Justin and all, ³Do y'all distinguish between "Open Space" as the philosophy and feeling of "whoever comes", "whatever happens", etc.; and "Open Space Technology" as a particular meeting structure that has helped to create and hold Open Spaces?²
I think your distinction is clear and accurate, and I think I first learned it very much the way you state it from Birgitt Williams, after I had frequently complained that ³open space technology² is paradoxical, a self-contained contradiction. After all these years, despite HO¹s many patient explanations of the simple practicality of the term ³OST², I cannot bring myself to say it. To my mind, it would be like like calling the atmosphere ³air technology². Ralph Copleman * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist
