And not forgetting the OST cafe I discovered in New York's east village!

http://clusterform.tumblr.com/post/14149773428/ost-cafe

Best regards,

Phelim McDermott

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On 12 Dec 2011, at 22:04, Phelim McDermott <[email protected]> wrote:

> Also as I think I've mentioned here before. Charles Marowitz formed the Open 
> Space theatre in '68 I think. 
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Space_Theatre
> 
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> Best regards,
> 
> Phelim McDermott
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> On 12 Dec 2011, at 20:01, Peggy Holman <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> I believe so, though I'm not 100% sure when they started using the term.  It 
>> is referenced in the wikipedia article on Fred Emery:
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Emery
>> 
>> Peggy
>> 
>> 
>> On Dec 12, 2011, at 4:32 PM, Birgitt Williams wrote:
>> 
>>> Thanks Peggy. Did they also refer to it as OST?
>>> Blessings,
>>> Birgitt
>>>  
>>> From: [email protected] 
>>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Peggy Holman
>>> Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 6:26 PM
>>> To: World wide Open Space Technology email list
>>> Subject: Re: [OSList] OST - Open Systems Thinking
>>>  
>>> Birgitt,
>>>  
>>> The term open systems theory was used by Ludwig von Bertalanffy in the 
>>> 1950's.
>>>  
>>> Emery and Trist started using the term in the 1960's.
>>>  
>>> Peggy
>>>  
>>>  
>>> On Dec 12, 2011, at 8:46 AM, Birgitt Williams wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Looking deeper into the website, Artur, it is not at all clear who these 
>>> people with OST (Open Systems Thinking) are. What they have at one point in 
>>> their documents, however, is an article by Emery about Open Systems 
>>> Thinking with reference that it is OST. I find this odd because Emery, also 
>>> a highly regarded thought leader in organizational development, is well 
>>> aware of OST as Open Space Technology.
>>>  
>>> Ah well. As Harrison says, OST is not trademarked. However, all of his 
>>> books including Open Space Technology are copyrighted (also a legal 
>>> designation). And despite the copyrighting, it is not worth defending as 
>>> OST is out there sufficiently in the world as Open Space Technology already.
>>>  
>>> One reason that I am such a stickler about using ‘Open Space Technology’ 
>>> rather than the shortened form ‘Open Space’ is that there is even more 
>>> confusion about ‘Open Space’ as applied to this meeting method since Open 
>>> Space as a term was used long before OST came along…especially in 
>>> architecture and landscape architecture. I think that the more we all are 
>>> careful about mentioning ‘Open Space Technology’, the more that there is a 
>>> common recognition of a fabulous meeting facilitation method.
>>>  
>>> Birgitt
>>>  
>>> From: [email protected] 
>>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Harrison Owen
>>> Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 10:45 AM
>>> To: 'Artur Silva'; 'World wide Open Space Technology email list'
>>> Subject: Re: [OSList] OST - Open Systems Thinking
>>>  
>>> Never heard of them. Thank God I never patented or trademarked OST.  Just 
>>> imagine all the trouble I would be in defending the indefensible – or 
>>> something. Much more fun just to give it all away. And you certainly meet 
>>> incredibly interesting people J
>>>  
>>> ho
>>>  
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>>> From: [email protected] 
>>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Artur Silva
>>> Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 9:52 AM
>>> To: OSLIST New Adress
>>> Subject: [OSList] OST - Open Systems Thinking
>>>  
>>> Hi:
>>>  
>>> Have any of you ever heard about this?
>>>  
>>> OST - OPEN SYSTEMS THINKING:
>>> http://www.thelightonthehill.com/
>>>  
>>> Interesting...
>>>  
>>> Regards
>>>  
>>> Artur
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