Fr Brian S Bainbridge wrote:
They were also at pains to have us promise "not to tell any of the pakeha that they thought this" because they feared (rightly or wrongly) they would not then be tolerated if "they" knew such opinions were being aired. That, in itself, was a huge message to us who opened the space and worked with with two other NZ facilitators on the program. It is a message that has stayed with me ever since - the need to really be open and, as HHO says, live open.
That is interesting. My friends in Nelson are actually planning to use OST to run some open community events around the Treaty of Waitaingi Day next year. It's an effort to change the nature of the relationship between people from one of confrontation and closing (very prevalent in today's polictical climate in New Zealand) to one which opens and embodies the Spirit of a Treaty. Their preparations have been started on the OSW.net wiki: *http://tinyurl.com/2y3yw *chris -- CHRIS CORRIGAN Bowen Island, BC, Canada (604) 947-9236 Consultation - Facilitation Open Space Technology Weblog: http://www.chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot Homepage: http://www.chriscorrigan.com [email protected] * * ========================================================== [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
