So many possibilities! In the spirit of simplicity...How about two global gatherings a year: one in-person somewhere in the world, one online?
Since Jo and others are already organizing something in person, that would take a few people to step in and volunteer to organize an online convening. Anyone game? Peggy _________________________________ Peggy Holman [email protected] Twitter: @peggyholman Bellevue, WA 98006 206-948-0432 www.peggyholman.com www.journalismthatmatters.org Enjoy the award winning Engaging Emergence: Turning Upheaval into Opportunity <http://www.engagingemergence.com/> "An angel told me that the only way to step into the fire and not get burnt, is to become the fire". -- Drew Dellinger > On Mar 31, 2023, at 2:41 AM, Jo Töpfer via OSList <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Dear all, > following the lively and rich conversation I am excited about all the future > possibilities mentioned here. I do think that the discussion is one, that we > need to have. With the possible implication of changing our tradition – for > all good reasons, mentioned already. > At the same time, as one of a small team organizing the Berlin WOSonOS 2023 I > need to confess, that for this year we do not have the resources to organize > a hybrid format yet. I am saying this not to stop the thinking process (in > contrary) but to manage expectations with regard to the event in 2023. I feel > very hesitant to promise something in that direction. However, if someone > feels ready to organize and put together a hybrid format, please get in > touch. > We are happy to let you know that we sold about 20 tickets just after our > initial positing for the WOSonOS in Berlin already. Seven participants from > Europa and Asia even volunteer as co-invitors. This gives us confidence that > the event will happen. We are happy to see this number grow. We still have > some early bird tickets left: https://www.wosonos2023.berlin/ > I am very much looking forward to continue this conversation (live or > online). > Warm regards > Jo > > ********************************** > > Am 26.03.23 um 16:08 schrieb Skye via OSList: >> There it is, freedom to oscillate, ah life creates with us so beautifully, >> thx for th dance all >> >> On Sun, Mar 26, 2023, at 10:04 AM, Thomas Herrmann via OSList wrote: >>> Exciting ideas and nice memories of our experiment in Swenmark, it was a >>> joy to play with it! >>> To me its attractive to have several full, in person events and then simple >>> ways to connect them and offer those who care to, to connect online and >>> those who prefer to stay fully in the physical space to do so. >>> With appreciation >>> Thomas Herrmann >>> >>> Från: Michael Herman via OSList <[email protected]> >>> <mailto:[email protected]> >>> Skickat: den 20 mars 2023 23:14 >>> Till: Michael M Pannwitz <[email protected]> >>> <mailto:[email protected]> >>> Kopia: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>> Ämne: [OSList] Re: Global WOSONOS >>> >>> here are the notes from osonos 10 (marysville) and osonos 11 (swenmark) >>> from where all the notes were posted online, at the same moment that they >>> were posted on the wall at each venue. some lively discussion took place >>> online in both cases, including after the events finished. >>> >>> https://openspaceworld.org/cgi/netwiki.cgi?OSonOSinSwenMark >>> >>> https://openspaceworld.org/cgi/oldwiki.cgi?MarysvilleAustralia >>> >>> these would have been very different if we'd had zoom back then 2002 and >>> 2003. >>> >>> we did this with wiki at the time, as google docs was also not yet >>> invented. today, this sort of globally shared documenting could happen >>> easily in a google doc rather than a wiki. >>> >>> somewhere between a single physical location and hybrid with online >>> participation everywhere, there is a multi-(but few)-sites option: one >>> space per continent, perhaps. each one still an exciting gathering of >>> people from all over (mostly nearer than very far, but anyone could >>> continent-hop if they wanted to). the sites could all contribute to a >>> shared doc... thanks too google... and be linked together, with many >>> individuals, via zoom... and, of course, qiqochat. wouldn't have to be >>> limited to three sides of the globe, but that would seem to be the minimum >>> number of sites required to effectively encircle the globe. maybe each >>> physical location would set aside one breakout space where folks could >>> check in with other locations and individuals online. that might simply be >>> a "new and improved" "global hive" of the newsroom that we're already used >>> to finding at any multi-day OS gathering. where all the notes are being >>> typed directly to a globally shared doc, the three (or more) newsrooms are >>> all on shared zoom, and all kinds of buzzing and fluttering participants >>> might connect and eddy into various online breakout spaces. . >>> >>> to the earlier oslist conversation about repeating in europe, this year and >>> potentially next year... what if we didn't delay europe next year, but >>> added an asian and an american location to it? three terrestrial gathering >>> points around the globe/clock, one online always-open coffee bar, and one >>> world-around community and a single online proceedings document? >>> >>> michael >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> Michael Herman >>> Michael Herman Associates >>> 312-280-7838 (mobile) >>> >>> MichaelHerman.com <http://michaelherman.com/> >>> OpenSpaceWorld.org <http://openspaceworld.org/> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Mar 20, 2023 at 3:03 PM Michael M Pannwitz via OSList >>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> Dear Open Space enthusiasts near and far away, >>> >>> folks or family visiting at birthdays, sitting around the christmas tree, >>> neighbors walking by, people at the bus stop and in the bus, parents having >>> an eye on their kids on the playground, folks on vacation on a wonderful >>> island, a group of friends sitting at a table in a restaurant, couples >>> watching Television... many of them neither present nor absent in a mode >>> of perpetually holding on to a gadget being in touch with the entire world >>> and everyone... >>> >>> Gathering in Open Space in the flesh or virtual or in other variations, all >>> have their right to exist. >>> Engaging in all at the same time (one group in a real life setting and >>> other individuals or groups in virtual contact engaged in virtual space and >>> other manifestations) is less than half the enchilada. Especially a mode >>> that os facilitators abhor trying their best to be totally present and >>> invisible at the same time... >>> >>> Prerequisites for the unfolding of the the force of selforganisation are a >>> burning issue, a hypercomplex situation, high diversity in the group of >>> participants, an urgent need of results since yesterday, challenges that >>> nobody by themselve has an answer to. Those prerequisites are also >>> necessary for an action orienting Open Space on Open Space taking 16 hours >>> spread over 3 days with two nights of sleep. >>> In getting projects on the road that grew in the 3 days, especially >>> globally connected ones, need every tool available for managing the >>> project, no question... >>> >>> Regarding the venues for OSonOS events: In the years 2009 through 2017, >>> regional "Learning Exchanges" were convened in the OSonOS mode in the years >>> in which WOSonOS took place OUTSIDE of Europe. >>> We met in France/Paris in 2009, then in Italy/Sardinia 2011, in >>> Holland/Utrecht in 2013, Spain/San Sebastian in 2016 and Iceland in 2017. >>> These events were grand for folks that would not travel by plane or had >>> limited resources or ... >>> In the face of climate change and other threats this kind of >>> "regionalisation" might be the music of the future, ongoing wherever folks >>> feel the time for an OSonOS has come in their neighborhood. >>> And the WOSonOS no longer in the flesh but global in whatever way. >>> >>> Greetings from Berlin from an expert colleague that has never been in an >>> online event or in a video conference or in the possesion of a cell phone >>> (well, this year, my kids forced their 83 year old father to carry a cell >>> phone to make calls and a few of them have my cell phone number, no one >>> else) eagerly awaits his third WOSonOS in Berlin in the flesh in a relaxed >>> mode... >>> >>> Love and Peace and Health >>> mmp >>> >>> PS: Just remembered that I did experience the hybrid variant at the 11th >>> WOSonOS in Sweden/Denmark in 2003... I was stunned by the amount of effort >>> and time invested in the online part and how busy folks were with being >>> connected worldwide... it was then and