thank you for that deep distinction Chris….

Romy Shovelton

Director
Wikima and Tyddyn Retreat
The Mid Wales Retreat & Holiday Centre

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On 2 Oct 2014, at 02:32, Chris Corrigan <[email protected]> wrote:

> An Anishinaabe Elder from Fort William, Ontario, one time told me “Don’t say 
> 'all my relations’ - they are all YOURS!  You have to get your ego out of it. 
>  The proper term is ‘I belong to everything.’”
> 
> I notice that when I can access the truth of that thought, I feel deep 
> belonging.  And when I can’t, I feel deep loneliness.
> 
> Chris
> 
> On Oct 1, 2014, at 4:00 PM, Romy Shovelton via OSList 
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> Chris
>> 
>> Thanks SO much for both these words….and the sense that they bring
>> 
>> I live in Wales and am learning Welsh… and did not know this word.
>> 
>> I have also worked with an Earth Wisdom from the Mayan and First Nations 
>> lineage… where “all my relations” is something we say and remind ourselves 
>> of each time we move in and out of the circle that is the Medicine Wheel. 
>> The same essence is indeed in our moving in and out of the Open Space circle.
>> 
>> in appreciation
>> 
>> Romy
>> 
>> 
>> Romy Shovelton
>> 
>> Director
>> Wikima and Tyddyn Retreat
>> The Mid Wales Retreat & Holiday Centre
>> 
>> www.walescottageandvenue.com
>> Facebook: Tyddyn Retreat
>> Twitter: @MidWalesRetreat
>> 
>> [email protected]
>> [email protected]
>> skype: romy shovelton
>> 
>> 07767 370739
>> 
>> Tyddyn y Pwll
>> Carno
>> Caersws
>> Powys
>> SY17 5JU
>> 
>> 
>> On 1 Oct 2014, at 22:23, via OSList <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
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>>>   1. Re: Lonely (Chris Corrigan via OSList)
>>>   2. Re: Lonely (Harold Shinsato via OSList)
>>>   3. Re: OSList Digest, Vol 43, Issue 25 (Anne Stadler via OSList)
>>>   4. Re: A Virtual OST Success Story (Ashley Cooper via OSList)
>>>   5. Re: Lonely (Annamarie Pluhar via OSList)
>>>   6. Re: Lonely (Allie Middleton via OSList)
>>>   7. Second Life (K?ri Gunnarsson via OSList)
>>>   8. Re: Second Life (Eiwor via OSList)
>>>   9. Lunch time (Eleder_BuM via OSList)
>>>  10. Re: Second Life (Harold Shinsato via OSList)
>>> 
>>> From: Chris Corrigan via OSList <[email protected]>
>>> Subject: Re: [OSList] Lonely
>>> Date: 1 October 2014 00:29:08 BST
>>> To: John Watkins <[email protected]>, World wide Open Space Technology email 
>>> list <[email protected]>
>>> Reply-To: Chris Corrigan <[email protected]>, World wide Open Space 
>>> Technology email list <[email protected]>
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Although I don't speak Welsh, one word I find very compelling is Cynefin 
>>> pronounced "kuh-NIV-en". I know the word because it's the name of of 
>>> complexity framework. But it also means "your places of multiple 
>>> belonging". That refers to the fact that all of us feel many different 
>>> homes and many different places where we feel connected in the world in 
>>> English there's no word that can capture this sense of multiple belonging 
>>> but I do like the idea that such a sentiment need to name. 
>>> 
>>> In Anishnabemowin which is the language of Ojibway and related peoples of 
>>> North America, the word indinewmaganik means "all my relations" but is 
>>> actually better translated as "I belong to everything." That's as good an 
>>> opposite of "lonely" as I can think of. 
>>>  
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -- 
>>> CHRIS CORRIGAN
>>> Harvest Moon Consultants
>>> Facilitation, Open Space Technology and process design 
>>> 
>>> Check www.chriscorrigan.com for upcoming workshops, blog posts and free 
>>> resources. 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Sep 30, 2014, at 2:19 PM, John Watkins via OSList 
>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> And I would add this, a beautiful poem by Raymond Carver, which pretty 
>>>> well defines my sense of the opposite of lonely:
>>>> 
>>>> Late Fragment - by Raymond Carver
>>>> And did you get what
>>>> you wanted from this life, even so?
>>>> I did.
>>>> And what did you want?
>>>> To call myself beloved, to feel myself
>>>> beloved on the earth.
>>>> 
>>>> John
>>>> 
>>>> On Sep 30, 2014, at 2:15 PM, Harold Shinsato via OSList wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Annamarie,
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thank you for a lovely question! The opposite of lonely is what I very 
>>>>> often experience in Open Space. This theme also resonates to much of what 
>>>>> we talked about on the OS Hotline today.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I must confess to have used an internet thesaurus to answer your 
>>>>> question. http://www.thesaurus.com. In English at least, some opposites 
>>>>> of lonely are (the emphasis in bold is my own):
>>>>> 
>>>>> * populated
>>>>> * sociable
>>>>> * befriended 
>>>>> * close
>>>>> * frequented
>>>>> * inhabited 
>>>>> * loved
>>>>> * unlonely 
>>>>> 
>>>>>     Warm Regards,
>>>>>     Harold
>>>>> 
>>>>> On 9/30/14 4:54 AM, Annamarie Pluhar via OSList wrote:
>>>>>> Hi all, 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> For work that I'm doing that has nothing to do with OS... because there 
>>>>>> are a lot of people on this list who are multi-lingual I hope that you 
>>>>>> will forgive me for asking an off topic question. 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> For those who have a mother tongue (father tongue?) that is not 
>>>>>> English....  Does your language have a word that is the opposite of 
>>>>>> "lonely"? 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Feel free to respond to me off list.. 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> [email protected] 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Thanks! 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Annamarie Pluhar 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Pluhar Consulting 
>>>>>> http://www.pluharconsulting.com 
>>>>>> 802.451.1941 
>>>>>> 802.579.5975 (cell) 
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>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> -- 
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>>> 
>>> 
>>> From: Harold Shinsato via OSList <[email protected]>
>>> Subject: Re: [OSList] Lonely
>>> Date: 1 October 2014 00:54:11 BST
>>> To: Chris Corrigan <[email protected]>, World wide Open Space 
>>> Technology email list <[email protected]>
>>> Reply-To: Harold Shinsato <[email protected]>, World wide Open Space 
>>> Technology email list <[email protected]>
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Chris - thanks for the tie back to Cynefin! It does sound like a profound 
>>> opposite of lonely, 'your places of multiple belongings'.
>>> 
>>> Your explanation of Cynefin stimulated my recollection of the meaning of 
>>> another possible opposite of lonely, the word Ubuntu, from the African 
>>> Ngali Bantu language meaning 'I am what I am because of who we all are'.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 9/30/14 5:29 PM, Chris Corrigan wrote:
>>>> Although I don't speak Welsh, one word I find very compelling is Cynefin 
>>>> pronounced "kuh-NIV-en". I know the word because it's the name of of 
>>>> complexity framework. But it also means "your places of multiple 
>>>> belonging". That refers to the fact that all of us feel many different 
>>>> homes and many different places where we feel connected in the world in 
>>>> English there's no word that can capture this sense of multiple belonging 
>>>> but I do like the idea that such a sentiment need to name. 
>>>> 
>>>> In Anishnabemowin which is the language of Ojibway and related peoples of 
>>>> North America, the word indinewmaganik means "all my relations" but is 
>>>> actually better translated as "I belong to everything." That's as good an 
>>>> opposite of "lonely" as I can think of. 
>>>>  
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> -- 
>>>> CHRIS CORRIGAN
>>>> Harvest Moon Consultants
>>>> Facilitation, Open Space Technology and process design 
>>>> 
>>>> Check www.chriscorrigan.com for upcoming workshops, blog posts and free 
>>>> resources. 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Sep 30, 2014, at 2:19 PM, John Watkins via OSList 
>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> And I would add this, a beautiful poem by Raymond Carver, which pretty 
>>>>> well defines my sense of the opposite of lonely:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Late Fragment - by Raymond Carver
>>>>> And did you get what
>>>>> you wanted from this life, even so?
>>>>> I did.
>>>>> And what did you want?
>>>>> To call myself beloved, to feel myself
>>>>> beloved on the earth.
>>>>> 
>>>>> John
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Sep 30, 2014, at 2:15 PM, Harold Shinsato via OSList wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Annamarie,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Thank you for a lovely question! The opposite of lonely is what I very 
>>>>>> often experience in Open Space. This theme also resonates to much of 
>>>>>> what we talked about on the OS Hotline today.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I must confess to have used an internet thesaurus to answer your 
>>>>>> question. http://www.thesaurus.com. In English at least, some opposites 
>>>>>> of lonely are (the emphasis in bold is my own):
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> * populated
>>>>>> * sociable
>>>>>> * befriended 
>>>>>> * close
>>>>>> * frequented
>>>>>> * inhabited 
>>>>>> * loved
>>>>>> * unlonely 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>     Warm Regards,
>>>>>>     Harold
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 9/30/14 4:54 AM, Annamarie Pluhar via OSList wrote:
>>>>>>> Hi all, 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> For work that I'm doing that has nothing to do with OS... because there 
>>>>>>> are a lot of people on this list who are multi-lingual I hope that you 
>>>>>>> will forgive me for asking an off topic question. 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> For those who have a mother tongue (father tongue?) that is not 
>>>>>>> English....  Does your language have a word that is the opposite of 
>>>>>>> "lonely"? 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Feel free to respond to me off list.. 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> [email protected] 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Thanks! 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Annamarie Pluhar 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Pluhar Consulting 
>>>>>>> http://www.pluharconsulting.com 
>>>>>>> 802.451.1941 
>>>>>>> 802.579.5975 (cell) 
>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ 
>>>>>>> OSList mailing list 
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>>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> -- 
>>>>>> Harold Shinsato
>>>>>> [email protected]
>>>>>> http://shinsato.com
>>>>>> twitter: @hajush
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>>>>> 
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>>> 
>>> -- 
>>> Harold Shinsato
>>> [email protected]
>>> http://shinsato.com
>>> twitter: @hajush
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> From: Anne Stadler via OSList <[email protected]>
>>> Subject: Re: [OSList] OSList Digest, Vol 43, Issue 25
>>> Date: 1 October 2014 01:00:15 BST
>>> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, 
>>> "[email protected]" 
>>> <[email protected]>
>>> Reply-To: Anne Stadler <[email protected]>, World wide Open Space 
>>> Technology email list <[email protected]>
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Virtual OS!
>>> Thanks Ben for your perseverance in keeping on with this experimenting.  
>>> Such a virtual OS environment is truly important for an international
>>> movement such as CharterforCompassion.org.  I feel the consistent use of OS 
>>> will dramatically encourage lateral cross pollination and (i hope) self 
>>> organizing to learn from each other and develop projects. 
>>> You've become really superb at both the technical and human/spiritual sides 
>>> of hosting and opening space.  
>>> Thanks again!!
>>> Love Anne
>>> 
>>> Your Self
>>> Occupy
>>> 100%
>>> 
>>> 
>>> A world that works for ALL is a world of love made visible
>>> 
>>> Phone: 206-459-0227
>>> Skype: anne.m.stadler
>>>   
>>> Www.CompassionateSeattle.org  
>>> www.CharterforCompassion.org
>>> www.ProtecttheSacred.org
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Sep 30, 2014, at 3:57 PM, via OSList <[email protected]> 
>>> wrote:
>>> 
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>>>> Today's Topics:
>>>> 
>>>>   1. Re: WOSonOS15 (Gail West via OSList)
>>>>   2. Off topic - a bit (Annamarie Pluhar via OSList)
>>>>   3. Re: OSList Digest, Vol 43, Issue 22 (Jeff Aitken via OSList)
>>>>   4. Re: Off topic - a bit (K?ri Gunnarsson via OSList)
>>>>   5. Lonely (Harold Shinsato via OSList)
>>>>   6. Re: Lonely (John Watkins via OSList)
>>>>   7. A Virtual OST Success Story (Ben Roberts via OSList)
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>> 
>>>> Message: 1
>>>> Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 10:57:09 +0800
>>>> From: Gail West via OSList <[email protected]>
>>>> To: Chris Corrigan <[email protected]>,    World wide Open Space
>>>>    Technology email list    <[email protected]>
>>>> Subject: Re: [OSList] WOSonOS15
>>>> Message-ID:
>>>>    <CAP4=m4t--0jhvwuyfqoe5hycjghfpfz7uhxmkyjnb+zofsf...@mail.gmail.com>
>>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
>>>> 
>>>> Karolina and team, Here's to a grand year of invitation and anticipation
>>>> for WOSONOS 2015 in Poland!  It's on the calendar.  I remember
>>>> conversations at Berlin WOSONOS that hinted of this in the near future.
>>>> Along with others, I offer any support we can provide from Taiwan and Asia.
>>>>   Gail
>>>> 
>>>> On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 2:07 PM, Chris Corrigan via OSList <
>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Well done Poland.  I will be in Europe next summer and perhaps it will
>>>>> coincide with the event.  At any rate, you have my support and I?m happy 
>>>>> to
>>>>> speak with you in person if the experience of a former OSonOS host can 
>>>>> help.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Chris
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Sep 24, 2014, at 7:29 AM, Lisa Heft - <[email protected]>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> So beautifully said, dear Gerard.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Since we can communicate with each other to have someone else embody our
>>>>> invitation even if we cannot attend a WOSonOS, to me that is both 
>>>>> inclusion
>>>>> and opportunity.
>>>>>> There is much outreach and support for this both that you can see dear
>>>>> OSLIST and that you cannot see - person to person individually, both via
>>>>> email and before-at-around-in the event.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Since a potential host team has to feel ready, with support and a
>>>>> community of Open Space practice in their region, the time makes itself
>>>>> known as capacities and energies emerge, and as those things shift, as 
>>>>> well.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Since a ?home team' can represent / be represented to invite several
>>>>> years in a row if there are more than one offers at a certain WOSonOS / if
>>>>> another country team is chosen - can offer each year / any year / when
>>>>> feeling ready - to the in-person group sitting together at a WOSonOS -
>>>>> there is always support of the realities of shifting energies, capacities
>>>>> and resources.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Since the group?s decision is based on feeling, seeing, asking about and
>>>>> sensing invitation, offerings, energy, capacity and community, to me it is
>>>>> not useful to say what someone said another year if they did not bring
>>>>> another request to the WOSonOS to keep that energy and invitation alive -
>>>>> something we do without too much difficulty as in those years when someone
>>>>> invites again. I have done so several times in a row before my own country
>>>>> was selected - and I trusted the group?s insight on when it became the
>>>>> right time for my turn. It?s about sharing, after all.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> So the passion and energy of what was born and grew and blossomed - the
>>>>> team, the invitation, the sensing and listening into the answer - was
>>>>> evident at the event. The passion and responsibility, as you say, Gerard.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> To me, our job is to welcome, to support, to believe in what our
>>>>> colleagues there felt and knew, and to ask how we may help in any way, as
>>>>> we share this gathering back and forth and around the world.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> There are always Learning Exchanges and Fabulous Facilitation
>>>>> Conferences and anything you want to call an OSonOS - I have named just
>>>>> two. Ways any of us can host a wonderful learning and community gathering
>>>>> such as this.
>>>>>> There are always ways to decide to want to host this particular thing
>>>>> called WOSonOS in future years. There are always ways for any of us to
>>>>> support these actions, these invitations, these teams.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> So nothing is limiting, everything is possible, and I offer my energies
>>>>> and enthusiasm in support to say CONGRATULATIONS POLISH TEAM !!!
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Lisa also known as Access Queen
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Sep 24, 2014, at 7:04 AM, openspacedk1 <
>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Dear Thomas,
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Could not agree more.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I believe our tradition to trust the community present by the end of
>>>>> any WOSONOS to decide, is a good and prescious one. And in line with the
>>>>> notion passion and responsability
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I thank our Polish collegues for their invitation, and look forward to
>>>>> a great WOSONOS 2015 in the beautiful city of Krakow.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Gerard
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Open Space Institute Denmark
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
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>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> -- 
>>>> *Gail West, ICA*
>>>> 
>>>> 
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>>>> Message: 2
>>>> Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 06:54:03 -0400
>>>> From: Annamarie Pluhar via OSList <[email protected]>
>>>> To: [email protected]
>>>> Subject: [OSList] Off topic - a bit
>>>> Message-ID:
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>>>> 
>>>> Hi all,
>>>> 
>>>> For work that I'm doing that has nothing to do with OS... because there 
>>>> are a lot of people on this list who are multi-lingual I hope that you 
>>>> will forgive me for asking an off topic question.
>>>> 
>>>> For those who have a mother tongue (father tongue?) that is not 
>>>> English....  Does your language have a word that is the opposite of 
>>>> "lonely"?
>>>> 
>>>> Feel free to respond to me off list..
>>>> 
>>>> [email protected]
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks!
>>>> 
>>>> Annamarie Pluhar
>>>> 
>>>> Pluhar Consulting
>>>> http://www.pluharconsulting.com
>>>> 802.451.1941
>>>> 802.579.5975 (cell)
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> ------------------------------
>>>> 
>>>> Message: 3
>>>> Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 07:36:05 -0700
>>>> From: Jeff Aitken via OSList <[email protected]>
>>>> To: World wide Open Space Technology email list
>>>>    <[email protected]>
>>>> Subject: Re: [OSList] OSList Digest, Vol 43, Issue 22
>>>> Message-ID: <[email protected]>
>>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
>>>> 
>>>> Heres the direct link to Anne's paper about Spirited Work the open space 
>>>> learning community. Thanks Anne!
>>>> 
>>>> http://collectivewisdominitiative.org/papers/stadler_reflections.htm
>>>> 
>>>> Jeff
>>>> 
>>>> -------- Original message --------
>>>> From: Harrison Owen via OSList <[email protected]> 
>>>> Date:09/29/2014  2:10 PM  (GMT-08:00) 
>>>> To: 'Anne Stadler' <[email protected]>,'World wide Open Space 
>>>> Technology email list' <[email protected]> 
>>>> Subject: Re: [OSList] OSList Digest, Vol 43, Issue 22 
>>>> 
>>>> Anne ? How wonderful to ?see? you here. Spirited Work was a great 
>>>> experience and experiment. We all learned, with many thanks to yourself!
>>>> ?
>>>> Harrison
>>>> ?
>>>> Winter Address
>>>> 7808 River Falls Drive
>>>> Potomac, MD 20854
>>>> 301-365-2093
>>>> ?
>>>> Summer Address
>>>> 189 Beaucaire Ave.
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>>>> 207-763-3261
>>>> ?
>>>> Websites
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>>>> OSLIST To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives 
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>>>> From: OSList [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of 
>>>> Anne Stadler via OSList
>>>> Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2014 10:37 PM
>>>> To: [email protected]; [email protected]
>>>> Subject: Re: [OSList] OSList Digest, Vol 43, Issue 22
>>>> ?
>>>> My observation: "authority in OS" soon rests with those who show 
>>>> "presence" as defined by Otto Scharmer et al. You can see this appear 
>>>> particularly in multi day OS sessions or when you use OS as a means of 
>>>> organizational governance as we did in Spirited Work (see my writeup in 
>>>> CollectiveWisdomInitiative.org about Spirited Work, an experimental OS 
>>>> learning community of practice.)?
>>>> When people show up, listen deeply and take responsibility for selves and 
>>>> the whole, authority emerges.?
>>>> (My version of Law of Two Feet supports that: ?take responsibility for 
>>>> what you care about, & use your two feet to move in and out of situations 
>>>> accordingly.) ?
>>>> Thanks Daniel for the interesting question. ?Kind regards! Anne stadler
>>>> 
>>>> ?
>>>> Your Self
>>>> Occupy
>>>> 100%
>>>> ?
>>>> ?
>>>> A world that works for ALL is a world of love made visible
>>>> ?
>>>> Phone: 206-459-0227
>>>> Skype: anne.m.stadler
>>>> ??
>>>> Www.CompassionateSeattle.org ?
>>>> www.CharterforCompassion.org
>>>> www.ProtecttheSacred.org
>>>> ?
>>>> 
>>>> On Sep 28, 2014, at 4:57 PM, via OSList <[email protected]> 
>>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Send OSList mailing list submissions to
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>>>> 
>>>> Today's Topics:
>>>> 
>>>> ??1. wosonos2015 (Raffi Aftandelian via OSList)
>>>> ??2. Re: Authority Distribution in Open Space
>>>> ?????(Daniel Mezick via OSList)
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>> 
>>>> Message: 1
>>>> Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2014 19:14:19 -0700
>>>> From: Raffi Aftandelian via OSList <[email protected]>
>>>> To: OSlist <[email protected]>
>>>> Subject: [OSList] wosonos2015
>>>> Message-ID:
>>>> ? ?<[email protected]>
>>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
>>>> 
>>>> ditto what chris said. as a co-org'r of a previous wosonos (in another 
>>>> slavic country) happy to share my experience- the good, the differently 
>>>> good, and the quite differently good- aspects of organizing such an event.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> laramtsa,
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> raffi
>>>> 
>>>> ******
>>>> 
>>>> I am the culturally White middle class American taxpayer,
>>>> up to my chin in hypocrisy, double standards, a sense of entitlement, and 
>>>> choking on overconsumption,
>>>> 
>>>> blissfully in denial about how 60% of my federal income taxes go to a 
>>>> military
>>>> 
>>>> that sustains genocide and ecocide the world over
>>>> 
>>>> ...all in the name of democracy, freedom, and happiness for all
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> -- a riff off of Thic Nhat Hanh's Please Call Me By My True Names
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>>>> Message: 2
>>>> Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2014 08:37:12 -0400
>>>> From: Daniel Mezick via OSList <[email protected]>
>>>> To: [email protected]
>>>> Subject: Re: [OSList] Authority Distribution in Open Space
>>>> Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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>>>> 
>>>> Hi Harold,
>>>> 
>>>> You say:
>>>> 
>>>> /"..I struggle to translate is the concept of coercion and authority 
>>>> from the vantage of "it's all open space". Can we really be coerced? How 
>>>> are we all already "opting in" to empower the "authorities"?/
>>>> 
>>>> //
>>>> 
>>>> /"...Could we just be volunteering for the victim part of our stories?/
>>>> 
>>>> //
>>>> 
>>>> /"...I have some thoughts about this, but I wonder what you would say to 
>>>> such a challenge to the relevance of "authority" in OST?/
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Hmmm...interesting questions for sure.
>>>> 
>>>> My current belief is that authorization dynamics are central to the 
>>>> general dynamics of Open Space. And if it is "Open Space all the time" 
>>>> then authorization dynamics as desribed in my essay are also there... 
>>>> all the time.
>>>> 
>>>> Regarding the Open Space meeting format: If we begin at the beginning; 
>>>> that is, at the start of arranging an actual Open Space event in an 
>>>> organization, we immediately work to identify and locate someone "duly 
>>>> authorized" by the organization, to do the things the Sponsor does, and 
>>>> say the things the Sponsor says. Someone to occupy the Sponsor role. To 
>>>> do that, the person occupying the role must have substantial authority 
>>>> in the organization, usually of the formal variety.
>>>> 
>>>> Right? Put another way: if the Sponsor is lacking in authorization, can 
>>>> they actually be effective? Larger question: Can the meeting still 
>>>> actually work? What about the post-meeting follow-through?
>>>> 
>>>> So here we see how /authorization shows up a the very start of any 
>>>> contemplated Open Space event inside an organization/.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> One last thing: last time I checked, "victims" are kind of rare in Open 
>>>> Space. Something about the subtext of "the Law of 2 Feet...."
>>>> 
>>>> "...The Law of Two Feet concept was published in an article by Harrison 
>>>> Owen <http://www.openspaceworld.com/brief_history.htm>, a member of an 
>>>> organization advocating Open Spaces Technology, a model for organizing 
>>>> meetings that's based around open participation. Here's how Owen 
>>>> describes the rule:
>>>> 
>>>> "...Briefly stated, this law says that every individual has two feet, 
>>>> and must be prepared to use them. Responsibility for a successful 
>>>> outcome in any Open Space Event resides with exactly one person---each 
>>>> participant. Individuals can make a difference and must make a 
>>>> difference. If that is not true in a given situation, they, and they 
>>>> alone, must take responsibility to use their two feet, and move to a new 
>>>> place where they can make a difference."
>>>> 
>>>> http://opensource.com/business/10/8/darwin-meets-dilbert-applying-law-two-feet-your-next-meeting
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Daniel
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On 9/26/14 6:49 PM, Harold Shinsato via OSList wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> ?
>>>> Fantastic essay, Daniel. I'm a bit freaked out by Harrison talking
>>>> about his "translator" after diving into T.S.Kuhn's book where he says
>>>> paradigm shifts require "translators" because new and old paradigm
>>>> holders live in different worlds, where even common terms may be
>>>> fundamentally different.
>>>> ?
>>>> What I struggle to translate is the concept of coercion and authority
>>>> from the vantage of "it's all open space". Can we really be coerced?
>>>> How are we all already "opting in" to empower the "authorities"?
>>>> ?
>>>> Could we just be volunteering for the victim part of our stories?
>>>> ?
>>>> I have some thoughts about this, but I wonder what you would say to
>>>> such a challenge to the relevance of "authority" in OST?
>>>> ?
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Harold
>>>> ?
>>>> Daniel... You really did it! I think. Your language comes from a place
>>>> I don't know... which is to say that I probably wouldn't say what you
>>>> say in the way that you do (duh). BUT when I run my "translator" it
>>>> comes out sounding pretty good! So... I can't help with the questions
>>>> you have raised. Actually I think you are doing pretty well on your
>>>> own, and (hopefully) will incite others to a similarly riotous
>>>> performance. Thanks!
>>>> ?
>>>> Harrison
>>>> ?
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>>>> 207-763-3261 <tel:207-763-3261>
>>>> ?
>>>> Websites
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>>>> www.openspaceworld.com <http://%20www.openspaceworld.com>
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>>>> *From:*OSList [mailto:[email protected]
>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>] *On Behalf Of *Daniel
>>>> Mezick via OSList
>>>> *Sent:* Thursday, September 25, 2014 9:39 AM
>>>> *To:* [email protected]
>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>
>>>> *Subject:* [OSList] Authority Distribution in Open Space
>>>> ?
>>>> Greetings to All,
>>>> ?
>>>> For the past several years I have attended conferences of the Group
>>>> Relations community, and encouraged others to do the same. I've
>>>> studied their literature, and harvested some important learning as a
>>>> result. One of the things I have come to understand a little bit
>>>> better is the role of "authority dynamics" in self-organizing social
>>>> systems.
>>>> ?
>>>> Link:
>>>> www.akriceinstitute.org <http://www.akriceinstitute.org>
>>>> ?
>>>> Over the past several years I've been using Open Space with intent to 
>>>> improve the results of my work in helping companies implement Agile
>>>> ideas in their organizations. We do an initial Open Space, then the
>>>> folks get about 3 months to play with Agile (we carefully use the word
>>>> "experimentation" with management,) then we do another Open Space
>>>> after that, to inspect what just happened across the enterprise. The
>>>> initial and subsequent Open Space events form a "safe" container or
>>>> field in which the members can /learn/... as they explore how to
>>>> /improve/ together by /experimenting/ with new practices, and see if
>>>> they actually work. I call the process Open Agile Adoption.
>>>> ?
>>>> Link:
>>>> OpenAgileAdoption.com
>>>> ?
>>>> This seems to work pretty good. It seems to "take the air out of" most
>>>> of the fear, most of the anxiety and most of the worry that is
>>>> created. The key aspect is /consent/: absolutely no one is forced to
>>>> do anything they are unwilling to do. No one is /coerced/ to /comply/. 
>>>> Everyone is instead respectfully /invited/ to help /write/ the story,
>>>> and be a /character/ in the story...of the contemplated process
>>>> change. Open Agile Adoption encourages a spirit of experimentation and
>>>> play.
>>>> ?
>>>> The spirit of Open Space is the spirit of freedom. Isn't it? In the
>>>> OST community, we discuss and talk a lot about self-organization,
>>>> self-management and self-governance. The Agile community also talks
>>>> about these ideas a lot.
>>>> ?
>>>> So I have some questions. What is really going on during
>>>> self-organization in a social system? What are the steps? What
>>>> information is being sent and received? From whom, and by whom? Is the
>>>> information about /authority/ important? How important? Can a social
>>>> system self organize without regard to who has the right to do what
>>>> work? /How do decisions that affect others get made in a
>>>> self-organizing system?/
>>>> ?
>>>> Who decides about /who decides/? How important is the process of
>>>> /authorization/ in a self-organizing system? Is self-organization in
>>>> large part the process of dynamic authorization (and
>>>> /de-authorization/) in real time?
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>>>> Message: 4
>>>> Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 15:09:06 +0000
>>>> From: K?ri Gunnarsson via OSList    <[email protected]>
>>>> To: Annamarie Pluhar <[email protected]>,    World wide
>>>>    Open Space Technology email list    <[email protected]>
>>>> Subject: Re: [OSList] Off topic - a bit
>>>> Message-ID:
>>>>    <caejhslknum5ubq_ldr7ar4osbd1x-spm3kabazhurh__gov...@mail.gmail.com>
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>>>> 
>>>> I say, this is open space, and here we have a topic on the wall. I bring my
>>>> passion to the wall and take responsibility of my own experience and
>>>> participation in the topics.
>>>> 
>>>> So I share what I found in my internal dialogue while English is only my
>>>> 3rd language.
>>>> 
>>>> 1.
>>>> I ask google:
>>>> 
>>>> https://www.google.is/search?q=define+lonely
>>>> * sad because one has no friends or company. -> antonyms:    popular
>>>> * without companions; solitary. -> antonyms:    sociable
>>>> * (of a place) unfrequented and remote. -> antonyms:    populous, crowded
>>>> 
>>>> 2.
>>>> I ask opposite-dictionary
>>>> 
>>>> http://www.opposite-dictionary.com/
>>>> 
>>>> * antonyms: Accompanied
>>>> 
>>>> 3.
>>>> And I ask my gut
>>>> 
>>>> * antonyms: happy, content, frolicsome, patience, playful, gay,
>>>> light-hearted, high-spirited...
>>>> 
>>>> *-*
>>>> 
>>>> and now I find the connection to open space as the keyword "high-spirited"
>>>> connects to writings abut open space.
>>>> 
>>>> For opening the space with a proper topic will open up space for people to
>>>> feel "high-spirited" and energized instead of lonely.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> *I like to propose a new topic, "is it always possible to open up space for
>>>> the lonely to find their passion? "*
>>>> This topic touches upon me now for the news article I was just reading
>>>> before opening my mail was about how hate-groups hiding behind religion use
>>>> the lure of purpose to recruit the lonely and afraid people. (the example
>>>> in the local article used heathendom and white-supremacy hate-groups).
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On 30 September 2014 10:54, Annamarie Pluhar via OSList <
>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>> 
>>>>> For work that I'm doing that has nothing to do with OS... because there
>>>>> are a lot of people on this list who are multi-lingual I hope that you 
>>>>> will
>>>>> forgive me for asking an off topic question.
>>>>> 
>>>>> For those who have a mother tongue (father tongue?) that is not
>>>>> English....  Does your language have a word that is the opposite of
>>>>> "lonely"?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Feel free to respond to me off list..
>>>>> 
>>>>> [email protected]
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>> 
>>>>> Annamarie Pluhar
>>>>> 
>>>>> Pluhar Consulting
>>>>> http://www.pluharconsulting.com
>>>>> 802.451.1941
>>>>> 802.579.5975 (cell)
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>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> -- 
>>>> K?ri Gunnarsson
>>>> [email protected]
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>>>> Message: 5
>>>> Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 15:15:54 -0600
>>>> From: Harold Shinsato via OSList <[email protected]>
>>>> To: World wide Open Space Technology email list
>>>>    <[email protected]>
>>>> Subject: [OSList] Lonely
>>>> Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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>>>> 
>>>> Annamarie,
>>>> 
>>>> Thank you for a lovely question! The opposite of lonely is what I very 
>>>> often experience in Open Space. This theme also resonates to much of 
>>>> what we talked about on the OS Hotline today.
>>>> 
>>>> I must confess to have used an internet thesaurus to answer your 
>>>> question. http://www.thesaurus.com. In English at least, some opposites 
>>>> of lonely are (the emphasis in bold is my own):
>>>> 
>>>> * populated
>>>> * *sociable*
>>>> * befriended
>>>> * *close*
>>>> * frequented
>>>> * inhabited
>>>> * *loved*
>>>> * unlonely
>>>> 
>>>>     Warm Regards,
>>>>     Harold
>>>> 
>>>> On 9/30/14 4:54 AM, Annamarie Pluhar via OSList wrote:
>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>> 
>>>>> For work that I'm doing that has nothing to do with OS... because 
>>>>> there are a lot of people on this list who are multi-lingual I hope 
>>>>> that you will forgive me for asking an off topic question.
>>>>> 
>>>>> For those who have a mother tongue (father tongue?) that is not 
>>>>> English....  Does your language have a word that is the opposite of 
>>>>> "lonely"?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Feel free to respond to me off list..
>>>>> 
>>>>> [email protected]
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>> 
>>>>> Annamarie Pluhar
>>>>> 
>>>>> Pluhar Consulting
>>>>> http://www.pluharconsulting.com
>>>>> 802.451.1941
>>>>> 802.579.5975 (cell)
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>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> -- 
>>>> Harold Shinsato
>>>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
>>>> http://shinsato.com
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>>>> Message: 6
>>>> Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 14:19:24 -0700
>>>> From: John Watkins via OSList <[email protected]>
>>>> To: Harold Shinsato <[email protected]>,    World wide Open Space
>>>>    Technology email list    <[email protected]>
>>>> Subject: Re: [OSList] Lonely
>>>> Message-ID: <[email protected]>
>>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>>>> 
>>>> And I would add this, a beautiful poem by Raymond Carver, which pretty 
>>>> well defines my sense of the opposite of lonely:
>>>> 
>>>> Late Fragment - by Raymond Carver
>>>> And did you get what
>>>> you wanted from this life, even so?
>>>> I did.
>>>> And what did you want?
>>>> To call myself beloved, to feel myself
>>>> beloved on the earth.
>>>> 
>>>> John
>>>> 
>>>> On Sep 30, 2014, at 2:15 PM, Harold Shinsato via OSList wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Annamarie,
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thank you for a lovely question! The opposite of lonely is what I very 
>>>>> often experience in Open Space. This theme also resonates to much of what 
>>>>> we talked about on the OS Hotline today.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I must confess to have used an internet thesaurus to answer your 
>>>>> question. http://www.thesaurus.com. In English at least, some opposites 
>>>>> of lonely are (the emphasis in bold is my own):
>>>>> 
>>>>> * populated
>>>>> * sociable
>>>>> * befriended 
>>>>> * close
>>>>> * frequented
>>>>> * inhabited 
>>>>> * loved
>>>>> * unlonely 
>>>>> 
>>>>>    Warm Regards,
>>>>>    Harold
>>>>> 
>>>>> On 9/30/14 4:54 AM, Annamarie Pluhar via OSList wrote:
>>>>>> Hi all, 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> For work that I'm doing that has nothing to do with OS... because there 
>>>>>> are a lot of people on this list who are multi-lingual I hope that you 
>>>>>> will forgive me for asking an off topic question. 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> For those who have a mother tongue (father tongue?) that is not 
>>>>>> English....  Does your language have a word that is the opposite of 
>>>>>> "lonely"? 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Feel free to respond to me off list.. 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> [email protected] 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Thanks! 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Annamarie Pluhar 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Pluhar Consulting 
>>>>>> http://www.pluharconsulting.com 
>>>>>> 802.451.1941 
>>>>>> 802.579.5975 (cell) 
>>>>>> _______________________________________________ 
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>>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> -- 
>>>>> Harold Shinsato
>>>>> [email protected]
>>>>> http://shinsato.com
>>>>> twitter: @hajush
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>>>> Message: 7
>>>> Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 17:59:56 -0400
>>>> From: Ben Roberts via OSList <[email protected]>
>>>> To: <[email protected]>
>>>> Cc: Brian Burt <[email protected]>
>>>> Subject: [OSList] A Virtual OST Success Story
>>>> Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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>>>> 
>>>> As some of you know, I've been at this for a couple of years now. Today,
>>>> working on behalf of the Charter for Compassion International
>>>> <http://charterforcompassion.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=
>>>> 110391&qid=5124428> , I was finally able to host a MaestroConference-based
>>>> call that I felt truly lived up to the potential for "Open Space" in 
>>>> virtual
>>>> form (in quotes since I know some of you purists might dispute that this
>>>> really was OST!). 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Of course, it wasn't like being together in person for a day or two. 
>>>> Indeed,
>>>> there was only one round of live small group conversation. But the
>>>> combination of an online space that was opened on 9/22 using the "hackpad"
>>>> platform and a 90 minute call eight days later using MaestroConference's
>>>> newest "social webinar" beta really worked. Here are some highlights of the
>>>> process (you can also view notes and more here on hackpad
>>>> <http://www.bit.ly/cfc093014> ): 
>>>> 
>>>> .         We had 43 participants on the call for at least some of the 90
>>>> minutes, mostly from the US, but also including several from overseas.
>>>> 
>>>> .         Six topics were initiated by participants
>>>> 
>>>> .         In addition to the topic breakouts, there was a "meet and greet"
>>>> session for just hanging out and connecting. This also served as a place to
>>>> welcome late-comers to the call. As a result, the latter were easily
>>>> integrated and able to join the conversations of their choosing
>>>> 
>>>> .         The topic conversations lasted a little more than 40 minutes
>>>> 
>>>> .         We ended with a full group "popcorn-style" harvest and some
>>>> announcements
>>>> 
>>>> .         A number of participants attended a debrief after the official 
>>>> end
>>>> of the call
>>>> 
>>>> .         A few participants also stayed on the line "overtime" to continue
>>>> their topic conversations
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> MC's new "social webinar" worked beautifully, allowing participants to do
>>>> the following:
>>>> 
>>>> .         Exercise the law of two feet (really!)
>>>> 
>>>> .         See who was in their breakouts (including a thumbnail and contact
>>>> info, if provided)
>>>> 
>>>> .         See who was talking or had their "hands" up
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Using "hackpad," we were able to do the following:
>>>> 
>>>> .         Open the marketplace in advance, in order to both save time on 
>>>> the
>>>> call and allow for some online discussion to get going. Five out of the six
>>>> topics were initiated in advance.
>>>> 
>>>> .         Provide an index of topics and the "room numbers" for each (so
>>>> that participants could move themselves to the right room)
>>>> 
>>>> .         Take collaborative notes during breakouts, with a separate pad 
>>>> for
>>>> each one (note that "social webinar" now also provides shared document
>>>> functionality for each breakout room, if desired)
>>>> 
>>>> .         Continue sharing notes and reflections once the call had ended
>>>> (this is still ongoing)
>>>> 
>>>> .         Make detailed introductions before, during and after the call
>>>> 
>>>> .         Compile a shared listing of resources
>>>> 
>>>> .         Make announcements and requests
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> It was also possible for participants to engage fully via their phones only
>>>> (including moving between sessions) without using either hackpad or "social
>>>> webinar." This was important, as not everyone was able to be at a computer,
>>>> and some who were at one had trouble using the online tools.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Not everything was perfect, of course, and there were some lessons learned.
>>>> The biggest challenge was that, despite many emails and online explanations
>>>> in advance, some people were confused by the three ways to engage (phone,
>>>> hackpad and social webinar) or had trouble accessing one or more of these
>>>> elements. The vast majority, however, were either able to use these tools 
>>>> or
>>>> to have a valuable and satisfying conversation without them. 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> I expect that there will be future iterations planned on behalf of the
>>>> Charter for Compassion, and I will promote them to this listserv now that I
>>>> feel comfortable handling larger groups! MaestroConference is also very
>>>> interested in promoting a series of large group "conversations that could
>>>> change the world." Perhaps there are some folks here who might want to
>>>> collaborate with me in convening one? They plan for their platform to be
>>>> able to manage calls in this way with over a thousand people in the near
>>>> future. The thought of being able to regularly engage people at that scale
>>>> in this way is pretty exciting!
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Peace,
>>>> 
>>>> Ben
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Ben Roberts
>>>> 
>>>> The Conversation Collaborative
>>>> 
>>>> <http://www.conversationcollaborative.com/> www.
>>>> ConversationCollaborative.com   
>>>> 
>>>> (203) 426-1039
>>>> 
>>>> Skype: benjamin_j_roberts
>>>> 
>>>> G+: [email protected]
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> tagxedo 1
>>>> 
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>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> From: Ashley Cooper via OSList <[email protected]>
>>> Subject: Re: [OSList] A Virtual OST Success Story
>>> Date: 1 October 2014 01:04:53 BST
>>> To: Ben Roberts <[email protected]>, World wide Open Space Technology 
>>> email list <[email protected]>
>>> Reply-To: Ashley Cooper <[email protected]>, World wide Open Space 
>>> Technology email list <[email protected]>
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Awesome. Congratulations Ben. Sounds wonderful!
>>> 
>>> On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 5:59 PM, Ben Roberts via OSList 
>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> As some of you know, I’ve been at this for a couple of years now. Today, 
>>> working on behalf of the Charter for Compassion International, I was 
>>> finally able to host a MaestroConference-based call that I felt truly lived 
>>> up to the potential for “Open Space” in virtual form (in quotes since I 
>>> know some of you purists might dispute that this really was OST!).
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>> Of course, it wasn’t like being together in person for a day or two. 
>>> Indeed, there was only one round of live small group conversation. But the 
>>> combination of an online space that was opened on 9/22 using the “hackpad” 
>>> platform and a 90 minute call eight days later using MaestroConference’s 
>>> newest “social webinar” beta really worked. Here are some highlights of the 
>>> process (you can also view notes and more here on hackpad):
>>> 
>>> ·         We had 43 participants on the call for at least some of the 90 
>>> minutes, mostly from the US, but also including several from overseas.
>>> 
>>> ·         Six topics were initiated by participants
>>> 
>>> ·         In addition to the topic breakouts, there was a “meet and greet” 
>>> session for just hanging out and connecting. This also served as a place to 
>>> welcome late-comers to the call. As a result, the latter were easily 
>>> integrated and able to join the conversations of their choosing
>>> 
>>> ·         The topic conversations lasted a little more than 40 minutes
>>> 
>>> ·         We ended with a full group “popcorn-style” harvest and some 
>>> announcements
>>> 
>>> ·         A number of participants attended a debrief after the official 
>>> end of the call
>>> 
>>> ·         A few participants also stayed on the line “overtime” to continue 
>>> their topic conversations
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>> MC’s new “social webinar” worked beautifully, allowing participants to do 
>>> the following:
>>> 
>>> ·         Exercise the law of two feet (really!)
>>> 
>>> ·         See who was in their breakouts (including a thumbnail and contact 
>>> info, if provided)
>>> 
>>> ·         See who was talking or had their “hands” up
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>> Using “hackpad,” we were able to do the following:
>>> 
>>> ·         Open the marketplace in advance, in order to both save time on 
>>> the call and allow for some online discussion to get going. Five out of the 
>>> six topics were initiated in advance.
>>> 
>>> ·         Provide an index of topics and the “room numbers” for each (so 
>>> that participants could move themselves to the right room)
>>> 
>>> ·         Take collaborative notes during breakouts, with a separate pad 
>>> for each one (note that “social webinar” now also provides shared document 
>>> functionality for each breakout room, if desired)
>>> 
>>> ·         Continue sharing notes and reflections once the call had ended 
>>> (this is still ongoing)
>>> 
>>> ·         Make detailed introductions before, during and after the call
>>> 
>>> ·         Compile a shared listing of resources
>>> 
>>> ·         Make announcements and requests
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>> It was also possible for participants to engage fully via their phones only 
>>> (including moving between sessions) without using either hackpad or “social 
>>> webinar.” This was important, as not everyone was able to be at a computer, 
>>> and some who were at one had trouble using the online tools.
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>> Not everything was perfect, of course, and there were some lessons learned. 
>>> The biggest challenge was that, despite many emails and online explanations 
>>> in advance, some people were confused by the three ways to engage (phone, 
>>> hackpad and social webinar) or had trouble accessing one or more of these 
>>> elements. The vast majority, however, were either able to use these tools 
>>> or to have a valuable and satisfying conversation without them.
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>> I expect that there will be future iterations planned on behalf of the 
>>> Charter for Compassion, and I will promote them to this listserv now that I 
>>> feel comfortable handling larger groups! MaestroConference is also very 
>>> interested in promoting a series of large group “conversations that could 
>>> change the world.” Perhaps there are some folks here who might want to 
>>> collaborate with me in convening one? They plan for their platform to be 
>>> able to manage calls in this way with over a thousand people in the near 
>>> future. The thought of being able to regularly engage people at that scale 
>>> in this way is pretty exciting!
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>> Peace,
>>> 
>>> Ben
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>> Ben Roberts
>>> 
>>> The Conversation Collaborative
>>> 
>>> www. ConversationCollaborative.com  
>>> 
>>> (203) 426-1039
>>> 
>>> Skype: benjamin_j_roberts
>>> 
>>> G+: [email protected]
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>> <image001.jpg>
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>> 
>>> _______________________________________________
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>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -- 
>>> Ashley Cooper
>>> ​Co-Founder & ​Learning Architect
>>> www.mycelium.is
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> From: Annamarie Pluhar via OSList <[email protected]>
>>> Subject: Re: [OSList] Lonely
>>> Date: 1 October 2014 02:04:44 BST
>>> To: "Harold Shinsato" <[email protected]>, "World wide Open Space 
>>> Technology email list" <[email protected]>
>>> Reply-To: Annamarie Pluhar <[email protected]>, World wide 
>>> Open Space Technology email list <[email protected]>
>>> 
>>> 
>>> OMG!  I wanted to keep quiet until everyone had a chance to offer their 
>>> thoughts, (natural facilitator stance) but I must say that these thoughts 
>>> and offerings are RICH.!  Thank you all most heart-feltily/fully.
>>> 
>>> The question remains about opposites to the word "lonely"..
>>> 
>>> Stephane (I can't find the keyboard for the accent) ... do your offered 
>>> words have feeling associated with them? Like "lonely" does?
>>> 
>>> Aside from Stephane's response, I'm interested in that we have Celtic, 
>>> African, and American Indian but not Indo-European... Comments?
>>> 
>>> Merci!
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Annamarie Pluhar
>>> 
>>> Pluhar Consulting
>>> http://www.pluharconsulting.com
>>> 802.451.1941
>>> 802.579.5975 (cell)
>>> 
>>> On 30 Sep 2014, at 19:54, Harold Shinsato via OSList wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Chris - thanks for the tie back to Cynefin! It does sound like a profound 
>>>> opposite of lonely, 'your places of multiple belongings'.
>>>> 
>>>> Your explanation of Cynefin stimulated my recollection of the meaning of 
>>>> another possible opposite of lonely, the word Ubuntu, from the African 
>>>> Ngali Bantu language meaning 'I am what I am because of who we all are'.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On 9/30/14 5:29 PM, Chris Corrigan wrote:
>>>>> Although I don't speak Welsh, one word I find very compelling is Cynefin 
>>>>> pronounced "kuh-NIV-en". I know the word because it's the name of of 
>>>>> complexity framework. But it also means "your places of multiple 
>>>>> belonging". That refers to the fact that all of us feel many different 
>>>>> homes and many different places where we feel connected in the world in 
>>>>> English there's no word that can capture this sense of multiple belonging 
>>>>> but I do like the idea that such a sentiment need to name.
>>>>> 
>>>>> In Anishnabemowin which is the language of Ojibway and related peoples of 
>>>>> North America, the word indinewmaganik means "all my relations" but is 
>>>>> actually better translated as "I belong to everything." That's as good an 
>>>>> opposite of "lonely" as I can think of.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> -- 
>>>>> CHRIS CORRIGAN
>>>>> Harvest Moon Consultants
>>>>> Facilitation, Open Space Technology and process design
>>>>> 
>>>>> Check www.chriscorrigan.com <http://www.chriscorrigan.com> for upcoming 
>>>>> workshops, blog posts and free resources.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Sep 30, 2014, at 2:19 PM, John Watkins via OSList 
>>>>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> 
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> And I would add this, a beautiful poem by Raymond Carver, which pretty 
>>>>>> well defines my sense of the opposite of lonely:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Late Fragment - by Raymond Carver
>>>>>> And did you get what
>>>>>> you wanted from this life, even so?
>>>>>> I did.
>>>>>> And what did you want?
>>>>>> To call myself beloved, to feel myself
>>>>>> beloved on the earth.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> John
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Sep 30, 2014, at 2:15 PM, Harold Shinsato via OSList wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Annamarie,
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Thank you for a lovely question! The opposite of lonely is what I very 
>>>>>>> often experience in Open Space. This theme also resonates to much of 
>>>>>>> what we talked about on the OS Hotline today.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I must confess to have used an internet thesaurus to answer your 
>>>>>>> question. http://www.thesaurus.com <http://www.thesaurus.com/>. In 
>>>>>>> English at least, some opposites of lonely are (the emphasis in bold is 
>>>>>>> my own):
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> * populated
>>>>>>> * *sociable*
>>>>>>> * befriended
>>>>>>> * *close*
>>>>>>> * frequented
>>>>>>> * inhabited
>>>>>>> * *loved*
>>>>>>> * unlonely
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Warm Regards,
>>>>>>> Harold
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On 9/30/14 4:54 AM, Annamarie Pluhar via OSList wrote:
>>>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> For work that I'm doing that has nothing to do with OS... because 
>>>>>>>> there are a lot of people on this list who are multi-lingual I hope 
>>>>>>>> that you will forgive me for asking an off topic question.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> For those who have a mother tongue (father tongue?) that is not 
>>>>>>>> English....  Does your language have a word that is the opposite of 
>>>>>>>> "lonely"?
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Feel free to respond to me off list..
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> [email protected]
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Annamarie Pluhar
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Pluhar Consulting
>>>>>>>> http://www.pluharconsulting.com
>>>>>>>> 802.451.1941
>>>>>>>> 802.579.5975 (cell)
>>>>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>>>>> 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
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> -- 
>>>>>>> Harold Shinsato
>>>>>>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
>>>>>>> http://shinsato.com <http://shinsato.com/>
>>>>>>> twitter: @hajush <http://twitter.com/hajush>
>>>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>>>> OSList mailing list
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>>>>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>
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>>>>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>
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>>>>>> 
>>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>>> OSList mailing list
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>>>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>
>>>>>> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] 
>>>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>
>>>>>> To subscribe or manage your subscription click below:
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>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> -- 
>>>> Harold Shinsato
>>>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
>>>> http://shinsato.com
>>>> twitter: @hajush <http://twitter.com/hajush>
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> OSList mailing list
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>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> From: Allie Middleton via OSList <[email protected]>
>>> Subject: Re: [OSList] Lonely
>>> Date: 1 October 2014 02:36:50 BST
>>> To: Annamarie Pluhar <[email protected]>, World wide Open 
>>> Space Technology email list <[email protected]>
>>> Reply-To: Allie Middleton <[email protected]>, World wide Open Space 
>>> Technology email list <[email protected]>
>>> 
>>> 
>>> And of course in the Vedic tradition, where we sing the Sanskrit 'so hum' 
>>> or 'sat nam' mantra together, when chanted with intention it's like the 
>>> universal sound of OM...joint mind and heart, personal and transpersonal
>>> and that practice seems to seal  the sense of connection - a practice
>>>  aka - something that helps us experience and embrace the the opposite of 
>>> loneliness 
>>> 
>>> This wisdom that arises from our bodies, this primordial delight of eternal 
>>> life in connection with others that we experience in Open Space is also 
>>> found in creative practices of sound and movement when we help each other 
>>> to remember who we really are
>>> 
>>> As a Quaker child in NY,  all we did was to sit, and sit more, then when we 
>>> sat together, the bizarre awareness of not being separate landed in us and 
>>> then people branched out, creating new things 
>>> Maybe Because they did not feel lonely
>>> 
>>> Creativity arose from that connection in stillness, belonging and silent, 
>>> until something moved in us to share...
>>> 
>>> And now, the energy streams forth, just like Indras net...shimmering and 
>>> opening toward a new
>>> 
>>> ????
>>> 
>>> so hum
>>> 
>>> Allie Middleton 
>>> from the iPad
>>> iPhone 518.669.9923 Skype - alliemiddleton
>>> Create it! ...an extra miracle, extra and ordinary: the unthinkable can be 
>>> thought....
>>> 
>>> On Sep 30, 2014, at 21:04, Annamarie Pluhar via OSList 
>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> OMG!  I wanted to keep quiet until everyone had a chance to offer their 
>>>> thoughts, (natural facilitator stance) but I must say that these thoughts 
>>>> and offerings are RICH.!  Thank you all most heart-feltily/fully.
>>>> 
>>>> The question remains about opposites to the word "lonely"..
>>>> 
>>>> Stephane (I can't find the keyboard for the accent) ... do your offered 
>>>> words have feeling associated with them? Like "lonely" does?
>>>> 
>>>> Aside from Stephane's response, I'm interested in that we have Celtic, 
>>>> African, and American Indian but not Indo-European... Comments?
>>>> 
>>>> Merci!
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Annamarie Pluhar
>>>> 
>>>> Pluhar Consulting
>>>> http://www.pluharconsulting.com
>>>> 802.451.1941
>>>> 802.579.5975 (cell)
>>>> 
>>>> On 30 Sep 2014, at 19:54, Harold Shinsato via OSList wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Chris - thanks for the tie back to Cynefin! It does sound like a profound 
>>>>> opposite of lonely, 'your places of multiple belongings'.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Your explanation of Cynefin stimulated my recollection of the meaning of 
>>>>> another possible opposite of lonely, the word Ubuntu, from the African 
>>>>> Ngali Bantu language meaning 'I am what I am because of who we all are'.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On 9/30/14 5:29 PM, Chris Corrigan wrote:
>>>>>> Although I don't speak Welsh, one word I find very compelling is Cynefin 
>>>>>> pronounced "kuh-NIV-en". I know the word because it's the name of of 
>>>>>> complexity framework. But it also means "your places of multiple 
>>>>>> belonging". That refers to the fact that all of us feel many different 
>>>>>> homes and many different places where we feel connected in the world in 
>>>>>> English there's no word that can capture this sense of multiple 
>>>>>> belonging but I do like the idea that such a sentiment need to name.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> In Anishnabemowin which is the language of Ojibway and related peoples 
>>>>>> of North America, the word indinewmaganik means "all my relations" but 
>>>>>> is actually better translated as "I belong to everything." That's as 
>>>>>> good an opposite of "lonely" as I can think of.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> -- 
>>>>>> CHRIS CORRIGAN
>>>>>> Harvest Moon Consultants
>>>>>> Facilitation, Open Space Technology and process design
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Check www.chriscorrigan.com <http://www.chriscorrigan.com> for upcoming 
>>>>>> workshops, blog posts and free resources.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Sep 30, 2014, at 2:19 PM, John Watkins via OSList 
>>>>>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> 
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> And I would add this, a beautiful poem by Raymond Carver, which pretty 
>>>>>>> well defines my sense of the opposite of lonely:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Late Fragment - by Raymond Carver
>>>>>>> And did you get what
>>>>>>> you wanted from this life, even so?
>>>>>>> I did.
>>>>>>> And what did you want?
>>>>>>> To call myself beloved, to feel myself
>>>>>>> beloved on the earth.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> John
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Sep 30, 2014, at 2:15 PM, Harold Shinsato via OSList wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Annamarie,
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Thank you for a lovely question! The opposite of lonely is what I very 
>>>>>>>> often experience in Open Space. This theme also resonates to much of 
>>>>>>>> what we talked about on the OS Hotline today.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> I must confess to have used an internet thesaurus to answer your 
>>>>>>>> question. http://www.thesaurus.com <http://www.thesaurus.com/>. In 
>>>>>>>> English at least, some opposites of lonely are (the emphasis in bold 
>>>>>>>> is my own):
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> * populated
>>>>>>>> * *sociable*
>>>>>>>> * befriended
>>>>>>>> * *close*
>>>>>>>> * frequented
>>>>>>>> * inhabited
>>>>>>>> * *loved*
>>>>>>>> * unlonely
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Warm Regards,
>>>>>>>> Harold
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On 9/30/14 4:54 AM, Annamarie Pluhar via OSList wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> For work that I'm doing that has nothing to do with OS... because 
>>>>>>>>> there are a lot of people on this list who are multi-lingual I hope 
>>>>>>>>> that you will forgive me for asking an off topic question.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> For those who have a mother tongue (father tongue?) that is not 
>>>>>>>>> English....  Does your language have a word that is the opposite of 
>>>>>>>>> "lonely"?
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Feel free to respond to me off list..
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> [email protected]
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Annamarie Pluhar
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Pluhar Consulting
>>>>>>>>> http://www.pluharconsulting.com
>>>>>>>>> 802.451.1941
>>>>>>>>> 802.579.5975 (cell)
>>>>>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>>>>>> 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
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> -- 
>>>>>>>> Harold Shinsato
>>>>>>>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
>>>>>>>> http://shinsato.com <http://shinsato.com/>
>>>>>>>> twitter: @hajush <http://twitter.com/hajush>
>>>>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>>>>> OSList mailing list
>>>>>>>> To post send emails to [email protected] 
>>>>>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>
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>>>>>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>
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>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>>>> OSList mailing list
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>>>>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>
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>>>>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>
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>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> -- 
>>>>> Harold Shinsato
>>>>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
>>>>> http://shinsato.com
>>>>> twitter: @hajush <http://twitter.com/hajush>
>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>> OSList mailing list
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>>>> _______________________________________________
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>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> From: Kári Gunnarsson via OSList <[email protected]>
>>> Subject: [OSList] Second Life
>>> Date: 1 October 2014 09:13:06 BST
>>> To: World wide Open Space Technology email list 
>>> <[email protected]>
>>> Reply-To: Kári Gunnarsson <[email protected]>, World wide Open 
>>> Space Technology email list <[email protected]>
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Has some one here done an Open Space in "Second Life", the online and free 
>>> virtual world from the SF based Linden Lab?
>>> 
>>> On 30 September 2014 21:59, Ben Roberts via OSList 
>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> As some of you know, I’ve been at this for a couple of years now. Today, 
>>> working on behalf of the Charter for Compassion International, I was 
>>> finally able to host a MaestroConference-based call that I felt truly lived 
>>> up to the potential for “Open Space” in virtual form (in quotes since I 
>>> know some of you purists might dispute that this really was OST!).
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>> Of course, it wasn’t like being together in person for a day or two. 
>>> Indeed, there was only one round of live small group conversation. But the 
>>> combination of an online space that was opened on 9/22 using the “hackpad” 
>>> platform and a 90 minute call eight days later using MaestroConference’s 
>>> newest “social webinar” beta really worked. Here are some highlights of the 
>>> process (you can also view notes and more here on hackpad):
>>> 
>>> ·         We had 43 participants on the call for at least some of the 90 
>>> minutes, mostly from the US, but also including several from overseas.
>>> 
>>> ·         Six topics were initiated by participants
>>> 
>>> ·         In addition to the topic breakouts, there was a “meet and greet” 
>>> session for just hanging out and connecting. This also served as a place to 
>>> welcome late-comers to the call. As a result, the latter were easily 
>>> integrated and able to join the conversations of their choosing
>>> 
>>> ·         The topic conversations lasted a little more than 40 minutes
>>> 
>>> ·         We ended with a full group “popcorn-style” harvest and some 
>>> announcements
>>> 
>>> ·         A number of participants attended a debrief after the official 
>>> end of the call
>>> 
>>> ·         A few participants also stayed on the line “overtime” to continue 
>>> their topic conversations
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>> MC’s new “social webinar” worked beautifully, allowing participants to do 
>>> the following:
>>> 
>>> ·         Exercise the law of two feet (really!)
>>> 
>>> ·         See who was in their breakouts (including a thumbnail and contact 
>>> info, if provided)
>>> 
>>> ·         See who was talking or had their “hands” up
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>> Using “hackpad,” we were able to do the following:
>>> 
>>> ·         Open the marketplace in advance, in order to both save time on 
>>> the call and allow for some online discussion to get going. Five out of the 
>>> six topics were initiated in advance.
>>> 
>>> ·         Provide an index of topics and the “room numbers” for each (so 
>>> that participants could move themselves to the right room)
>>> 
>>> ·         Take collaborative notes during breakouts, with a separate pad 
>>> for each one (note that “social webinar” now also provides shared document 
>>> functionality for each breakout room, if desired)
>>> 
>>> ·         Continue sharing notes and reflections once the call had ended 
>>> (this is still ongoing)
>>> 
>>> ·         Make detailed introductions before, during and after the call
>>> 
>>> ·         Compile a shared listing of resources
>>> 
>>> ·         Make announcements and requests
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>> It was also possible for participants to engage fully via their phones only 
>>> (including moving between sessions) without using either hackpad or “social 
>>> webinar.” This was important, as not everyone was able to be at a computer, 
>>> and some who were at one had trouble using the online tools.
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>> Not everything was perfect, of course, and there were some lessons learned. 
>>> The biggest challenge was that, despite many emails and online explanations 
>>> in advance, some people were confused by the three ways to engage (phone, 
>>> hackpad and social webinar) or had trouble accessing one or more of these 
>>> elements. The vast majority, however, were either able to use these tools 
>>> or to have a valuable and satisfying conversation without them.
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>> I expect that there will be future iterations planned on behalf of the 
>>> Charter for Compassion, and I will promote them to this listserv now that I 
>>> feel comfortable handling larger groups! MaestroConference is also very 
>>> interested in promoting a series of large group “conversations that could 
>>> change the world.” Perhaps there are some folks here who might want to 
>>> collaborate with me in convening one? They plan for their platform to be 
>>> able to manage calls in this way with over a thousand people in the near 
>>> future. The thought of being able to regularly engage people at that scale 
>>> in this way is pretty exciting!
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>> Peace,
>>> 
>>> Ben
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>> Ben Roberts
>>> 
>>> The Conversation Collaborative
>>> 
>>> www. ConversationCollaborative.com  
>>> 
>>> (203) 426-1039
>>> 
>>> Skype: benjamin_j_roberts
>>> 
>>> G+: [email protected]
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>> <image001.jpg>
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>> 
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> 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
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -- 
>>> Kári Gunnarsson
>>> [email protected]
>>> (+354) 864 5189
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> From: Eiwor via OSList <[email protected]>
>>> Subject: Re: [OSList] Second Life
>>> Date: 1 October 2014 12:52:10 BST
>>> To: "Kári Gunnarsson" <[email protected]>, "World wide Open Space 
>>> Technology email list" <[email protected]>
>>> Reply-To: Eiwor <[email protected]>, World wide Open Space Technology 
>>> email list <[email protected]>
>>> 
>>> 
>>> No, we created our own Open Space online version using Blackboard 
>>> Collaborate together with a learnng management system connected to our 
>>> website, collaborativeways.com. 
>>> Blessings
>>> Eiwor
>>> 
>>> För människor och organisationer - för samarbete och utveckling
>>>  
>>> Genuine Contact Professional
>>> Gateway Creation Tools
>>> CollaborativeWays.com
>>>  
>>> +46 (0)70 2622946
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 1 oktober 2014, Kári Gunnarsson via OSList <[email protected]> 
>>> skrev:
>>> 
>>>> Has some one here done an Open Space in "Second Life", the online and free 
>>>> virtual world from the SF based Linden Lab?
>>>> 
>>>> On 30 September 2014 21:59, Ben Roberts via OSList 
>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> As some of you know, I’ve been at this for a couple of years now. Today, 
>>>> working on behalf of the Charter for Compassion International, I was 
>>>> finally able to host a MaestroConference-based call that I felt truly 
>>>> lived up to the potential for “Open Space” in virtual form (in quotes 
>>>> since I know some of you purists might dispute that this really was OST!).
>>>> 
>>>>  
>>>> 
>>>> Of course, it wasn’t like being together in person for a day or two. 
>>>> Indeed, there was only one round of live small group conversation. But the 
>>>> combination of an online space that was opened on 9/22 using the “hackpad” 
>>>> platform and a 90 minute call eight days later using MaestroConference’s 
>>>> newest “social webinar” beta really worked. Here are some highlights of 
>>>> the process (you can also view notes and more here on hackpad):
>>>> 
>>>> ·         We had 43 participants on the call for at least some of the 90 
>>>> minutes, mostly from the US, but also including several from overseas.
>>>> 
>>>> ·         Six topics were initiated by participants
>>>> 
>>>> ·         In addition to the topic breakouts, there was a “meet and greet” 
>>>> session for just hanging out and connecting. This also served as a place 
>>>> to welcome late-comers to the call. As a result, the latter were easily 
>>>> integrated and able to join the conversations of their choosing
>>>> 
>>>> ·         The topic conversations lasted a little more than 40 minutes
>>>> 
>>>> ·         We ended with a full group “popcorn-style” harvest and some 
>>>> announcements
>>>> 
>>>> ·         A number of participants attended a debrief after the official 
>>>> end of the call
>>>> 
>>>> ·         A few participants also stayed on the line “overtime” to 
>>>> continue their topic conversations
>>>> 
>>>>  
>>>> 
>>>> MC’s new “social webinar” worked beautifully, allowing participants to do 
>>>> the following:
>>>> 
>>>> ·         Exercise the law of two feet (really!)
>>>> 
>>>> ·         See who was in their breakouts (including a thumbnail and 
>>>> contact info, if provided)
>>>> 
>>>> ·         See who was talking or had their “hands” up
>>>> 
>>>>  
>>>> 
>>>> Using “hackpad,” we were able to do the following:
>>>> 
>>>> ·         Open the marketplace in advance, in order to both save time on 
>>>> the call and allow for some online discussion to get going. Five out of 
>>>> the six topics were initiated in advance.
>>>> 
>>>> ·         Provide an index of topics and the “room numbers” for each (so 
>>>> that participants could move themselves to the right room)
>>>> 
>>>> ·         Take collaborative notes during breakouts, with a separate pad 
>>>> for each one (note that “social webinar” now also provides shared document 
>>>> functionality for each breakout room, if desired)
>>>> 
>>>> ·         Continue sharing notes and reflections once the call had ended 
>>>> (this is still ongoing)
>>>> 
>>>> ·         Make detailed introductions before, during and after the call
>>>> 
>>>> ·         Compile a shared listing of resources
>>>> 
>>>> ·         Make announcements and requests
>>>> 
>>>>  
>>>> 
>>>> It was also possible for participants to engage fully via their phones 
>>>> only (including moving between sessions) without using either hackpad or 
>>>> “social webinar.” This was important, as not everyone was able to be at a 
>>>> computer, and some who were at one had trouble using the online tools.
>>>> 
>>>>  
>>>> 
>>>> Not everything was perfect, of course, and there were some lessons 
>>>> learned. The biggest challenge was that, despite many emails and online 
>>>> explanations in advance, some people were confused by the three ways to 
>>>> engage (phone, hackpad and social webinar) or had trouble accessing one or 
>>>> more of these elements. The vast majority, however, were either able to 
>>>> use these tools or to have a valuable and satisfying conversation without 
>>>> them.
>>>> 
>>>>  
>>>> 
>>>> I expect that there will be future iterations planned on behalf of the 
>>>> Charter for Compassion, and I will promote them to this listserv now that 
>>>> I feel comfortable handling larger groups! MaestroConference is also very 
>>>> interested in promoting a series of large group “conversations that could 
>>>> change the world.” Perhaps there are some folks here who might want to 
>>>> collaborate with me in convening one? They plan for their platform to be 
>>>> able to manage calls in this way with over a thousand people in the near 
>>>> future. The thought of being able to regularly engage people at that scale 
>>>> in this way is pretty exciting!
