I always knew Bumble Bees were trouble makers! Buzzing in, out, and off!!! If you don't like bumblers, I am sure anything else would do so long as it catches the flavor. As Open Space has wandered from language to language I am sure that there have been many changes as well.
My original point was simply to acknowledge and honor a set of behaviors( and the people who exhibit them) that you find in all conferences; however those behaviors are traditionally frowned upon. Every conference has somebody who doesn't make it into a session, and they are referred to as slackers, indolent, and other negative things. As for folks who come and go - they are a disaster! Both types just ruin The Plan, otherwise known as the conference design, and their appearance clearly indicates that the facilitator is not doing his or her job - which is to keep everything under control!! What a difference in Open Space! People come when they want, do what they care to, and everything works! It shouldn't, but it does - and I think that Bumble Bees and Butterflies (by whatever name) show the way. And of course, the facilitator takes a nap. Harrison Harrison Owen 7808 River Falls Drive Potomac, Maryland 20854 Phone 301-365-2093 Skype hhowen Open Space Training <http://www.openspaceworld.com/> www.openspaceworld.com Open Space Institute <http://www.openspaceworld.org/> www.openspaceworld.org Personal website <http://www.ho-image.com/> www.ho-image.com OSLIST: To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives Visit: <http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html> www.listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html -----Original Message----- From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] On Behalf Of Brendan McKeague Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 10:26 AM To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Subject: Re: Creating Space in Construction (long'ish) And I think it works a lot better when you honor the Bumble Bees and Butterflies who always show up. They are not weird. They are wonderful. True Harrison - and I think I was certainly deflected a bit by the fears of the organisers in response to the previous workshop (especially the tortoise references) which had been declared a disaster - then again, as it led to the Open Space - it was obviously just the right thing to have happened, eh! That will be a stinging question for the next time I feel such a tension point... By the way, 'bumble bees' are an introduced pest here in Australia - they have been declared as 'notifiable' and need to be contained or exterminated - stealing food supplies from the over 1500 species of native bees....so I'm reliably informed...! Is there a question about the 'appropriation of metaphors' - the cross-cultural sensitivities that may exist in certain parts of our world... I'm careful to use the term 'Bee' here in Australia - 'Bumble Bees' may trigger a whole other metaphor about European Invasion.... and then again, that is a fact of history and part of present reality.... Cheers A pondering Brendan * * ========================================================== 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 * * ========================================================== 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
