Laughing out loud Gray...and still chuckling as I type this! On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 4:12 PM, Gray Miller <[email protected]> wrote:
> Over the 30 or so Open Spaces that I've facilitated, there have been > occasional organizers who have asked about changing this or that part of > the process. They are always with the best intentions. > > Now, when someone wants to change something, I tell them that it's kind of > like having a car that works reliably, so let's improve it by adding a > washing machine. > > You can do it. And it still might get you somewhere, but probably not > quite as smoothly as it did before. > > Plus, your clothes are likely to smell funny. > > Gray > Love Life Practice > http://LoveLifePractice.com > > > On Feb 26, 2012, at 11:39 AM, "Harrison Owen" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Suzanne said –“I have also seen participants who shared that they were at > an Open Space event before and that it looked nothing like the one they may > have just experienced now.”**** > > ** ** > > The sad tale of OS that wasn’t. We’ve all heard it before, and doubtless > there are dozens more that we will never know about. And it is too bad – > but I sincerely doubt that there is a single thing to be done about it, > save making sure that whenever we open space everybody gets the whole > enchilada. No amount of training, pleading, legislation, certification, > authorizing, monitoring, mentoring – will do a bloody bit of good, I think. > Somebody is always going to look for a “better” way – a little addition, an > added technique, a subtle control – whatever. And maybe they will find it, > God love’em. In the meantime, and with all charity I have to admit – I > can’t be bothered. At the end of the day Open Space is going to be just > fine. Not because we have protected it but simply because it works all by > itself, as it has for millennia.**** > > ** ** > > Gone Fishing…**** > > ** ** > > Harrison **** > > ** ** > > Harrison Owen**** > > 7808 River Falls Dr.**** > > Potomac, MD 20854**** > > USA**** > > ** ** > > 189 Beaucaire Ave. (summer)**** > > Camden, Maine 20854**** > > ** ** > > Phone 301-365-2093**** > > (summer) 207-763-3261**** > > ** ** > > www.openspaceworld.com**** > > www.ho-image.com (Personal Website)**** > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of > OSLIST Go to: > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org**** > > ** ** > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > -- Suzanne Daigle NuFocus Strategic Group 7159 Victoria Circle University Park, FL 34201 FL 941-359-8877; CT 203-722-2009 www.nufocusgroup.com [email protected] twitter @suzannedaigle
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