Hi Arthur and everyone, Yes, I've been lurking here. I've not read all of the messages in their entirety. It's a torrent! But I did read Arthur's contribution below about and I want to comment on Arthurs' " I wonder if we are not missing the point of OSonOS and confounding things that are not mixable." I don't know what happened in Berlin or indeed at any other OS since the one I attended in 1993 (?) in Napa Valley.
My question to you all is how is "OSonOS" convening around a critical business need or with what specific intent? Peace, Annamarie Pluhar Pluhar Consulting Results through effective group process http://www.pluharconsulting.com 802.451.1941 802.579.5975 (cell) On May 18, 2010, at 1:45 AM, Artur Silva wrote: > Dear Open Spacers: > > Following the OSonOS in Berlin 2000, I sent to this list some mails about my > personal reflections on that event (that may be seen in the Archives, after > 22/Oct/2000), that have created some different threads of conversation, and > invited some changes in the OST community, the first one being the > transformation of the "opensapeceword.org site", that was until then only in > English, in a much more international site, in many languages, the first ones > being the Iberian (Portuguese and > Spanish:http://www.openspaceworld.org/cgi/iberia.cgi? ), the Swedish, the > French (with a translation of Michael Herman's Introduction to OST to French, > made by Véronique and myself - > http://www.openspaceworld.org/french/index.html), the German, later followed > by many others. > > This year again (but with less free time and at a more spaced rhythm), I will > try to do the same kind of reflections. I will begin with what I said in the > closing circle at Berlin 2010. Please note that I have not taken any notes, > before or afterwards, so this will not be the exact words, bur only a later > tentative for reconstruction, that I made in the plains back home, probably > as I had not received the Book of Proceedings that I would prefer to read in > these flights and not the next time I will have some free time for it - > probably not before one month from now. So, taking some time of my normal > sleep time, here it follows: > > First, I would like to say that the most important things that I will take > from WOSonOS 2010, in Berlin, apart from some sessions I have participated > in, is the fact that I met again people that I had not seen for 10 years; > that I finally had the possibility of seeing for the first time many people > that I already knew from the OSLIST but could not put a face to the name > (some of which, btw, I considered already as friends); and some others who's > faces I knew already from the OST NING site but I had never met in person > which I did now - only to conclude that, in many cases, I could not relate > the person to the picture because many photos - including mine - are 5 or 10 > years old... And, of course, I made here new friends... I am sorry that I > could not spend more time with all of you in the evenings and nights but, > after 5 o'clock, I was too tired of trying to speak and understand English, > had some 20-40 professional mails that needed immediate attention and, for > health reasons of my wife, was obliged to choose restaurants that allowed for > a strict diet to compensate from the food during the day... > > Second, some of you heard me say in the closing circle of Berlin 2000, and > later repeat and clarify in many posts to the OSLIST, that the 8th OSonOS has > been kind of magical to me. Unfortunately, I cannot say the same about Berlin > 2010. Many, many reasons contribute to that, that I will not refer here, as > we are already out of time and it is not the correct moment and place, but I > will refer only one that relates only with myself: no one can, in relation to > anything, have twice a "first experience"... > > Third and last, I have hesitated in referring this, but I feel compelled to > talk about it here and now. I will put this as questions and not answers but > they are questions that I think we must address in the near future, maybe in > Chile or even before that. I wonder if we are not missing the point of OSonOS > and confounding things that are not mixable. First this meeting is called > "Open Space on Open Space" and not "Open Space on Large Intervention > Methods". And, using the words that Peggy Holman wrote in her contribution to > the "Festscgrift" (or something like that...), that in the original "call for > texts" was called "A present for Harrison" and later renamed "25 years of > Open Space", OST has "simplicity of design" and shall not be confounded, as I > saw here too often, with other methodologies where, in my opinion, the > "facilitator" facilitates too much, disempowering the participants. On the > other hand, and using again Peggy's words, OST comes from "generosity of > spirit", as it was declared by Harrison as "everyone's birthright", that > cannot be copyrighted or trademarked. But I saw here some confusion and even > advertisement of other methods that, as they are trademarked, are not anymore > IMHO part of OST. > > Please don't get me wrong: I have nothing against those other methods, that > are legitimate and may have their own fields of application and respective > Communities of Practice. I only wonder and question if they must be > contemplated in OSonOS as if they were "OST". I have the questions - not the > answers. Maybe we can take a position about that in the near future. > > Best regards > > Artur > > > > * * ========================================================== > [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, > unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of > [email protected]: > http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about > OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected]: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist
