Peg, After spending 26 years in the military, and seeing their change processes up close, I believe those in the pentagon would warm up nicely to Open Space.
I was fortunate to be at the U.S. Army War College when Meg Wheatly was a guest speaker for a day. I observed the students (most now generals) reaction to her message. I walked away with a new respect for their receptiveness to the possibilities of new ways to look at the world they operate in. Open Space...what a great place to invent new gadgets! Sad to think that Open Space might be used for creating weapons of destruction....but they are a part of the world we live in. Open Space is unconditional I believe. Rich Norris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peggy Holman" <pe...@opencirclecompany.com> To: <osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu> Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 2:55 PM Subject: Pentagon seeks ideas > Now here's a pretty radical idea. The Pentagon has put out a request for > ideas for combating terrorism. How about offering them open space? > > There's some information below. > > Anyone interested in working on this? > > Peggy > > http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Oct2001/b10252001_bt540-01.html > > PENTAGON SEEKS IDEAS ON COMBATING TERRORISM > The Department of Defense announced today that the Under Secretary of > Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics and the Combating > Terrorism Technology Support Office Technical Support Working Group are > jointly sponsoring a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) asking for help in > fighting terrorism. > > The BAA, issued Oct. 23 (No. 02-Q-4655), specifically seeks help in > combating terrorism, defeating difficult targets, conducting protracted > operations in remote areas, and developing countermeasures to weapons of > mass destruction. Its objective is to find concepts that can be developed > and fielded within 12 to 18 months. > > The BAA provides for a three-phase process in which interested parties > initially submit a one-page description of their concept. Initial responses > are due by Dec. 23, 2001. After a review of a submission and if DoD is > interested in further information, the submitter will then be asked to > provide a more detailed description of up to 12 pages of the idea. > Submitters of concepts that the department is not interested in pursuing > further will be so notified. > > DoD will evaluate phase two submissions and ask those who have offered the > most promising ideas to submit full proposals in a third phase that may form > the basis for a contract. Phase two submitters who are not asked to submit > full proposals will be so notified. Submitters of a full phase three > proposal that is not accepted by the department may request a formal > debriefing. Debriefings will not be provided to phase one and phase two > submitters whose concepts were not accepted. > > Interested parties can obtain more information concerning this BAA by > visiting http://www.bids.tswg.gov . > > > ______________________________ > **** Please note new address: pe...@opencirclecompany.com *** > > Peggy Holman > The Open Circle Company > 15347 SE 49th Place > Bellevue, WA 98006 > 425.378.8331 (fax) > 425.746.6274 > > www.opencirclecompany.com > > * > * > ========================================================== > 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...@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
