Thank you Michael Herman, Lisa Heft, Chris Corrigan, Harrison Owen for
your timely assistance. The advise and guidance you provide here is very
helpful and useful. And valuable.
And appreciated!
Daniel
On 10/9/14 6:41 PM, Michael Herman wrote:
I think four or six or any weeks notice is totally arbitrary, Daniel.
All depends on invitees and how they think about their calendars and
their commitment to the group/issue that is gathering. We announce
osonos a year in advance. Other meetings happen with almost no notice.
I have never suggested in any invitation that anyone visit
openspaceworld.org <http://openspaceworld.org>. They need to focus on
the pirpose of the meeting. I almost always include a few/some
sentences about the process, to help people prepare themselves, but I
try to never even say "open space tech".
If you want info out sooner, just leak little bits of what you know,
via email posters or handbills. Then the full invite can tie that all
together.
In the end, at least some of the right folks will show up and whatever
it is will at least be started. Everyone who comes can help invite to
a next round.
I say all this very generally, but I have many questions about size,
sponsors, purpose, and more. Some details in these areas might spark
additional thoughts.
Michael
On Thursday, October 9, 2014, Daniel Mezick via OSList
<[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
I am asking for help. Will you help me figure out if the following
is effective?
Background:
I have a OST client who wants to get the OST Invite out there with
just 27 calendar days to go...on a Friday! There are not many (if
any) ways for the Sponsor to send it sooner...
Ouch. I'm not fond of this idea.
I explained that 6 weeks was best and 4 was really pushing it, at
the start of the conversation about doing the OST event.
Today I offered these "creative" suggestions (ugly hacks?) to
patch this less-than-30-days situation:
<SUGGESTIONS>
I also suggest that we get the handbills out there, in the public
areas, and put this link on it:
http://www.openspaceworld.org/
I suggest we also send out a pre-Invitation 'save the date' email
with just a little info and a link, and get those handbills out
there, these actions will get it out there into the ecosystem and
allow us to make use of the full 4 weeks.
....these ideas, and any other ideas you have for talking it up
and getting it out there are probably good ideas now. Before we
act let's chat tomorrow about this OK?
</SUGGESTIONS>
I am asking for help.
Do these 2 non-standard ideas work OK in your view?
Or am I making a mockery of the OST process by doing this? Are
these "ugly hacks?"
Is this OST heresy, or a good-enough idea?
I welcome your replies!
Sincerely,
Daniel
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