To the extended Open Space Institute Family, It seemed as if it had been a while since an update on current OSI activities. Sooo, here's a summary of what's happening. Drop me a note if you want to know more about any of this.
I'm sending the contents as an attachment for those who can read attachments and copying the same info into this e-mail for those who can't. Peg Holman WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE OPEN SPACE INSTITUTE? April 1, 1997 The easy answer follows in the list of activities underway. Much more elusive is the question underlying the activities: "How do we sustain a self-organizing organization?" Much of the work is happening through e-mail. What seems to be emerging is the ability for anyone who has a topic that they feel requires face to face contact to convene a gathering. For example, we currently have a group meeting to re-think OST training delivery. We are working hard to make the assumptions of how we operate explicit. Who makes decisions? What are the boundaries of the OSI? The questions and answers are both emerging from the work itself and from the conversations happening on-line. It is a learning experience for everyone who wants to play. PUBLICATION OF AT WORK The special issue of Berrett-Koehler's At Work was published in March. Edited by Anne Stadler, it contains a dozen stories of Open Space in business, non-profit and government. You can get a copy by contacting Alis Valencia of Berrett-Koehler at 1-800-929-2929. WEB SITE The first version of the Open Space Institute web site is up. Come visit at: www.tmn.com/openspace. Our thanks to the MetaNet for playing host. We're working on a more interactive version now that will also be more inclusive of what's happening in Canada. If you've ideas on the site, contact Bert Hopkins at [email protected]. OSI MAILINGS We are planning a mailing in the fall with Berrett-Koehler and OSI of Canada in conjunction with the publication of Harrison's book. To celebrate the publication of AT WORK and the creation of the web site, we'll be doing a mailing in April inviting people to join the OSI(s). We began a membership drive to pay for this. To date, we've added 14 new members, have at least as many pledges to join and raised over $1200. JOIN THE OS DISCUSSION VIA E-MAIL. If you want to participate in the on-line discussion, send an e-mail message to [email protected]. Put the following text in the body of the message: SUBSCRIBE OSLIST firstname lastname OST TRAINING A group in Seattle, Washington is re-thinking training as the entry point into the Open Space community. The idea is to make the experience more real world and more a beginning involvement among colleagues who provide support and mentoring. SPEAKERS BUREAU Wendy Potter has contacted several speakers bureaus about putting Open Space on their topic list. If you have an interest in being involved, contact Wendy at (206)621-4469. BUSINESS OSONOS Just the kernel of an idea, we've discussed bringing people from businesses currently using Open Space together to share their stories. This would be a joint convening by Boeing and OSI. If you want to participate in making this happen, contact Paul Glieberman at 206237-3607. OSONOS The Open Space on Open Space is jointly sponsored by the Open Space Institutes and HH Owen & Co. The dates are Saturday evening, October 25 to Monday, Oct. 27. October 28 will be a day on OST training. It will be in Toronto this year. That's all for now, Peg Holman [email protected] (206)643-6357
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