Murli: I think you answered your own question - that space did not feel open seems to be the most significant factor, more important than moving rooms and missing elements. I wonder - what would have been the minimum changes you would need before the session felt like "open space" for you?
For me, it was when you described the open space component as being broken up through the event that this stopped feeling like open space. Reading your story reminded me of an upcoming event that I am aware of. I was sent information about it second hand by someone who knows that I am interested in open space. I do not have direct contact with the people running the event. The event invitation states that the event will be run "in open space" and goes on to quote the law and the principles but.... it then describes the concurrent sessions that will be run and the people who are running them. There is no market place, there is no opening or closing circle. As far as I can tell the only part of "OS" that exists in this session is the law of two feet. This is my puzzle - what do I do about this? I have talked to the person who forwarded the info to me and discussed what OS is (and isn't) and why this is not open space - but I haven't talked to the originator. I don't want to cause bad feelings between my friend and the person running this conference but it's driving me crazy that there are a whole lot of people who are going to think that this is what OS is. So - what would you do - when you know in advance that a "Not OS" is about to happen? -- Sharon
