In a message dated 5/14/04 5:39:56 AM, ra...@pochtamt.ru writes:
> > I am curious, those who have scheduled or seen mini-OS's within a larger > event, how necessary do you think it is to necessarily do the whole circle > walk, > attention to breath, and other things to open the space? Is it necessarily > to even sit in a circle? My hunch is if people have already worked together > for more than a day that the space is already open. I have already > participated > in a fully open OS before within a multi-day conference (this was with > Intertraining, the professional association of trainers and consultants that > Michael Pannewitz and Jo Toepfer trained in OST. Almost everyone had at least > participated in an OS, if they hadn't led one already.) > Raffi-- My own choice would be to do a little bit of ritual, to make a break between old paradigm and new, so people are not just coming into a different room and going on with familiar behavior and mindset. I think I would walk the circle and review the principles and law--you might choose a different ritual, but I'd encourage you to do something to establish that this Space is new. Best of luck with this--the subject is important, and I love that they have left some time for more open conversation. Joelle * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist
