Celia - Odd indeed! My first thought is two questions: A) Is participation totally voluntary, or have the people, in some way or another, been "told" to come? B) Is the subject (Theme) of the OS something that the people truly care about? If the answers are No, No - then I am not very surprised with the results. On the other hand, if the answers are Yes, Yes - this is definitely weird and worthy of study.
ho Harrison Owen 7808 River Falls Dr. Potomac, MD 20854 USA 189 Beaucaire Ave. (summer) Camden, Maine 04843 Phone 301-365-2093 (summer) 207-763-3261 www.openspaceworld.com www.ho-image.com (Personal Website) To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of OSLIST Go to: <http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org> http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Celia Bray CEO Omni One Sent: Monday, March 04, 2013 2:05 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [OSList] inquiry OS Dear OS community HELP NEEDED. I have been working in Kenya for the last 8 months and facilitated a few open space forums. I have noticed a pattern developing in my OS forums that is not great. I am not sure if i am doing something wrong when opening the space. It seems that when it is time to start session 1, if people don't have their own topic in session 1 they just sit there. People only really engage in the topic they put up themselves and sit around being butterflies for the rest of the forum, complaining they are bored and waiting for their session. Also, when they have finished their discussions they don't join other people's group to contribute. It has happened a few times. I wonder if it is normal or if I am missing something. I do explain that if they are not discussing their topic they can look at other people's topics and go to other groups, but it seems to not be heard. It is not just a few, it is many people, sometimes half or more of the forum are sitting waiting for their topic. Please help me to understand what might be going on or what I might be doing wrong. Thank you Celia Bray CEO Omni One Ltd Peace, Enterprise and Community Development P +254 735 191 344 E [email protected] W www.omni-one-consulting.com OmniC84a-A08aT06a-Z 'The best way to predict the future is to create it' Peter Druker
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