Michael -- I love you! You miserable old iconoclast (MOI). You are miserable because you make me laugh, Old -- because you and I are almost of an age. And an iconoclast because you are a blood brother. The circle of MOI's is actually a large one, but the membership is strictly controlled, and access granted only to those with the proper thought forms and secret handshakes. And since all thought forms are suspect, this is a great difficulty for The Circle. How on earth do you determine somebody to be a heretic when everybody is?? But our tribe increases!
See you in The Circle -- Don't forget the handshake. You will probably also need to bring Ralph's cooking utensil so we will know that you are authentic. Harrison Harrison Owen 189 Beaucaire Ave Camden, ME 04843 207-763-3261 (Summer) 301-365-2093 (Winter) Website www.openspaceworld.com Personal Website www.ho-image.com OSLIST To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html -----Original Message----- From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] On Behalf Of Michael M Pannwitz Sent: Friday, July 03, 2009 11:50 AM To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Subject: Re: Reading and sustaining Dear Ralph, if I were near your house I would walk over and get that novel and maybe another nice kitchen utensil...the one you so graciously gave to me about a decade ago has provided the most sustainable link to anyone I ever had. Its not only in a prominent place in our kitchen so I can easily reach it but its also in constant use reminding me of you and your family and your hospitality...so much for not fostering sustainability (I know you did this solely in your role as "facilitator for sustainability" which is probably another way of saying "friend"). I also think its none of my business as open space facilitator to foster things like "sustainability of outcome" or anything else. I dont even think I am openening the space since the sponsor has already done that before I walk the circle. Yes, "holding time and space" is my business between the sponsors opening and closing...whatever that might be. Doing that I think I am fostering something. I like it simple, so I call that which I am fostering (it starts with the first contact with the client and continues throughout the planning phase...) the conditions under which selforganisation can rear its happy head a little more than usual (having done that since the Big Bang and probably even before that without me or anyone else in my experience contributing to that). And that is simple (with OST) but its not always easy considering the enormous effort spent in man-made organisations and systems to keep selforganisation strictly confined and under control. Now, when selforganisation does get busier than usual, as is observabel in os-events, all kinds of stuff happens. Some of it some of us love and others fear: peacefulness, conflicts surfacing, fun communication, destruction of leadership, emergence of new leadership, productive exchanges and planning, projects being declared dead, being involved, contributing, dismantling of control, projects that project beyond the event, a spirit that sometimes hangs on in organisations till they die, people walking away from what interests me, getting a feeling for the whole system, no longer relying on sustainable outcomes, new hierarchies, sudden realisation that I am in the wrong place, community, etc.). Considering all that I am privileged every time I am asked to faciliate an open space and I thank the group for that privilege in the closing circle. As far as (summer) reading is concerned I just saw the title "The Organisation of Self-Organisation", Foundations of Systemic Management by Fritz B. Simons / Conecta, ISBN 978-3-89670-447-4. Since my summer and probably even fall is full with writing, I appreciate it if someone who gets it for her or his summer reading to let me know whats behind this oxymoron. And in case you are in Berlin this coming Monday, join us in our Stammtisch, selforganized, of course. Have a great weekend and a safe 4th of July in the USA...us expacts having been warned of getting too close to other USexpats for celebrating the 233rd birthday... mmp Ralph Copleman wrote: > Hi all, > > I've never understood the distinction between "summer reading" and > reading done during other seasons. Perhaps, because I don't like > spending time on the beach, I have never really had a specifically > summer-ish reading experience. Nevertheless I shall await suggestions > on this topic with interest. Good novels are great treasures. And I > throw in this recommendation: Prodigal Summer by the American writer > Barbara Kingsolver. I'd be happy to give away my copy to anyone who > requests it. > > On the topic of how we foster sustainable OS outcomes, my first reaction > is, we can't. Perhaps I misunderstand, but I believe it is not up to me > (as a facilitator) to foster anything. I open space, hold space, and > close space. That's all I can do. Unless I'm consulting to a system > over a longer period than actual OS event, I have no other > responsibility. And even then, I'm not sure my job is any different. > > Ralph Copleman > > > * > * > ========================================================== > 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 > -- Michael M Pannwitz, boscop eg Draisweg 1, 12209 Berlin, Germany ++49-30-772 8000 mmpa...@boscop.org www.boscop.org Check out the Open Space World Map presently showing 448 resident Open Space Workers in 71 countries working in a total of 140 countries worldwide Have a look: www.openspaceworldmap.org * * ========================================================== 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
