Julie, I'd love to see that month of conversation and your neatening and 
illustrating as a PDF. It sounds like soul candy.

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On 2011/11/16, at 下午2:35, Julie Smith <[email protected]> wrote:

> Dear all ~
> 
> It's been a long time!  I've just skimmed through the last several months of 
> postings and find myself sitting here with a big silly grin.  It's really 
> amazing how vibrant and alive and connected everyone here still is.  A real 
> testament to what naturally happens when we self-organize.  :)
> 
> Two things bring me back here.  One is that I recently came across a book of 
> our conversation on the oslistserve that I compiled in 2002.  The book is a 
> little more than 300 pages and contains the remarkable conversation that 
> unfolded here in the days from 8-25-01 until 9-27-01.  Really.  We created 
> over 300 pages of conversation in the span of one month.  We had a lot to say 
> as we watched the world change on 9-11.  I still count that experience as one 
> of the highlights of my life.
> 
> The name I gave to this compilation is A Partial Diary of the Collective 
> Buddha.  I included a bit of art to dress it up, put things in order, cleaned 
> up the formatting and had it coil-bound with a cover to protect it.  I like 
> it a lot.  For me, this book is a treasure.  So much was felt and shared 
> here, so many of us were so heart-moved.  
> 
> I long ago lost track of whatever computer I was using in 2002, so this copy 
> is pretty much what I have.  But still, I have this.  I wonder if it would be 
> worthwhile to take what I have back to the copy shop where I could cut off 
> the binding and scan all the pages into a pdf document that I could then 
> share.  Is this something anyone is interested in having?  If there is 
> interest, I will find out more about how to make this available.  Whether you 
> are interested in the book or not, I look forward to hearing from you!  
> 
> The second reason I came back is to learn more about the ways in which Open 
> Space is being used in virtual space.  I'm pondering an open space event that 
> serves a global community that doesn't have the capacity to get together in 
> the same physical room.  We are quite adept, however, at holding meetings in 
> which we are connected in some combination of face-to-face, audio, and video 
> conferencing.  I know a bit of this has been done already, and I'm eager to 
> learn from those who have done it.  Can someone please point me to who I 
> might connect with about this?  Many thanks!
> 
> Much love ~~~~~
> 
> Julie
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