Dear colleagues, the second day of the OS training in Moscow started with morning news, followed by reading the proceedings and standard convergence. Selforganizing power evolved: morning news has already become an event completely in the hands of the participants. The Delphi-method cristallized 5 issues, four of them were worked. Reports were given and the open space was closed with the talking stick ceremony. That lasted about 1 hour. A number of the participants reported, that they felt a surge of energy as they touched the talking stick: a piece of wood that Michael's daughther had brought from lake Baikal. One of the participants from the lake Baikal region expressed her hope, that open space would contribute to strengthen the forces engaged in saving the lake. This lake contains 20 percent of all the freshwater on our planet. It is central to all of life. Another participant felt like a discoverer searching for new world, but arriving at an unexpected shore (be ready to be surprised!).
The transision from the thematic open space to the open space on open space was quite organic. Michael took the role of the sponsor and Jo introduced the technology in Russian. He physically had to get out of the way as participants rushed into the centre to offer their issues. We had to create new rooms to accomodate all 18 passions. Twelve reports were produced between 3:00 and 6:30 pm. The reports reflected the intensive discussion on open space technology. Groups got very involved in their work and several interrupted to make it to evening news. We sensed a mood of people encountering a deeper level of open space. In consequence evening news was very relaxed. During the day we organized learning spaces with books, videos and audio CD's. After the close of the working day we prepared for the 3rd part of the training: the open space on the role of the facilitator. More on that tomorrow. Writing the report and sharing it with you we reasures us of being a part of the world-wide open space community. It is comforting to know that you're out there. Greetings from Moscow Jo and Michael -- Jochen Toepfer independent of location [email protected] http://www.socius.de Tel/Fax: +49-30-69088159