there that the hybridphobia caught >>> me... >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Am 20.03.2023 um 16:40 schrieb Hempal Shrestha via OSList: >>> WoW, >>> >>> Wonderful, Anyone nearby or willing to come and join the circle in Nepal, >>> Let's make it happen and sync with the WoSoNoS and connect our virtual >>> seating along with the Virtual/Hybrid Open Space connecting all of us >>> together. >>> >>> An Open Space Enthusiast from Kathmandu, Nepal! >>> >>> Kind regards, >>> Hempal Shrestha >>> #Tech♪Know♫Legal* Specialist :-) Consultant | Researcher | Educator | Lawyer >>> G.P.O Box: 5501, Kathmandu, Nepal >>> Cell: +977-9851077031 | 9808166400 >>> Viber /Telegram /WhatsApp: +977-9851077031 >>> Email: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> | Skype: >>> hempalshrestha >>> >>> >>> On Mon, 20 Mar 2023 at 21:09, gerardo de luzenberger via OSList >>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> I love the idea of going hybrid with WOSonOS. >>> Having multiple gatherings around the world - including in-person WOSonOs >>> for those that can make it would be a nice experiment and a great step >>> ahead of the 8 billion conversations around the world about the world. >>> Cheers >>> ge >>> >>> >>> >>> Vieni a #FACILITA2023? >>> <https://www.loci.it/index.php/fare-il-facilitatore/iaf/facilita/facilita2023> >>> - Milano, 23-25 marzo 2023 >>> >>> >>> Office: Via A. 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If you are not an intended recipient(s), >>> please notify it via e-mail at [email protected] >>> <https://mail.google.com/mail/u/1/blocked::mailto:[email protected]> promptly >>> >>> >>> >>> Il giorno lun 20 mar 2023 alle ore 16:03 marianella sclavi via OSList >>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> ha scritto: >>> 👏😊 Bravo Harrison ! >>> splendid thought and proposal for an Amazing Desirable World >>> >>> Marianella ( one of Gerardo's followers in Italy ) >>> >>> Il giorno lun 20 mar 2023 alle ore 15:55 Harrison Owen SR via OSList >>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> ha scritto: >>> Recent discussion here about the location of WOSONOS set me to thinking. >>> Our annual gathering has moved around the world from Moscow to Aussieland, >>> stopovers in Chile and Iceland, and more.... Marvelous. Then came the >>> plague and for three years nothing nowhere. Now it seems like we are back >>> in business -- Berlin next year... Back to normal, so to speak. >>> >>> In the meantime, and thanks to the plague, we have developed some deep >>> experience with virtual Open Space, most recently with the Peace and High >>> Performance "gathering" which always took place in New York, but this year >>> happened in (I think ) 15 countries with 80+ participants. Very different >>> from the prior experiences at International House but powerful and rich. >>> >>> All of which brings me to the odd thought: Why go back to normal? Why not >>> build on our plague generated experience and create a Hybrid WOSONOS with >>> multiple sites and virtual connections. Simultaneously Gerardo and friends >>> could host a gathering in Italy, Harold Shinsato could open some space in >>> the USA, Christine might do the same from Paris... And everybody around >>> the world would have the choice -- going to a place of their choosing and >>> or joining anywhere around the world. >>> >>> Could be massively enriching -- and possibly a dress rehearsal for my hoped >>> for conversation with 8,000,000,000 people around the world. Now that would >>> really be some good open space. >>> >>> What do you say, Folks. It is all doable! >>> >>> Harrison >>> >>> -- >>> 7808 River Falls Drive >>> Potomac, MD 20854 USA >>> 301-365-2093 >>> _______________________________________________ >>> OSList mailing list -- [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> ***** >>> Il libro : " Manuale di Confronto Creativo. L'Arte della Comunicazione, >>> Convivenza e Democrazia nel XXI secolo" di M Sclavi e L. 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In that space is our power >> to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.” >> Viktor Frankl >> >> "Nature ever flows, stands never still. Motion or change is her mode of >> existence." Ralph Waldo Emerson >> >> "Human Beings must always be on the watch for the coming of wonder." 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