>>>> 
>>>>  
>>>> 
>>>> Peace,
>>>> 
>>>> Ben
>>>> 
>>>>  
>>>> 
>>>>  
>>>> 
>>>> Ben Roberts
>>>> 
>>>> The Conversation Collaborative
>>>> 
>>>> www. ConversationCollaborative.com  
>>>> 
>>>> (203) 426-1039
>>>> 
>>>> Skype: benjamin_j_roberts
>>>> 
>>>> G+: [email protected]
>>>> 
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>>> 
>>> 
>>> From: Eleder_BuM via OSList <[email protected]>
>>> Subject: [OSList] Lunch time
>>> Date: 1 October 2014 15:46:39 BST
>>> To: World wide Open Space Technology email list 
>>> <[email protected]>
>>> Reply-To: Eleder_BuM <[email protected]>, World wide Open Space 
>>> Technology email list <[email protected]>
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Hi friends how are you?
>>> 
>>> Last time I opened space (sep 17th, HerriUni) I got some little learning 
>>> I´d like to share...
>>> 
>>>    - In a one day OS meeting, it helps me a lot as facilitator *to have a
>>>    good time (around 1 hour would do very well) to enjoy lunch
>>> *(+coffee/nap/ride/...?)
>>>    slowly.
>>>    - *Best time for it, in my case would be, some time after the beginning
>>>    of the second meeting. *For example, we had last day meetings scheduled
>>>    for 11:15;  12:30 and 16:00. We had lscheduled unch time for the OS 
>>> between
>>>    14:00 and 16:00....And I had lunch around 12:50 and was finished around
>>>    13:40. Quite good, because,...
>>> 
>>> This can help well because,...
>>> 
>>>    - My activity as facilitator is all the time coming before the group´s...
>>>    - ... so my energy end up also sooner...
>>>    - ... so my body asks for energy sooner
>>>    - ...and we can be on the place well present to ring the bells before
>>>    the main lunch time, facilitate the reports of the second round being 
>>> typed
>>>    on the laptops,...and joining some conversation too!
>>>    - enjoying a slow lunch helps always so much!
>>> 
>>> Small thing most of you already know well, I suppose.
>>> 
>>> I share it because I feel that sometimes, in my overwhelming activity, I
>>> missed this point and couldn´t, because of it, be so present,...
>>> 
>>> Any comments?
>>> 
>>> Go Poland! Maybe we meet there next year!
>>> 
>>> Enjoy life!
>>> 
>>> *@Eleder_BuM <http://twitter.com/Eleder_BuM>  *
>>> www.flowandshow.blogspot.com
>>> www.burumapak.blogspot.com  (Basque)
>>> http://in-fluyendo.blogspot.com.es (Spanish)
>>> www.bilbohiria.com/irratsaioak/berbaz (Basque radio interviews)
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> From: Harold Shinsato via OSList <[email protected]>
>>> Subject: Re: [OSList] Second Life
>>> Date: 1 October 2014 21:25:26 BST
>>> To: Kári Gunnarsson <[email protected]>, World wide Open Space 
>>> Technology email list <[email protected]>
>>> Reply-To: Harold Shinsato <[email protected]>, World wide Open Space 
>>> Technology email list <[email protected]>
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Kári,
>>> 
>>> The Radical Inclusion folks worked on developing an Open Space in Second 
>>> Life back in 2009, and used Open Space in Second Life as part of a 150 
>>> person online event June 5, 2010. Holger Nauheimer,       Julianne Neumann, 
>>> and others.
>>> 
>>> I'm looking through my old emails to look for tracks and trails. I didn't 
>>> participate in their online unconference, only a small part of which was 
>>> open space, and their NING site seems to have been decommissioned. The few 
>>> meetings we held back in 2009, I do remember that the prospect of Open 
>>> Space in Second Life looked like it would be largely consumed with training 
>>> the participants in the use of Second Life. At least my own enthusiasm 
>>> fizzled. There is a website for the exploratory meetings - 
>>> http://osinsl.pbworks.com - but you have to request access and it doesn't 
>>> have that much content.
>>> 
>>> I think there's a lot of promise in what Ben Roberts is talking about with 
>>> Maestro Conference. They've been working on their Social Webinar for years 
>>> now and it's great it's finally working.
>>> 
>>> I'm also thinking the MIT open source project mentioned a few weeks ago on 
>>> the OSList has great potential for a low cost (or free if you can get the 
>>> hosting and setup) online open space with video. 
>>> https://unhangout.media.mit.edu/how-to-unhangout/.
>>> 
>>> A simple phone interface, or a familiar (like Google Hangout) platform 
>>> would be much better than Second Life. Maybe in the future the training 
>>> overhead won't be needed for a virtual world - thus the great value of a 
>>> phone interface like Maestro. Everyone knows the phone.
>>> 
>>>     Cheers,
>>>     Harold
>>> 
>>> On 10/1/14 2:13 AM, Kári Gunnarsson via OSList wrote:
>>>> Has some one here done an Open Space in "Second Life", the online and free 
>>>> virtual world from the SF based Linden Lab?
>>>> 
>>>> On 30 September 2014 21:59, Ben Roberts via OSList 
>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> As some of you know, I’ve been at this for a couple of years now. Today, 
>>>> working on behalf of the Charter for Compassion International, I was 
>>>> finally able to host a MaestroConference-based call that I felt truly 
>>>> lived up to the potential for “Open Space” in virtual form (in quotes 
>>>> since I know some of you purists might dispute that this really was OST!).
>>>> 
>>>>  
>>>> Of course, it wasn’t like being together in person for a day or two. 
>>>> Indeed, there was only one round of live small group conversation. But the 
>>>> combination of an online space that was opened on 9/22 using the “hackpad” 
>>>> platform and a 90 minute call eight days later using MaestroConference’s 
>>>> newest “social webinar” beta really worked. Here are some highlights of 
>>>> the process (you can also view notes and more here on hackpad):
>>>> 
>>>> ·         We had 43 participants on the call for at least some of the 90 
>>>> minutes, mostly from the US, but also including several from overseas.
>>>> 
>>>> ·         Six topics were initiated by participants
>>>> 
>>>> ·         In addition to the topic breakouts, there was a “meet and greet” 
>>>> session for just hanging out and connecting. This also served as a place 
>>>> to welcome late-comers to the call. As a result, the latter were easily 
>>>> integrated and able to join the conversations of their choosing
>>>> 
>>>> ·         The topic conversations lasted a little more than 40 minutes
>>>> 
>>>> ·         We ended with a full group “popcorn-style” harvest and some 
>>>> announcements
>>>> 
>>>> ·         A number of participants attended a debrief after the official 
>>>> end of the call
>>>> 
>>>> ·         A few participants also stayed on the line “overtime” to 
>>>> continue their topic conversations
>>>> 
>>>>  
>>>> MC’s new “social webinar” worked beautifully, allowing participants to do 
>>>> the following:
>>>> 
>>>> ·         Exercise the law of two feet (really!)
>>>> 
>>>> ·         See who was in their breakouts (including a thumbnail and 
>>>> contact info, if provided)
>>>> 
>>>> ·         See who was talking or had their “hands” up
>>>> 
>>>>  
>>>> Using “hackpad,” we were able to do the following:
>>>> 
>>>> ·         Open the marketplace in advance, in order to both save time on 
>>>> the call and allow for some online discussion to get going. Five out of 
>>>> the six topics were initiated in advance.
>>>> 
>>>> ·         Provide an index of topics and the “room numbers” for each (so 
>>>> that participants could move themselves to the right room)
>>>> 
>>>> ·         Take collaborative notes during breakouts, with a separate pad 
>>>> for each one (note that “social webinar” now also provides shared document 
>>>> functionality for each breakout room, if desired)
>>>> 
>>>> ·         Continue sharing notes and reflections once the call had ended 
>>>> (this is still ongoing)
>>>> 
>>>> ·         Make detailed introductions before, during and after the call
>>>> 
>>>> ·         Compile a shared listing of resources
>>>> 
>>>> ·         Make announcements and requests
>>>> 
>>>>  
>>>> It was also possible for participants to engage fully via their phones 
>>>> only (including moving between sessions) without using either hackpad or 
>>>> “social webinar.” This was important, as not everyone was able to be at a 
>>>> computer, and some who were at one had trouble using the online tools.
>>>> 
>>>>  
>>>> Not everything was perfect, of course, and there were some lessons 
>>>> learned. The biggest challenge was that, despite many emails and online 
>>>> explanations in advance, some people were confused by the three ways to 
>>>> engage (phone, hackpad and social webinar) or had trouble accessing one or 
>>>> more of these elements. The vast majority, however, were either able to 
>>>> use these tools or to have a valuable and satisfying conversation without 
>>>> them.
>>>> 
>>>>  
>>>> I expect that there will be future iterations planned on behalf of the 
>>>> Charter for Compassion, and I will promote them to this listserv now that 
>>>> I feel comfortable handling larger groups! MaestroConference is also very 
>>>> interested in promoting a series of large group “conversations that could 
>>>> change the world.” Perhaps there are some folks here who might want to 
>>>> collaborate with me in convening one? They plan for their platform to be 
>>>> able to manage calls in this way with over a thousand people in the near 
>>>> future. The thought of being able to regularly engage people at that scale 
>>>> in this way is pretty exciting!
>>>> 
>>>>  
>>>> Peace,
>>>> 
>>>> Ben
>>>> 
>>>>  
>>>>  
>>>> Ben Roberts
>>>> 
>>>> The Conversation Collaborative
>>>> 
>>>> www. ConversationCollaborative.com  
>>>> 
>>>> (203) 426-1039
>>>> 
>>>> Skype: benjamin_j_roberts
>>>> 
>>>> G+: [email protected]
>>>> 
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>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> -- 
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>>>> [email protected]
>>>> (+354) 864 5189
>>>> 
>>>> 
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>>> 
>>> -- 
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