Great news, Jasmina! Looking forward to having Asia well represented....
Gail On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 7:41 PM, 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 <http://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 > > -- *Gail West, ICA* *3F, No. 12, Lane 5, Tien Mou W RdTaipei, Taiwan 111Ph) 8862) 2871-3150* email) [email protected] Skype) gwestica www.icatw.com
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