Can I just say that this is the best "sorry I haven't been in touch" message I've ever read! Congrats on making and hosting change!
Chris -- CHRIS CORRIGAN Harvest Moon Consultants www.chriscorrigan.com Art of Hosting - Participatory Leadership and Social Collaboration, Bowen Island, BC November 11-14,2013 > On May 13, 2014, at 8:41 AM, Jasmina Nikolic <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear World Open Space friends, > > First of all let me apologize for being late in communicating with you on our > forthcoming World Open Space on Open Space in Serbia. Let me assure however > you that everything is fine and we are ready to warmly welcome you to the > University of Belgrade on 18-21 September 2014. > > Let me explain why I am late. Something happened that I did not expect when > I offered to host WOSonOS 2014. Earlier this year, I made a major life > decision, which was to get involved in politics taking a very lead role with > others to establish a new political party. The election took place in March, > and it consumed a lot of my time. It still does. > > I must say that if Open Space had not been part of my life, I would not have > had the courage to get involved like this. I realized how much my country > means to me and I felt we needed people to become more involved. We needed to > open space, to invite more democracy and transparency in the decision-making. > > As a new party, we did not expect to win against the established party that > was leading the country. It was a massive job and I am very proud that in 10 > days of very hard work we got from 5 to 8% of the vote in the big cities, and > became the most promising opposition party. Yes as we all know, Open Space > can have a life changing effect. > > WOSonOS2014 > Now let me get to the main message of this email! Just about everything is > ready with all the details you need to know. There is only one problem that > was holding us back to publish our website and that was to establish the > payment procedures with the bank. This can be complicated. As I continue to > work with the banks, I decided to publish the website within the next week > and as a last resort, participants can always pay us when they arrive (meals, > materials costs, etc.). I assure you that we are doing everything we can to > keep the costs as low as possible. The University of Belgrade where I teach > has generously offered their facilities to us at no cost. They are very > excited to be hosting this event following in the footsteps of Florida who > partnered with the University of South Florida, St. Petersburg last year. > > In terms of basic information: > > Dates: WOSonOS will start on Thursday September 18th at 6.30 pm > (registration and welcome) and will end on Sunday September 21st at 4.30 pm. > > Venue: University of Belgrade, Studentski trg 1, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia, in > the very city center. > > Hotels: We have contacted local hotels for preferred rates which will > provide you with many options and choices at affordable costs. You can also > choose your own as Belgrade has many lovely hotels and rooms for tourists and > visitors, all within walking distance or a short bus ride to the University. > . > Team: We are a team of 10 people with many others who are excited to support > us though as you all know, Open Space is quite simple and we want to keep > this spirit of simplicity and welcome. We are very fortunate that in the last > few years, many here have experienced Open Space. We have been in touch > with other people in the Balkans and they too are looking forward to being > part of this.. > > Visas, Transportation: The airport “Nikola Tesla” (website: > ttp://www.beg.aero/welcome.54.html) s a short distance away. Don’t forget to > check AirSerbia flights http://www.airserbia.com/. There is public > transportation and cabs from the airport. > Regarding the visas, here is the link: > http://www.mfa.gov.rs/en/consular-affairs/entry-serbia/visa-requirements > In case you need a visa, let me know, and we will send you an invitation > letter you need in order to submit your application. > > Access Queen: I will be in touch with Lisa Heft to to see how we can assist > in supporting anyone travelling to Serbia as is traditionally done and much > appreciated at WOSonOS events. > > Website: Coming very soon with all the basic information you need! > > If you have any immediate questions until we launch our website in the next > week, please contact me directly and I promise we will get back to you > quickly. > > Again my apologies for this delay and please know that we are welcoming you > with Open Arms in Open Space to Serbia. You will love the people and our > country! > > Thank you also to everyone who has offered to help. We will let you know in > the weeks and months to come if there is anything specific we need. > > With love, > Jasmina > > > _______________________________________________ > OSList mailing list > To post send emails to [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org
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