Gabriel, my heart has been singing joyfully in your honor for the past week. I don't imbibe alcohol anymore but I have tipped a few glasses of pure, icy water in your honor.
Congratulations on this momentous anniversary. Seven years seems very important, doesn't it? On 7/20/06, Michael M Pannwitz <[email protected]> wrote:
Prost, Gabi mmp Gabriela Ender wrote: > To my old and new friends in the OSList, [LONG TEXT] > > > > TODAY, on July 17th, 2006 it is exactly SEVEN years ago that my life > changed completely. Seven is a magic number in my entire life and so I > want to share some memories with you on this day. Its also an invitation > to those of you who VIRTUALLY like to clink a glass of vine, martini, > beer, juice or water with me or who want to be simply in spirit with me > today ;-) > > > > It was during a great time in my life, a time full of wonderful > face-to-face work as an independent consultant for organisational > development, and as a facilitator and trainer of OST, a time of feeling > completely congruent with the principles of OST, feeling balanced and > happy, coming home from a 2,5days OST project the day before, … I just > wanted to take a nap in my sunny peaceful garden chair. I looked forward > to enjoy the "here and now", to feel the sunshine on my face and to > listen to the birds. What followed has changed my life completely. > > > > I was almost fallen into sleep as I experienced an extraordinary deep > flash of inspiration. I will never forget this unique moment. In my > inner eye I saw every single detail of the entire Open Space Internet > Methodology, the software structure, the name, the real-time procedure, > the role of a virtual facilitator, the application fields, the effects, > the value-based synergies between different methods, the "do-it-yourself > access" for all kinds of interest-, learn- and work groups, the value > for change facilitators without additional trainings, the enrichment for > ongoing OST processes and open space organizations, for sustainable > learning systems and for the greater good of our globe (e.g. environment > protection and self-organized problem solving and collaboration across > distances and boundaries). Finally I could see how this online > methodology will enable completely new All-Embracing Participatory > Architectures (online & offline). This was a true deep, crazy and life > changing moment. A moment in which I could clearly see all what I had > experienced in my work (e.g. as responsible for a 120 staff company) and > as working for interdisciplinary holistic oriented organizational > development during the last 15 years ... this all combined with the > face-to-face opportunities of the present and the new online > opportunities of the future. > > > > I needed two further weeks in order to try to understand what happened. > It was such a clear call that I had no chance to say no to this "new > unborn baby", no chance to not follow this vision and no chance to > realize it in any other way. Mothers, you know what I mean ;-) > > > > What followed was a process of "letting go" of almost all of the > beautiful soul enriching face-to-face OST facilitator and trainer work. > Sometimes a very hard time, especially when I had to let go clients and > income. But driven by the deep believe that all will be for the best I > followed the vision. Fortunately I had no detailed picture about all the > challenges and how long everything will last :-). So I went many years > through very dry desserts of ongoing investments, risks, endless tasks > and endless details, and lots of diverse privations. But everytime the > right people showed up to help bringing the project to its next steps. > > > > This year is again a year of huge investments as we are in the process > of developing the second edition of the conferencing system. An edition > to which my team and I are looking very much forward -- it will fulfil > many user desires collected over the last 4 years. We are sure, a great > tool will become even better. And when I see feedback and > recommendations from OpenSpace-Online organizers and participants (of > all ages) coming from different fields (economy, society, politics, > education, research), different countries and different cultures it > warms my heart - then I always know it was and is right to be on this > pioneer path. Our "growing" E-BOOK shows lots of these wonderful > testimonials and user feedback. As soon as OpenSpace-Online(r) 2.0 will be > available (planned for the end of 2006) I will be delighted to invite > you to a next international OpenSpace-Online on Open Space Technology > (OSOonOS). > > > > Be part of "making my day today" :) ... Let me know, if you like to > VIRTUALLY clink a glass of vine, martini, beer, juice or water with my > team and me. If so please write directly to: > [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. Today it will be again a > sunny summer day in Berlin (like it was in 1999) and I surely will take > some time in the afternoon to sit in my old good garden chair ... now in > the age of 7x7 years ... feeling connected with the magic of life and > with many old and new good friends around the globe and looking forward > to have one "real" glass of vine (red vine from California) together > with great people in the evening. > > > > Thanks to all of you dear colleagues from the OSlist (and the Genuine > Contact List), who supported and support the innovation in so many > wonderful ways! Each help is a huge help! > > > > And again a big THANK YOU to you dear Harrison for discovering amazing > OST and for making so many miracles and surprises possible! I will never > forget your supportive words and encouraging wishes as I shared my > vision with you in the very early beginning of this special journey! > > > > Cheers, Skoal, Prost! > > And Peace for all of you! > > > > Warmly, > > Gabriela > > > > P.S. Be ready to be surprised, if you rest from your daily tasks, > groundbreaking visions can change your life completely ;-) > > < http://www.openspace-online.com/oso_en/tmpl/willkommen/be_ready_to_be.html > > > > > P.P.S. If you want to help us to get the word out - please forward our > updated E-BOOK with new testimonials and user feedback. 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