I look forward to the harvest - juan t. Lopez
On Sep 30, 2011, at 8:15 PM, Chris Corrigan <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Sandy... > > As it turns out we were doing an Art of Hosting in New York this week and > several of us went down to Liberty Park to be with the protesters and to > observe their process. I was there two nights in a row watching the General > Assembly deliberate and also watching people call various meetings to > organize work. The people there are living very much in a constant and > ongoing oral Open Space, even though they are not using that name. > > On wednesday some of our workshop participants went on a learning journey to > the occupation and a harvest will be forthcoming. > > Cheers, > > Chris > > On Wednesday, September 28, 2011, Sandy Heierbacher <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi, Open Space and Art of Hosting friends! > > > > I wanted to send a quick message out to both the OSlist and the AoH list to > > see if any process experts in these communities are working with the Occupy > > Wall Street folks who are doing direct action in NYC right now. > > > > We had a thread on the NCDD Discussion list today (I'm the director of the > > National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation, if you've not heard of > > NCDD) about the timely opportunity to provide real assistance and advice > > with process to these activists. Additional occupations (as they're being > > called) are being planned for DC, Boston, and other locations I believe -- > > and I wanted to check in with the Open Space and AoH communities to see if > > process folks were already involved (if so, let's talk about how NCDD > > members might be able to help you out, and stay informed about what you're > > doing). > > > > The Occupy Wall Street folks are an intentionally leader-less, > > self-organized group. Open Space and Art of Hosting-style processes seem > > like the best fit for helping them stay that way, continue to give all > > protestors a voice and to move more quickly to jointly-identified outcomes. > > > > For those of you who may not be too familiar with what's going on in NYC > > right now, here's an interesting part of the listserv thread I mentioned > > (this segment is written by Tom Atlee): > > > > NCDDers in NYC might find the occupier community (they call themselves > > "Occupy Wall Street") a challenging, exciting context to work in. Process > > is being evolved on the spot. The occupiers were using a traditional > > consensus process, but the police forbade microphones. So they developed a > > fascinating "human microphone" system where the speaker says a few words > > and the crowd repeats what was said (which allows those in the back to > > hear). (You can watch all this on streaming videos!) But that increases > > the already extensive time needed for consensus (checking for concerns, > > etc.), so the police have started issuing demands that must be met within > > 5-15 minutes, which the crowd can't respond to fast enough without formal > > leaders, which they don't want. The evolutionary pressures to develop new > > forms are intense. What comes out of that could be very good, very bad, or > > something else... > > > > If an NCDDer joined them and created a self-organized "Talk to the Others" > > working group, something might happen along the lines you're thinking, > > Stephanie. But there's no one in charge to talk to about getting other > > protesters to join in Activity X. It is a self-organized system, for > > better and/or worse. > > > > If you/we want to do something more planned, best to start now planning for > > the parallel occupation of Washington DC by hundreds/thousands of > > progressive protesters that is about to hit the city on Oct 6 > > http://october2011.org. > > > > For info on Occupy Wall Street, here's some fascinating links: > > http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/318-66/7468-occupy-wall-street-take-the-bull-by-the-horns > > http://www.readersupportednews.org/off-site-opinion-section/64-64/7564-the-whole-world-is-watching-nonviolence-at-liberty-plaza > > http://www.truth-out.org/occupywallstreet-more-hashtag-its-revolution-formation/1316784846 > > http://www.rawstory.com/rawreplay/2011/09/chris-hedges-occupy-wall-street-is-where-the-hope-of-america-lies/ > > http://irregulartimes.com/index.php/archives/2011/09/20/police-occupy-wall-street-9-20-2011/ > > http://thiscantbehappening.net/node/785 > > > > Best, > > Sandy > > > > Sandy Heierbacher > > Director, National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation (NCDD) > > email: [email protected] (switching to [email protected]) > > website: www.ncdd.org > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe or change personal settings go to: > > http://list.artofhosting.org/mailman/listinfo/aoh > > Trouble? Contact [email protected] > > > > -- > --- > CHRIS CORRIGAN > Facilitation - Training - Process Design > Open Space Technology > > Weblog: http://www.chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot > Site: http://www.chriscorrigan.com > > upcoming Art of Hosting retreats (click for invitations): > Bowen Island, BC - October 23 - 26 > Pembroke, Ont. - November 13-16 > Ottawa, Ont. - November 17-18 > The Burren, Ireland - January 5-8, 2012 > > _______________________________________________ > OSList mailing list > To post send emails to [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org
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