To Laurie in Ithaca, and others... First, nice to know the old "Ithaca Dollars" program is still going. I wonder how many folks in the US know it's perfectly legal to print your own currency (as long, I'm told, as it doesn't resemble the official currency). I wonder how far I could get with "Ralph's Rubles" in my own neighborhood.
About a short open space... I personally don't see the point of going through the business of opening the space if you're only going to have one "break-out" period. What I tell my clients who want short OS events, is that you have to give it enough time and diversity of exchange for the "space" to "open", i.e. for people to allow themselves to experience each other in some degree of variety. For me, OS has always been about enabling folks to deal better with the content and the issue by giving them an opportunity to experience it on other than a solely cognitive level. So, I think, people need to mix it up, mix themselves up, see new planes, relate on multiple levels, etc. Having multiple break-out periods permits people to stir their own pot. Remember that adults learn best by working themselves out of their own confusion. And you gotta build in time for confusion or folks won't find their way out the other side. The more break-outs, the more confusion, and the more eventual resolution thereof. For me, this means I won't do OS for less than four hours (with three one-hour periods). A few months back, I had a very informative chat with Harrison, who offered that he likes 90 minute sessions the best. Why? Well, he said, it just seems to works that way. I prefer three one-hour sessions to two 90-minute ones. Why? I just think it seems to work that way. I suppose we could both be right. If I were forced to do something for three hours, I'd have to choose between two one-hour sessions and three 40-minute ones. What would I do? Argue with the client to add an extra hour. -- Ralph Copleman www.earthdreams.net 609-895-1629 * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected], Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html
