No, Diane, they're not up yet, but they will be soon. Steve Cochran is coordinating this, with Chris Weaver's help. You can check <uspartnership.org> along the way.
One thing I'd like to know from the rest of you OS-folks: do you keep track of outcomes from the Open Space gatherings? As a facilitator I always want to do this, if only for curiosity's sake; I learned early how tenuous the line between faciltiation and engagement in substance is! It's so easy to let enthusiasm open too many doors than I can go through responsibly. ----- Original Message ----- From: Diane Brandon <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sun, 12 Mar 2006 07:56:06 -0500 Subject: Re: relationship-based funding > Patricia, have the Partnership convocation action plans been made > available online? > Diane > > On Mar 12, 2006, at 6:51 AM, Patricia Haines wrote: > > > I think that what Harrison's story fromSouth AFrica is what Chris and > > the US Partnership convocation > > folks are seeking - a dialogue and mutual understanding. We have some > > research to do about what's > > happening in the larger philanthropic world with respect donor/grantee > > relationships. We'll be > > checking this out in the coming months. > > > > Once Chris tries the idea out with his local community foundation, > > I'll do the same with mine. And I > > have this growing vision: what might an Open Space convened by the > > Council on Foundations look > > like? or perhaps by the Duke or Indiana or Yale philanthropy programs? > > ARNOVA? > > > > I'm a newcomer to Open Space, but a participant referred to what > > happened in Raleigh at the US > > Partnership 1st anniversary Convocation as a "miracle". All of us have > > been working in our own ways > > for years toward what is now being called "sustainability", in its > > myriad dimensions. In addition to > > the extraordinary richness of the action plans that emerged in > > Raleigh, getting to know others - and > > being able to keep in touch with them via email - generates the energy > > of HOPE - and I, for one, now > > wake up each morning eager to check my email! > > > > The OSLIST is part of this. In addition to hope you all give me > > concrete examples and solid things > > to ponder on - thank you all. - Patricia > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Harrison Owen <[email protected]> > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 16:47:31 -0500 > > Subject: Re: relationship-based funding > > > >> I don't know where this fits exactly -- but in the early 90's as RSA > >> was > >> coming out of Apartheid, everything was in turmoil, not the least of > >> which > >> was the Non-profit world, funders and recipients. I don't know who's > >> idea it > >> was, but we did a day long OS with all parties. Everybody predicted > >> that it > >> would be recipients with hat in hands chasing down funders. But that > >> never > >> happened. Instead there was this marvelous dialogue with everybody > >> involved > >> concerned with the New South Africa and the necessary social support > >> programs to uphold it. It would have been better for 2.5 days, but we > >> did > >> what we did, and it seemed to do a lot. > >> > >> 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 > >> archives Visit: www.listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html > >> > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: OSLIST [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > >> Chris > >> Weaver > >> Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 2:32 PM > >> To: [email protected] > >> Subject: Re: relationship-based funding > >> > >> a couple follow-up thoughts to my last post: > >> > >> what i am really longing for in this, diane, is authenticity. i've > >> done a > >> lot of successful grant-writing and spent a lot of time on planet > >> 501(c)3 > >> (for our international friends that's what a non-profit organization > >> is > >> called in the usa). all the individual players care a lot, but the > >> system > >> runs on "making things look good," which results in vast herds of > >> "dead > >> moose" inhabiting the non-profit world. executive directors > >> sugar-coat > >> their reports to their boards. marketing folks make the brochures and > >> annual reports look beautiful. grant-writing is such a specialty > >> because it > >> is a difficult art to tell foundations what they want to hear. > >> evaluations > >> are constantly striving to squeeze positive measurable data out of the > >> essential complexity of life. and when all is said and done, almost > >> nobody > >> is genuinely honored for their hard work and dedication in the honest > >> and > >> authentic way that they deserve, and the people who are served remain > >> largely behind a thick rose-colored glass wall. yes, wonderful and > >> critically important things happen...but in my view too much of it > >> happens > >> in spite of the current paradigm, and with a lot of precious energy > >> wasted. > >> > >> with our new little initiative, i look forward the experience of > >> donors, > >> project staff, and "clients" too sitting in circle, telling honest > >> stories, > >> LAUGHING, and giving voice to the complex living thing called the > >> reality of > >> the work. when that happens, we will be able to roll up our sleeves > >> and > >> take it to the next level. > >> > >> chris > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: OSLIST [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Diane > >> Brandon > >> Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 6:54 AM > >> To: [email protected] > >> Subject: relationship-based funding > >> > >> > >> Chris, can you give a real or imaginary example of how this (State of > >> Grace Documents as relationship-based alternatives to grants & other > >> traditional funding mechanisms.) might work? The non-profit work I'm > >> part of receives grants from "Community Foundations", where "donor > >> advised funds" are granted to projects. In the "relationship-based > >> alternatives", would the donor have their funds in their own > >> investments, and work on a State of Grace document as a sort of MOU > >> (memorandum of understanding) between them and the project or program > >> they are funding? How would they not have many organizations seeking > >> to > >> do this with them? The community foundations serve as intermediaries, > >> to save the wealthy person with a mission in mind from having to > >> organize those seeking funds, and from having to know all the > >> investment/donor laws, etc. > >> > >> I like what you're suggesting, but I'd love to hear some further > >> descriptions, pros and cons. Is anyone doing it yet? > >> > >> Diane Brandon (coordinator of a regional coalition that uses > >> participatory methods like FS, WC, AI -- and OS soon) > >> > >> PS Melinda Salazar, who I mentioned some time back on this list, and > >> who is now a member, is having Steve Cochran facilitate her OS on > >> Teaching Peace at the high school in Durham NH on April 1. > >> > >> > >> On Mar 9, 2006, at 6:29 AM, Chris Weaver wrote: > >> > >>> Thanks, Harrison & others, for the welcome when I posted a few weeks > >>> ago. It's lovely to be remembered after a couple of years off-list, > >>> & > >>> delightful to see the online community thriving away in its > >>> inimitable > >>> way. > >>> > >>> A couple current highlights & interests: > >>> > >>> I continue to work with youth, particularly teenagers. I'm working > >>> with some wonderful folks to develop a new form of "community-based > >>> indigenous education." I promote a return to the ancient idea that > >>> the initiation from childhood to young-adulthood is a key moment for > >>> the vast living intelligence of nature to re-enter the consciousness > >>> of the human village. Our youth can do this and are doing this for > >>> those who notice. Open space is a really good tool for > >>> intergenerational, inclusive "culture creation," so that the youth > >>> can > >>> be widely and deeply honored and supported in their role, and > >>> welcomed > >>> back properly by the Elders and the village. (Our project > >>> weblog will > >>> soon be up ~ I'll let y'all know.) > >>> > >>> Last week (thanks to Patricia Haines & the list) I attended the open > >>> space convocation of the US Partnership for the UN Decade for > >>> Education for Sustainable Development at the EPA campus near > >>> Raleigh, North Carolina. All I can say is that Steve Cochran has > >>> done > >>> something extraordinary, the unfolding of which will make itself > >>> known > >>> on this list and far beyond in the weeks & months to come. > >>> Harrison's > >>> post about the new climate change research brings the opportunities > >>> around open space and the Partnership into an even sharper focus. > >>> > >>> I am championing one initiative that came out of the convocation, > >>> which I am excited to mention, although it's in early development. > >>> Inspired by my sketchy recollection of Michael Herman's "Giving > >>> Conference" in Chicago a couple years back, I'm working with Maureen > >>> and Zelle, Patricia, & others on a new way to bring potential donors > >>> together with grassroots sustainability project leaders, using open > >>> space, and resulting in State of Grace Documents as > >>> relationship-based > >>> alternatives to grants & other traditional funding mechanisms. If > >>> all > >>> goes well we'll pilot this in North Carolina (probably here in > >>> Asheville) by summer. > >>> > >>> That's my news from the Northamerican southeast highlands, as the > >>> birds call in the dawn from the Atlantic. 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