Dear Viv, Thank you for sharing this SAD news!! Brian was indeed a special, wise and carring man. His insprirational presence in Taipeh is a dear memory.
Gijs van Wezel, MSc Mega Partners Int'l (China) +86-21-54032055 +86-15921806910 www.megainternational.com.hk Quoting Viv McWaters <[email protected]>: > Hello everyone > > > Father Brian Bainbridge passed away in his sleep, early morning on Tuesday, > February 2, 2010. It was a sad surprise to us all - in fact, he just sent > out an Open Space OZ newsletter the evening before. > > I am in such shock right now and very, very sad. Brian has been a dear > friend, and mentor for many years and we have been working and playing > together since the early 1990s. Most recently we offered Open Space Training > here in Melbourne, usually once or twice a year. In fact, we were trying to > get dates sorted for this coming March. Brian would often come and have > dinner with us here at Bells Beach. We'd share food, wine and stories. We > travelled together to WOSonOS events in Vancouver, Goa and San Francisco, and > hosted WOsonOS in the now destroyed town of Marysville. Brian went to as many > OSonOs events as he could and always kept me up-to-date with all of the OS > community shenanigans. I have so many great memories of Brian I don't even > know where to start. I will keep you informed of details regarding the > funeral. > > Best > > Viv > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Viv McWaters > Beyond the Edge Pty Ltd > PO Box 665 Torquay 3228 > Australia > 0417 135 406 > > Facilitator Training: www.facilitatingwithconfidence.com > My Blog: www.vivmcwaters.com.au > My Podcasts: www.winkipod.com.au > Skype: vivmcwaters > Twitter: vivmcw > > * > * > ========================================================== > [email protected] > ------------------------------ > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, > view the archives of [email protected]: > http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html > > To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: > http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist > * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected]: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist
