I can only bring my small frustration to this issue: there have been OS gatherings in London (http://www.wtfcon.org) which I couldn't attend as I live some 3 thousand miles away.
I know we all have to negotiate with reality, but to me the invitation wasn't all that "open". Did the internet-experienced, fast-typist people write summaries which would be the starting point for those of us outside the circle? Not much, really. Would I have wanted their restaurant napkin digitized and placed on the 'net? Sure I would. Anything better than this distance, if you ask me! Maybe this is a bit like open source in computers: volunteers (those with passion and responsibility) do what they like (and so they should), but someone might want to "pay" for "someone" doing what nobody likes doing, just like IBM pays for specific tasks in Linux ... hang on, documentation is also the boring part of coding a computer program!!! Maybe those of us who live far away should be able to subscribe paying a small amount of cash - to pay for some note-takers. It would be a non-compulsory, possibly nice, addition to the core openspace itself. A welcome one for the distanced. *If* it doesn't hurt the process - which is something for the experts (=those with experience) here to say. I *imagine* open space can swallow anything you throw at it, as long as it doesn't close the space down. I mean, people always bring in their own previous "everything": languages, concepts, experience, passions, personality, and skills. If some in the groups have previously learned to draw, to do lateral thinking, to play drama, to sing, whatever - they may (or may not) use that. So if someone opens the possibility of learning to draw before an OS event, then maybe some of the participants will take that learning. Is there a HOW-TO somewhere? Again, only my imagination at work here. Awaiting your comments. And, as usual, a big thank you. Lucas __________________________________________________ Correo Yahoo! - 6 MB, antivirus y antispam ¡gratis! Regístrate ya - http://correo.yahoo.es * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected]: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist
