Hi Lisa, how are you doing? I hope tha life isbringing you lots of beauty, love and nice surprises!
Once and again it prompts into my mind the idea of onde day inviting for a ·Wosonos in the Basque Country. Maybe 2017, 2021...? I think we´ll be inviting some Osonos before, perhaps this year, as a way ro wave the local OS community, deepen and start visioning.... Your doc on recommendations for Wosonos inviters would do, as well, for Osonos, isn´t it? Best wishes for you and all the participants in Florida. This time I´ll prefer staying calm in Mundaka, where all of you have a welcoming friend and home. Live, laugh, love :-)! Eleder 2013/5/8 Lisa Heft <[email protected]> > Hello, dear colleagues - > > > As you know, the 2013 World Open Space on Open Space will be happening next > week in St. Petersburg, Florida, USA on May 16-19. > > (there is still time to register - see more at > http://wosonos2013.crowdvine.com/ and there is also a tab there to register > for the May 14-16 workshop) > > Several of us host regional ‘OSonOSs’ whenever we wish to - a marvelous thing. > And then we usually have one WOSonOS a year. > Even though almost all the OSonOS events we do are international as well > because we are a very diverse community. > > We try to have each next WOSonOS in a part of the world that is harder for > some of us to get to because it is easier for others of us to get to. > So it moves back and forth across the world geographically, though there is > no set formula. > > What works best is not when we say ‘we should bring Open Space to x country’ > - because it works best when the invitation comes from someone within that > country, who knows they have capacity, and who feels ready. > > We do not yet know where our 2014 WOSonOS will be - that is still a mystery. > If we do not have one next year, life will continue, I know. > And then again, a few of you have been sharing thoughts with me over the > years and I wonder if you feel ready to invite. > > I will share with you a recommendation, a tradition, and some wisdom from > past hosts. > > The recommendation: > It is very helpful to hear a year or more in advance of where a future > WOSonOS will be - so we can save our pennies and euros and rands with enough > advance notice to do so - and put our dreams in our calendars. And for some > Host Teams - it can take a year or more to plan, find resources, connect to > each other and grow as community, share learning and get ready to host - > though some teams with strong OST communities need less advance time for > their own efforts. It can also take some time for the behind-the-scenes > support to individual participants such as my own Access Queen project. > So: thinking and knowing about it in advance is useful. > > And: It is very helpful for me and the current Host Team to know if you are > thinking of inviting - before the WOSonOS begins. Both because I can share > with you some background to help you think and also because we need to create > time within the conference design for one or more colleagues to invite and > for a lovely, celebratory decision-making process. Which typically happens at > the WOSonOS, as each year the participants represent great diversity of > country, experienced and emergent OST facilitators learners and enthusiasts, > and also includes a number of us who can support lovely future hosts with our > pre-work time and energy. > > The tradition: > Historically, a marvelous way to invite the world to your country for a > WOSonOS is to either come yourself to a WOSonOS or send a message through a > representative (from any country) who is coming to the WOSonOS. That > representative can represent you and make your invitation for you. > > Past inviters have given us such a lovely flavor of their country’s culture > and have illustrated how a growing community of Open Space practitioners in > their geographic region is waiting and ready to host this international > gathering - so this is something fun to think about - how your invitation > will include the flavor and personality of your culture. > > I underline: you do not have to be able to attend the WOSonOS in order to > invite - though it may be helpful to have attended at least one if your > resources will allow - to experience some of the traditions of WOSonOSs and > see how other Host Teams do it. > > However in past, I or Brian or Thomas and Eva have invited on others' behalf, > for those future Host Teams who are unable to send a representative. And we > are happy and honored to do so for you. > > And now, the wisdom: > I have a letter I have grown, fertilized and fed over the years since 2001 - > with wisdom from past WOSonOS Host Teams to future Host Teams. Super-good > ideas to read *before* you think about inviting - as their lessons learned > are similar from year to year and their wisdom is very helpful to those of > you thinking of inviting for future years. Again: hosting this particular > event does not have to be complicated but it may include some important > differences and things to know that may help you see if your community of > local Open Space practitioners has capacity and resourcing to know best when > to host. > > Please do let me know if you / your country mates are thinking of inviting - > by contacting me directly at lisaheft at openingspace.net - and I can send > you this letter of wise advice. Again: not that you have to do it in the same > way - but the lessons learned from across the years are useful. Remember that > the most people who can come, come over land or short plane trips - because > that is what is most affordable. So your largest participant group will come > from your own region. And instead of this just being a fun international > event that we folks-from-outside-your-region get to go to - a 'one-off' - my > recommendation is to think of how the Taiwan, Berlin, Chile, London, Florida > and other Host Teams have done it - growing the capacity of facilitators in > their own region through workshops, gatherings, local OSonOSs and more - long > before the event date. Building a community of practice in Open Space. Not > just doing a WOSonOS event as the way to bring attention to Open Space in > your region. So that an Open Space community existed before, supports during, > and continues after your event. > > Who will invite us for 2014, and for 2015? > Do you have a plan for building capacity in your community? Do you have an > existing community of Open Space practitioners? > I will be in Florida this October so perhaps I will see you there or even be > the one to help you make your invitation... > > I look forward to hearing from you, > Lisa > > Lisa Heft > (also known as Access Queen) > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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