Dear Christine I haven´t read the whole thread but just wanted to share that I often announce the meeting starting with coffee 15 mts before when I plan to start the opening. Maybe this idea is coming to late this time but anyway. Good luck! Thomas Herrmann
> -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- > Från: OSLIST [mailto:[email protected]]För Christine > Koehler > Skickat: den 1 juni 2005 21:25 > Till: [email protected] > Ämne: OS with people coming late > > > Hi all, > > Next Monday I am going to facilitate a short OS event . This meeting is > usually monthly, facilitated by someone who provides information and > answer questions on a specific topic. It lasts 2 hours. We don't know in > advance who is coming . As there seem to be more than 20 people, the > round-robin format within a short time frame is becoming difficult, so > I offered to do it as an Open Space. The meeting must finish at 3.30 > (we have to clean the room). > I have one concern with the opening circle , let me explain you why : > the meeting is supposed to begin at 1.30pm. But usually most people > arrive late, every few minutes someone new comes in. (for those who are > not familiar with France, arriving 15mn late is the norm,-ie it is not > considered as late). And here as people are mothers with babies, I > expect people still arriving at 2.15, maybe more. If I wait until > everybody is here, the risk is that we begin only at 2.30, so we would > have only a very short taste of open space. If I open the circle around > 1.30, most people will miss it and won't get how it works... > I don't know what to do. What do you suggest ? > > Christine Koehler > Paris, France > > * > * > ========================================================== > [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 > * * ========================================================== [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
