Dear Harrison and Michael, Congratulations to both of you for achieving a dream that you had. I would very much appreciate a write up of the story of this event on the list so that we can use it as a handout for potential clients of what is possible and how it was done.
Also very important for spreading our work with OST ---are testimonial statements. I would very much appreciate having you post some comments from the sponsor about this event and what it meant to them, as well as comments from some of the participants. And it would really assist us in our telling the story if you had a way to get feedback from the sponsor/participants in about six months time regarding their perspective of results. All of this would make a great teaching story and assist us in recording this from start to finish for the historic accounting of OST and its development. With this, you would be giving us a great gift. Blessings, Birgitt -----Original Message----- From: OSLIST [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Harrison Owen Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2003 11:13 AM To: [email protected] Subject: 2108 -- Remember the Number Michael Pannwitz and I, along with a marvelous crew of Open Spacers entertained some 2108 delegates to a congress in Wuerzberg, Germany. We in fact had the whole system in the room, and it was glorious. 2108 is our number, and there doesn't seem to be an official one, so I'll take it. Anyhow, there were a whole bunch of people. According to Michael, who counts such things, some 236 issues were posted, of which 150 ended up with reports. And of course, the whole agenda was created in about 35 min. Michael held the microphone, and ran the folks through like cattle. Respectfully, of course. At times there were more than a hundred people waiting to announce their issue, and the cue curled double on itself. I know Michael was in there somewhere, but you sure couldn't prove it by sight. The majority of the people present spoke German, so Michael and I did a duet. The program said that Michael would translate for me -- but I quickly disabused folks of that notion. I told them that Michael would do his thing, and i would do mine -- and with luck we would end up at the same place. Major fun! Break Out areas were designated by numbered balloons, and the signs, butterflys and bumble bees flew through the air with their own magic balloons. Michael's idea, which was superb. Lots of learning -- including the fact that OS for 2000 works just like always. Not a problem. And of course Michael and I would be pleased to answer any questions that pop up in your fertile imaginations. Harrison Harrison Owen 7808 River Falls Drive Potomac, MD 20854 USA phone 301-365-2093 Open Space Training www.openspaceworld.com Open Space Institute www.openspaceworld.org Personal website http://mywebpages.comcast.net/hhowen/index.htm [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected] Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected], Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected], Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html
