-03-06 Thread kerry napuk
Dear List When I introduce the Process to groups, I say there have been more than 40,000 events in over 50 countries. I don't know if there is any evidence for this statement, but it makes people feel better to know there is a proven approach. It may be easier to suggest OST in North America, b

Re: from OS Institute (US) board

2002-03-06 Thread Michael M Pannwitz
Dear Kerry, first few times I introduced groups to ost I would tell them "open space always works" (and give some examples I had read up on). With more practice, I told groups that I used to say "open space always works because this guy ho had this written down in a manual but that now I know from

Re: from OS Institute (US) board

2002-03-06 Thread Chris Corrigan
Hi Kerry: kerry napuk wrote: > Dear List > > When I introduce the Process to groups, I say there have been more > than 40,000 events in over 50 countries. I don't know if there is > any evidence for this statement, but it makes people feel better to > know there is a proven approach. > I too of