That sounds like my attitude going into WikiSym last fall. It was a traditional academic conference, but I went there with my OS attitude. By the time it was over, we even had an agenda wall. :-) http://ws2005.wikisym.org/space/OpenSpace
On 4/8/06, Diane Brandon <[email protected]> wrote: > Frank, I'll share a few rambling thoughts. > > I had my first experience of OS on April 1. It was a short one - 3 > sessions of 1 hr or 1 hr 15 minutes in one day, 9-4 - but I got the > feeling for how it works, and I liked it. The thing I was especially > grateful for was the "law of mobility" (or two feet), when one session > turned out not to be what I thought. But the other time I loved that > law was during two sessions of group singing, one at the start of the > day, and one at the end of the day. I always feel a bit guilty about > the fact that I don't like group singing unless I'm in the mood for it. > Being, in a sense, told to "sing now" or "dance now" is antithetical, > for me, to the spirit of singing or dancing. (I respect that others > find it fun to sing or dance anytime.) > > Since the group singing was not one of the OS posted sessions, but part > of the opening and closing circles, there wasn't built-in permission to > leave and do something else, but the spirit of OS was there, so I got > past my guilt and did other things both times. I watched a dvd in the > display area (which was great, and I bought a copy, and have found > several uses for it), I looked at the displays, I browsed through a > great curriculum, I went outside, etc. > > Assuming that the FIC gathering is set up in the usual conference way > -- lots of listening to others speak -- might you give yourself > permission to wander? > > Maybe you could make an announcement about what you're interested in, > and post something on a wall suggesting a time/place to get together > with others about that. (During lunch or a break, for example, so as > not to challenge the order that has been established, but just to offer > some in-fill with OS style time.) > > And maybe invite some of the FIC leaders to an OS on some topic they > are likely to be interested in? Once they experience it, perhaps > they'll use it next time around. > > Let us know how it goes, > > Diane Brandon > Eliot, Maine > www.keysregion.org > > > > On Apr 8, 2006, at 1:16 AM, Frank Deitle wrote: > > > Dear Open Space Friends, > > > > I just finished my first of three days attendance at a Fellowship for > > Intentional Community organizational meeting in Madison, > > WI(www.ic.org). It is not an OS meeting but I was expecting it to be > > at least engaging enough for me to learn and contribute as these folks > > in the intentional communities movement have been honing their process > > and facilitation skills for many years. This evening I am feeling > > disillusioned and frustrated. And my attempts at having conversations > > about Open Space have not been very productive. I am not feeling very > > clear about how and where to focus my energies for the next two days. > > I'd like to see Open Space be a more integral part of the FIC toolkit > > and the intentional communities movement in general--a movement I have > > a lot of passion for. And these are the people I would think would > > jump for the next best process--if they only knew! > > > > So I'm seeking advise from the list on two matters. 1) I could use > > something like a script sheet to talk about OS with these folks--like > > step by step instructions. Maybe an Introducing OST for dummies. The > > thing is, I feel like a pretentious bastard when I talk about OS and > > that's not how I want to come across. To a certain extent I think > > these folks believe they are getting along just fine doing things as > > usual (and of course in my opinion (which I haven't stated) they don't > > really know what they are missing). 2) I could use some list advice on > > how to funcion as an OS individual in a non-OS meeting while > > maintaining some sense of integrity and respect. > > > > I think developing some kind of OST emergency action kit would be a > > good topic for an OSonOS. > > > > Love and Thank You, > > Frank Deitle > > * * ========================================================== > > [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
