Me too! Mikk
On Feb 27, 2012, at 1:50 PM, Artur Silva wrote: > I love your image of adding a washing machine to a car. > > Artur > > From: Gray Miller <[email protected]> > To: World wide Open Space Technology email list > <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, February 26, 2012 9:12 PM > Subject: Re: [OSList] Less that Open Space > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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