Hello all Enthused and finally willing to take the risk after deepening my understanding of OS with Birgitt, I've put up a proposal to conduct a regular meeting of scientists using OS.
This three-day meeting will be used to determine what the next phase of research should be after the completion of the current three-year program (in June 2000). The focus of research is eutrophication - or the causes of blue-green algae in waterways, making the water dangerous to fish, animals and humans - a serious environmental problem here in Australia. These scientists are generally resistant to process facilitation, let alone OS - but I think I can convince them of the benefits. My problem rests with their desire to include the traditional scientific presentations of results to date and feedback to each other. I have suggested that this could be a part of the OS - where there is passion and responsibility - but there is some resistance to this and a desire to schedule a specific session for these reports to everyone who attends. I am reluctant to do this (even at the beginning) because I think it will detract from the experience of OS - and I know if I can convince them to try OS they will love it. Any suggestions? Cheers Viv Viv McWaters Integra Pty Ltd 45 Valentine Street, Ivanhoe 3079 Victoria Australia Ph/Fax: 61 3 9499 9300 "Thus the task is not so much to see what no-one yet has seen, but to think what nobody yet has thought about that which everyone sees." Schopenhauer
