yes, i think so. and to invite others into life. m
On 4/29/05, Funda Oral <[email protected]> wrote: > everything in life is like an invitation then. > we are all invited to participate in life. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Michael Herman" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, April 29, 2005 12:32 PM > Subject: Re: After the OST event... > > i always describe open space as a practice in invitation, doug. we > put out the first invite, and people come. then we invite them to > post their own invites, to breakout sessions. this is just the > detailed version of the first invite. then they take the notes, which > is a further detailing of the original invitation... and an invitation > to reflect, review, return and act. and some of the actions usually > include issuing new invitations. if the new invitations go out beyond > the first circle, then even if those folks drift away, the process > will keep going, the conversation will continue. so can the three who > are left invite the next round of new people? will those who've > drifted away be invited back? and if not, do they know others they > might share a new invitation with? ...or perhaps it's just over... > for now? m > > On 4/28/05, Harrison Owen <[email protected]> wrote: > > Doug -- no problem. Friends of mine who ran (were involved with) a large > > rural healthcare delivery organization did "an" Open Space -- and then > > resolved (actually the whole staff demanded) that they work from that time > > forward in Open Space. So. It became a matter of policy and principle the > > every person in the organization had both the opportunity and the > > responsibility to open a space any time there was an issue or opportunity > > affecting the life of the organization for which there was not immediate > or > > obvious solution. Open Spaces happened all the time. Sometimes there were > 5 > > people, sometimes 50. > > > > ho > > > > Harrison Owen > > 7808 River Falls Drive > > Potomac, Maryland 20845 > > 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 Visit: > > http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: OSLIST [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Douglas > D. > > Germann, Sr. > > Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 12:20 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: After the OST event... > > > > Hi-- > > > > A couple of years ago a community OST event was held involving > > professionals with a common set of clients/patients. There was great > > enthusiasm and an on-going task group came out of it. It met for about 4 > to > > 6 months and then fizzled out. > > > > Another community event recently resulted in an on-going group and an > > e-mail list-serv. The first month's meeting had about 10 or 12 people from > > the original 20+. The second month's meeting had 3 people. > > > > It occurs to me that what is needed to carry things through beyond the > > event is some open space in which we can re-enter dialogue. Open space is > > not something that goes into old skins: it bursts them. It is not the same > > kind of business meetings with pre-set agendas--it has to be open in the > > moment. It is not the networking function where we share small talk about > > experiences and titles and advertising slogans and elevator speeches. It > is > > about encountering persons. We need a theme or a method of meeting that > > will allow the same kind of being to being contact and growth. How is this > > to be accomplished? > > > > Can we do the on-going meetings in an open space sort of way? Can we > > propose topics within a container topic and go to separate corners or > > address them serially? Is there another way to open space? Can we "post" > > topics virtually, say? > > > > What has been your experience? What has worked? How do you see people > > keeping it going? > > > > :-Doug. 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