Elena, I am relatively inexperienced at Open Space, but here's what I think:
During the explanation of the Open Space procedure at the beginning, explain WHY notes need to be taken: 1) To help the people in each group will remember what they learned and decided 2) To communicate who is interested in the topic, the key ideas and the decisions with others who will read the notes. The form for notes. Everybody agrees that the TOPIC, CONVENERS NAME (the person who posted the topic), and PARTICIPANTS' NAMES should go in the notes. THere seem to be diferent ideas on the 4th part. In keeping with the spirit of OPen Space, I would propose, that the people in the group choose what they think needs to be written, in order to accomplish the purpose of taking notes. After all, that is what they are going to do anyway. In some groups the most important thing will be what was learned, in others the focus is on actions planned, and in others the most important thing is who to contact. There can be a sentence suggesting a few different things they might consider writing, like a brief summary of the most important ideas, things that will be done, and who will do them or who will coordinate them, upcoming events related to the topic, books or articles related to the topic, people to contact about the subject. So the form would look like this: TOPIC ____________ CONVENER _____________ PARTICIPANTS ___________________________________ THINGS TO REMEMBER AND SHARE, such as brief summary of the most important ideas, things that will be done, and who will do them or who will coordinate them, upcoming events related to the topic, books or articles related to the topic, people to contact about the subject. _________________________ (fill the rest of the page with lines) I wish you well with your activities. Open Space to me is more democratic than democracy. In a democracy, you get to vote every few years, and complain the rest of the time. In Open Space you get to act. Todd Saddler * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html =========================================================== osl...@egroups.com To subscribe, 1. Visit: http://www.egroups.com/group/oslist 2. Sign up -- provide an email address, and choose a login ID and password 3. Click on "Subscribe" and follow the instructions To unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@egroups.com: 1. Visit: http://www.egroups.com/group/oslist 2. Sign in and Proceed
