Okay, so after kicking this around a bit more I agree with all of you saying that the seperation serves no one. I then wrote a MashUp invitation that included both invitations on one page (not attempting to write one that serves both groups, but including both and telling why they should meet together). Take a look? http://www.omidyar.net/group/conference/ws/invitationsimultaneous/ peace, ted
On 3/9/06, Harrison Owen <[email protected]> wrote: > I would certainly agree that cross disciplinary activity is essential. And > the reason is quite simple. Life does not come in "disciplines" -- no matter > what the heads of academic departments might think or hope. The university > structure is at best an arbitrary abstraction from life. On a good day it > represents a map of the territory. But it is always arbitrary, and it is > always a map -- never to be confused with the territory. Put a little > differently, my life comes in a package labeled "Harrison" which includes > and transcends physics, chemistry, biology, psychology -- and maybe even > robotics? But it is always Harrison. > > Anyhow, it seems to me that the obvious need for cross-disciplinary efforts > argue for a SINGLE Open Space and not multiples. Doing multiple Open Spaces > simply confirms and compounds the inherent liability of the several academic > disciplines. And besides, it is an awful lot more work. As I have said to > the point of nausea -- always think of one more thing not to do. Works > better and feels better too. > > Harrison > > Harrison Owen > 7808 River Falls Drive > Potomac, Maryland 20854 > Phone 301-365-2093 > Skype hhowen > Open Space Training www.openspaceworld.com > Open Space Institute www.openspaceworld.org > Personal website www.ho-image.com > OSLIST: To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the > archivesVisit: www.listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html > > > -----Original Message----- > From: OSLIST [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Harrison > Owen > Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 8:39 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: co-located open space events > > From: Les Burleson [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 8:14 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: co-located open space events > > There might be something to this idea of two open spaces being held at > the same time. The most exciting developments I see on the horizon are > happening as a result of cross-platform communication between > disciplines. For example what happens when we overlay the most recent > advancements in biology with computer science or mechanical systems? Do > we see a new prosthesis? Exoskeletal systems? Bio-robotic systems > capable of amazing things? Just a thought... > > Looking forward, > > Les Burleson > > -----Original Message----- > From: OSLIST [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Harrison Owen > Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 7:53 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: co-located open space events > > Anything is possible, but my experience is that two Open Spaces together > seems to bleed energy from both. I suppose that if the focus of each was > VERY different that would not be the case -- but it would have to be > very > different. Since it is a single organization/group of people, I am not > clear > how different that could be. > > Harrison > > Harrison Owen > 7808 River Falls Drive > Potomac, Maryland 20854 > Phone 301-365-2093 > Skype hhowen > Open Space Training www.openspaceworld.com > Open Space Institute www.openspaceworld.org > Personal website www.ho-image.com > OSLIST: To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the > archivesVisit: www.listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html > > > -----Original Message----- > From: OSLIST [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ted > Ernst > Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 1:46 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: co-located open space events > > Traditional conferences somtimes co-locate because of their > overlapping communities or for various other reasons. Sometimes an OS > event is co-located with a traditional event, maybe calling them > tracks or whatever. > > What about two OS events, co-located? I've got a brainstorm cooking > here, with the omidyar.net members conference in July and the first > Chicago Planetwork conference. Two facilitators. Two opening > circles. Two agenda walls. One hotel. > > The alternative, of course, is to try to craft a single invitation > that serves both groups. Maybe that's still possible. > > Thoughts? > > > -- > Humanize the Earth! http://tedernst.com > Open more space! http://www.openspaceworld.org > Chicago event July 14-16: http://moreandmore.us/ > skype: TedErnst > google talk/jabber: [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 > > * > * > ========================================================== > [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 > > * > * > ========================================================== > [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 > -- Humanize the Earth! http://tedernst.com Open more space! http://www.openspaceworld.org Chicago event July 14-16: http://moreandmore.us/ skype: TedErnst google talk/jabber: [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
