good on the sweden chartering, thomas. i'll fix that in my notes. and sticking with what we can document and cite in wikipedia, i decided to go with 5 as the smallest, rather than try to explain the finer points of the practice! wikipedia is not going to understand how a meeting methodology can work in groups of "0" to 5000, i think <grin>
thanks, m -- Michael Herman Michael Herman Associates http://www.michaelherman.com http://www.ronanparktrail.com http://www.chicagoconservationcorps.org http://www.openspaceworld.org 312-280-7838 (mobile) On Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 2:38 PM, Thomas Herrmann < tho...@openspaceconsulting.com> wrote: > Hi Michael > > Thanks for these statistics!! > > > > A couple of suggested additions/corrections. > > 1. OSI Sweden is also a registered non-profit organization. > > 2. I actually think that Lisa Heft followed through with a smaller > OS-meeting – a record hard to break. > > Warm regards > > Thomas Herrmann > > > ------------------------------ > > *Från:* OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] *För *Michael > Herman > *Skickat:* den 29 november 2009 20:37 > *Till:* osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu > *Ämne:* Re: Open Space Tech article on Wikipedia marked as spam, being > readied for "speedy deletion" > > > > i've wanted to ask you all to help me build out a list of statistics, a > sort of open space tech "by the numbers". i was going to make this part of > the osw site, but it might come in very handy in posting as part of this > wikipedia article. > > here are some examples, please check my math and add any other interesting > numbers: > > -the first ost meeting happened in 1985 at the symposium for organization > transformation (OT) > -a total of 20 OT symposia were held annually, that last 19 of them were > run "in open space" > -ost meetings have now happened in 165 countries, as listed at > openspaceworldmap.org > -there are 469 facilitators listed in the openspaceworldmap.org > -the worldwide open space on open space practitioner conference has been > annually since 1993 > -the wosonos conference has been held in 8 different countries > -an email group, called OSLIST, for practitioners worldwide was started in > 1996. > -as of december 2009, there are more than 26,400 messages in the OSLIST > publicly searchable archives. > -OSLIST membership in december 2009 stood at 662. > -there are __ open space institutes active around the world. > -three open space institute groups (US, Canada, and Germany) are formal, > government-chartered, non-profit organizations > -openspaceworld.org offers (or links to) explanations of open space > technology in more than 20 different languages. > -harrison owen has authored 8 books on the process. > -harrison owen estimates that there have been more than 100,000 > applications of open space since 1985. > -the smallest open space meeting commonly reported was a meeting run by > harrison owen, for 5 participants (when 7 others were snowed out) > -the largest open space meetings commonly reported were in germany, 2108 > participants, facilitated by harrison owen and michael pannwitz (theme?) and > ____ participants at a girl scouts event in _______, facilitated by > christine whitney sanchez and (others?) > > what other numbers might we offer? and did i get these right? > > > > -- > > Michael Herman > Michael Herman Associates > > http://www.michaelherman.com > http://www.ronanparktrail.com > http://www.chicagoconservationcorps.org > http://www.openspaceworld.org > > 312-280-7838 (mobile) > > On Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 1:09 PM, Harrison Owen <hho...@verizon.net> wrote: > > Bye Bye > > Harrison Owen > 7808 River Falls Drive > Potomac, Maryland 20854 > Phone 301-365-2093 > Skype hhowen > Open Space Training www.openspaceworld.com > Open Space Institute www.openspaceworld.org > Personal website www.ho-image.com > OSLIST: To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the > archives Visit: www.listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] On Behalf Of Dirk > Riehle > Sent: Sunday, November 29, 2009 1:43 PM > To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu > Subject: Open Space Tech article on Wikipedia marked as spam, being readied > for "speedy deletion" > > Subject line says it all, article is here: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Space_Technology > > Dirk > > -- > Website: http://dirkriehle.com - Twitter: @dirkriehle > Ph (DE): +49-157-8153-4150 - Ph (US): +1-650-450-8550 > > * > * > ========================================================== > 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 > > > * * ========================================================== > 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 * * ========================================================== 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
