My experience of larger groups is that it's just more of the same.
Arranging the room for the opening and closing is trickier -
concentric circles if you can do it.
Creating the agenda takes longer, because there are more topics
proposed.
You'll need at least one microphone, preferably two if you can arrange
it - one for you, one for the people proposing their topics.
Beyond that, it's still self-organizing. The energy flow will be
large - be prepared (if you can) for the excitement and conversation.
There will be more butterflies and bumblebees, no doubt.
I envy you. I love large groups.
..Doc
On Nov 29, 2009, at 6:02 AM, Carol Loughrey wrote:
Hello all,
I have not participated in this list for a number of years but have
been
contracted to facilitate an open space that is larger than I am
accustomed
to - 300 to 500 people versus my usual 50 to 100. We are bringing
together
business, government and non-profits in our community to look at the
question "How do we make Fredericton better." Although primarily
spearheaded by social groups the hope is to bring the three groups
together
to find innovative and creative ways to improve our city and life
for the
people in it. There is a lot of great energy in the organizing team.
Do any of you have any tips, suggestions, or advice re dealing with
this
size of group?
Thanks,
Carol
On 29/11/09 7:30 AM, "Michael M Pannwitz" <mmpa...@boscop.org> wrote:
Dear Michael Dobbie,
hope you have a great time in Australia and run into many of the
os-workers there! Are you facilitating os-events there or do os-
related
stuff? I remember
Since I have always just simply participated in the oslist, the
aspect
of being invited never came to my mind. Maybe that contributes to
what
Harold (and many, as he states) perceives as "forbidding", fat guys
like
me taking up the space.
The "roll call" in process did reveal to me that there are many on
the
list who are mostly in the "learning" mode (as in the Law: "I honor a
group with my absence if I neither learn nor contribute. If I
learn, I
stay, If I contribute, I stay. But if neither nor, I leave.")
By the way, I noticed that the email you used in your post varies
from
the one in your info box in the Open Space World Map...let me know if
you would like to have it adjusted).
Greetings from Berlin
mmp
Michael Dobbie wrote:
hello all!
just for the record (so my voice is somehow captured on this
topic)...
in all these years on the list (maybe 8 or 9 years now of
mostly just
having to listen) i have not found this listserve and it's format
to be
welcoming to me (easy to use) in a way that "invites" me to
contribute much
at all,
i look forward to moving this list along (away from this
cumbersome,
difficult to read boise listserve system) into something more ning-
like (but
hopefully better),
thank you all for your efforts and looking forward to more
conversation
with you all,
michael (here in australia for the next 3 months if you're
nearby and
want to meet up somewhere)
http://twitter.com/cuixote
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:47:07 -0700
From: Harold Shinsato <har...@shinsato.com>
Subject: Re: re honouring each other
Denise,
Just a quick note - "into deeper cyber realms" - is not what I would
think is the intent to improve things.
When things are improved - it should be easier, lighter, more
transparent. YES!!!
The "deeper cyber realms" sounds to me rather scary.
For many - and myself as well - the OSList is actually a bit
forbidding.
Not just technologically. I was scared to post for years.
Harold
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:36:52 -0600
From: Michael Herman <mich...@michaelherman.com>
Subject: Re: re honouring each other
....We have been here for a long time, and it is difficult to move
into a
new house.* WHY?
murli nagasundaram is the guy who first invited us (here) to boise
state,
and has been the nominal owner as far as the boise state list
admin folks
are concerned. my earliest observation in this thread, about the
oslist
ownership, was just to point out that if boise state decided to
change their
systems, we have no control at all over that. for now, we are
just lucky
that we have murli -- and also lucky that the admin guys like him/
us well
enough that we've worked out an arrangement through which the
admin guys
will to look after us, even if murli were to leave the uni.
so none of us really owns the oslist, and for the last 13 years,
it is
working just fine. for who ????????????
to paraphrase ralph, the space doesn't care who owns it. m
SOME OF US DO CARE
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