Dear open space-friends, now I am back in Berlin from my first three week-yourney in the US together with my colleque and open space-trainingspartner Michael M Pannwitz. It was a great learning-expierence on many lefels and in many different areas: commuinity, new friends, learning, exchange, nature, dolphins, humor, dance, music, silence, stories, values, networking, visions and good food.
First of all Chicago, here we took part at the osonos. Now I love Chicago! I hope I will have the opportunity to come back. And I enjoyed very much to meet Sheila T. Isakson (and her children) and Michael Herman, other known colleques and new friends and also to see Harrison again! I was so far away from home, but the whole time I felt like being home. And it was a big pleasure for me sharing the hotel-room with michelle and kathleen. They supported me very much in getting more courage to speak english and to make mistakes and we also have had very much fun! For me one of the biggest highlists was, that the next osonos will be in Berlin in the time of 20. - 23. October 2000!! The world wide open space- community is moving around the world - great! Than we flew to California, visited old friends of Michael in San Fransico and San Diego; also very friendly people! CA is a wonderful country - except the earthquakes. Thanks god, that we left San Diego a few days before the earthquake happenend in the desert near by San Diego. Than we flew to North Carolina and took part in Birgit Boltond open space-training. There we met participants from the osonos again (Kathleen, Rochelle, Albert and Ward). That was wonderful! Together with two "new" men (Robert and Marc) we were a good group with much knowlegde and humor! And I appreciate very much Birgit Bolton as a excellent open space-trainer! I have learned very much. And I like her way how she works with open space. In my eyes she is a very professional process- consultant with a big heart and with hugh responsibility for her participants and for her costumers. To feel connected with such kongruent colleques is a hugh gift. Thank you Birgit - also for your housing-arrangements at Shandras place!!! And also thank you Michael , for your suggestion to come to the US!!! This three weeks with you was not one minute boring - it was the opposite. I am looking forward for our open space-trainings and our "Kollegiale Beratungsgruppe" and I am very excited what the future will bring. Warmly regards to all of you and I hope we will see or meet us next year in Berlin! Gabriela Ender ******************************************************************** Gabriela Ender Institut fuer systemische Kommunikation (insyko) Resselsteig 30, D- 12209 Berlin Fon: ++49307723169, Fax: ++493077392021 web: www.insyko.de, email: [email protected] web: www.we-open-spaces.de, email: [email protected] ********************************************************************
