I will go with your proposal concerning the report Chris, including next steps
and follow up in it. I like the proposal to have a date to meet again and have
everyone reporting on what is going on. I wonder though how we could include a
step in between that would help towards a synthesis and action planning,
because similar or close next steps might emerge from different sessions, and
also things that are important for most of the group, things that are important
only for some of them...
Do you think that could be done through the internet?
I will also see with the organizers (thanks Harrison) if that's okay for them
that we don't have a formal lunch so that we can have more sessions. I love
that idea :)
As for the children, yes, I will love to include them :) I just wonder how it
is possible to have children from 0 to 8 included in OS conversations... I
would be happy to hear your thoughts about it. I think the best way would be to
let it open : children who want to join do so and the other ones do whatever
they want with the adults that are there for them.
Daniel, I would like to have two days, but that is not the actual setting...
Maybe I can propose that for the next one. As for the moment, I would like to
help them have the best possible experience for this already planned short
period of time and I feel like I am well engaged in this process thanks to all
the good advices here :)
And thanks again, I feel so much more intelligent and confident when I have all
your ideas :)
Anne-Béatrice Duparc
(0)76/378.69.98
Comité de BIEN-Suisse Initiative fédérale pour un revenu de base
Génération RBI www.rbi-oui.ch
Association Solid'Art Solid'Art
On Saturday, December 20, 2014 12:28 AM, Anne-Béatrice Duparc
<[email protected]> wrote:
Thanks to all of you for the trust you allow me to feel through your words.
That's just what I need! I am really grateful to be part of this community :)
Hugs,Béa Anne-Béatrice Duparc
(0)76/378.69.98
Comité de BIEN-Suisse Initiative fédérale pour un revenu de base
Génération RBI www.rbi-oui.ch
Association Solid'Art Solid'Art
On Friday, December 19, 2014 6:03 PM, Chris Corrigan
<[email protected]> wrote:
Anne Beatrice.
You will be fine. Make sure the sessions are as long as possible. Two sessions
of at least an hour will be important. Keep your intro short. Don't tell people
what to do just tell them how it works and stand back and let them post their
topics and get on with hosting their conversations.
Provide them with a report form that has a so for the groups to record next
steps and what they commit to do for follow up. Photograph those reports and
send them by email to everyone. This saves you having to have a report back
session.
Make a date to meet again and tell everyone to come then and report on what is
going on.
See who stays behind. That group will be a good team to help move the issues
forward and plan the next meeting. Go for a celebration drink with them.
Chris
-- CHRIS CORRIGANHarvest Moon ConsultantsFacilitation, Open Space Technology
and process design
Check www.chriscorrigan.com for upcoming workshops, blog posts and free
resources.
On Dec 19, 2014, at 3:47 AM, Anne-Béatrice Duparc via OSList
<[email protected]> wrote:
Hi everyone,
I am asked for my first Open Space! By a group of parents who are homeschooling
their children and want to form as an association.
They already planned the meeting for the 10th of January. The duration for the
planned event is 3h30 and there will be a shared meal before it. It really
seems short to me for an Open Space.
There will be around 40 adults and 30 children. The children will be taken care
of by some adults, but some of them may also take part to the event. It would
be great :)
We had no preparation meeting so on as I was just contacted but they already
sent me by email some of the subjects they would like to discuss. Even if I
know that in OST subjects are not planned in advance, I share them with you as
a way to determine if OST can be a good thing for this group of people :
- Aims and objectives of the non-profit we could create.
- What are the resources we want to give ourselves (time, energy, money) ?
- What are our resources for the long term?
- How to build a sustainable association or group that does not depend on one
or two persons?
- The creation and role a committee could have in the non profit
- Would we like to merge or collaborate with the Homeschool Association of
Switzerland? Pros, cons, how?
- Next steps
- Articles of the non-profit
- What is the aim of the non profit? Create activities? Support people in their
choice? To be known?
I have also understood that the situation is tense, because some cantons in
Switzerland are going towards forbiding Homeschooling.
As it would be my first Open Space, any advice is welcome. I am especially
wondering if Open Space is a first good step in that case and what can be
realistically achieved in 3h30 by a group of people that mostly don't know each
other and would like to have some consensual concrete next steps at the end of
the afternoon.
Any advice welcome, even if it is to say : please do something else :)
Thanks!
Béa Anne-Béatrice Duparc
(0)76/378.69.98
Comité de BIEN-Suisse Initiative fédérale pour un revenu de base
Génération RBI www.rbi-oui.ch
Association Solid'Art Solid'Art
_______________________________________________
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
_______________________________________________
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
