I have used an electronic bulletin board once, a huge one. The problem with it is that everyone can comment on the agenda from their seats and you actually miss out on the chaos of standing at the wall. Also there is something to the physical act of actually putting your topic up that breeds responsibility, rather than just throwing it out there for someone else to type into a grid.
If you do with the eBB, then have the paper wall too...there is nothing like the buzz Also I don't do sign ups per se, although often groups will figure that's what they are supposed to do at the wall. Sometimes it happens, sometimes not. I am pretty strict about asking conveners to put their names on their topics though...again, passion bounded by responsibility and it makes it easier to find people when sessions are wanting to be changed. Chris On 6/21/05, Jennifer Hurley <jlhur...@hfadesign.com> wrote: > > On 6/16/05 12:33 AM, "Joelle Lyons Everett" <jleshel...@aol.com> wrote: > > From my experience as a participant in an Open Space of 700 or 800, I > would endorse Lisa's suggestion to skip the sign-up at the wall. It was hard > to get close enough to the wall posters to read or write. The large screen > will help with the reading, so it will not be necessary for everyone to get > to the wall at the start. > > > I have never really understood the purpose of having people sign up at the > wall. It seems cumbersome to have people write on the wall. Instead, I have > been putting sign-up sheets wherever the discussion circles are. Does anyone > have a good reason for asking people to sign up at the wall? > > Thanks, > Jennifer Hurley > ------------------------------- > Hurley~Franks and Associates > Planning & Urban Design > > 1429 Walnut St., Ste. 601 > Philadelphia, PA 19102 > > P: 215-988-9440 > jlhur...@hfadesign.com > http://www.hfadesign.com > > Association for the New Urbanism in PennsylvaniA (ANUPA) > http://www.anupa.org > > ********************************************************************** > This e-mail and any files transmitted with it may contain confidential > and/or proprietary information. If you have received this in error, please > contact the sender by replying to this message and delete this material from > any system it may be on. > ********************************************************************** > > > * * ========================================================== > 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 > -- CHRIS CORRIGAN Consultation - Facilitation Open Space Technology Weblog: http://www.chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot Site: http://www.chriscorrigan.com * * ========================================================== 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
