I think we will continue to converse about world issues here on the list. We are humans and OST practitioners, as Michael Dobbie says, and I would add that we each have culture and gender and class and other contexts which influence us. I think it's valuable to notice all these things as we go thru life, or post to the list.
Here is the question on the FAQ regarding etiquette. I think it's the closest thing to ground rules that we have established. I think it's the latest version 1.3 (Chris?) blessings, Jeff 4. What is the etiquette for posting to OSLIST? There are no hard and fast rules about what to post to OSLIST, but in general people appreciate the following: * Questions about working with Open Space Technology* * Answers to relevant questions* * Stories about Open Space Technology meetings* * Poems (there is a regular poetry contest that happens every six months or so)* * Notices of upcoming Open Space Technology training or conferences* * Resource material that may be of interest to Open Space Technology facilitators* * Opportunities and calls for OST facilitators.* * Introductions from new subscribers * Discussion about theories and ideas that can help to improve the understanding and practice of Open Space Technology * Experiences working with Open Space Organizations * Accounts of other ways of "opening space." * Posts in languages other than English are acceptable. OSLIST has readers who speak German, Swedish, Russian, Portuguese, Spanish and French among others and items have been posted in all of these languages in the past. In general, OSLIST users seem to prefer that people avoid the following: * Attachments. Please either post these to a website and provide the link to the list, or ask people to indicate if they wish to receive them off list. * Flaming. We are a pretty congenial group, and flaming is relatively unknown amongst us. It would be nice to keep it that way. If you have negative things to say about individuals it would be appreciated if you could keep them off list. * It must also be said that the jury is still out on small personal notes of appreciation or support to individuals. Some feel that these are a waste of bandwidth and add to an increasingly heavy personal email load. Others feel that personal messages of support sent to the list provide valuable affirmation to individuals by recognizing them within the worldwide community of Open Space Technology practitioners. ItÂ’s best to use your own judgement on this. If you do post notes like this to the list, be aware that the reception of others may be mixed. - Jeff Aitken Berkeley CA USA: (01) 510.540.6576 [email protected] And now, for something COMPLETELY different... -- Cleese et al * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected], Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html
