Re: world osonos?

2010-05-19 Thread doug
Lisa-- What a manifesto! I have added it to my list of favorite quotes! Thank you, Lisa! The manifesto of open space :- Doug. On Tue, 2010-05-18 at 20:29 -0700, Lisa Heft wrote: > So mostly, I welcome you to speak for yourselves, to say "I", to stand > up and say wh

Re: world osonos?

2010-05-19 Thread Eric M. Kapono
~Eric 808.989.5347 (c) Sent from my blackberry -Original Message- From: Lisa Heft Date: Tue, 18 May 2010 20:29:18 To: Subject: Re: world osonos? A bit of fact: The Access Queen project is not a money fund. There are some dollars, but not a lot, not travel money or anythin

Re: world osonos?

2010-05-19 Thread Michael Herman
ies we have about osonos and yearlong planning, local planning teams, and mysterious decision-making about rotations and such, coupled with stories about the importance of having one big event -- all gets in the way of a more open and emergent process of inviting and convening and reporting. i c

Re: world osonos?

2010-05-18 Thread Michael Herman
how will the elders ever be able to disappear, raffi, if we keep trying to herd them altogether once a year? and since when did this community run on elders?wouldn't it be wonderful if elder, to the extent the distinction survives, becomes a local phenomenon. and no, i don't think that it's a

Re: world osonos?

2010-05-18 Thread Lisa Heft
A bit of fact: The Access Queen project is not a money fund. There are some dollars, but not a lot, not travel money or anything but instead, lots of work person to person, connecting people to resources - and Askers to Givers - and dreams to words, intentions and deeds. It is helping the H

world osonos?

2010-05-18 Thread Michael Herman
thanks to all for various reports and reflections and questions. i guess i'll wade in here too, thinking about the future of what our "world" osonos gatherings are -- and might be. i'm always amazed that this great vast community FOR great vast community insists on swimming i

world osonos?

2010-05-18 Thread Raffi Aftandelian
michael, great questions. >>what if the hosting of osonos was itself an open invitation -- and anyone, anywhere, could choose to show up, bring friends and add spirit? wouldn't that be some kind of "access?" breakthrough? didn't this happen this to a degree this year with the "Fringe osonos in

Re: world osonos?

2010-05-18 Thread Wendy Farmer-O'Neil
On 18-May-10, at 6:37 PM, Raffi Aftandelian wrote: and, i imagine, for a lot of people it is important to be in the physical presence of elders. they inspire us! watching the marysville osonos 2002 and the berlin 2010 history of wosonos storytelling made my heart sing, just seeing the elde

Re: world osonos?

2010-05-18 Thread Wendy Farmer-O'Neil
Dear friends, Thank you to everyone who has waded out into the deeper surf to share difficult feelings and to ask challenging questions. I bow to your courage and integrity. For the past 4 years, the conversations and experiences surrounding the WOSonOS's have been particularly provocati

Fwd: [Open Space World] Comment: "The 16th Annual World OSonOS Conference, San Francisco, July 2008"

2008-03-09 Thread Ted Ernst
fyi -- Forwarded message -- From: Stephan Date: Sun, Mar 9, 2008 at 11:21 AM Subject: [Open Space World] Comment: "The 16th Annual World OSonOS Conference, San Francisco, July 2008" To: t...@chicagohumanist.org New comment on your post #225 "The 16th Annu

Re: [Open Space World] Comment: "The 16th Annual World OSonOS Conference, San Francisco, July 2008"

2008-03-09 Thread Lisa Heft
Thanks, Ted - Friends, Stephan asked on the openspaceworld.com website about accommodation for the WOSonOS 2008 conference. You will see my reply on that blog. Everyone who registers for WOSonOS 2008 will receive a list of accommodations to help them in planning their stay in San Francisc