A nomen omen for my collection - people who have the names they live. Treasure! How fantastic is that?
Anne-Beatrice - I agree with Harrison that you should eliminate the meal. You could ask everyone to bring something snack-style with them to share. Sounds fantastic and I wish you well. Amanda Amanda Bucklow Independent Commercial Mediator http://amandabucklow.co.uk meet me on Facebook: https://facebook.com/facilit8 On 19 Dec 2014, at 16:01, Royle, Karl via OSList <[email protected]> wrote: > We just completed our second open space with kids at a high school in > Birmingham Uk.. With the Sandwell Police engagement team. > > The kids get it…just difficult to get the adults to give up their power > roles….. > > But if you ever get to meet PC Hughie Treasure I’m sure you will know that he > is a dweller on the threshold.. The things he has done with lifers in prison > mentoring 16 year olds is amazing!! > > > > From: Harrison Owen via OSList <[email protected]> > Reply-To: Harrison Owen <[email protected]>, World wide Open Space > Technology email list <[email protected]> > Date: Friday, 19 December 2014 14:15 > To: 'Anne-Béatrice Duparc' <[email protected]>, 'World wide Open Space > Technology email list' <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [OSList] First open space, advices needed :) > > Anne Beatrice – You will have fun! And to have more fun, invite all the > children. After all who is this education for. Remember the Customers! THEN. > Eliminate the meal (just put out snacks that people can grab when hungry – > the children will show everybody how to do this. And take all the time you > can get. You will have a ball. Oh. One more thing – take that list of > prepared questions and .... > > Harrison > > Winter Address > 7808 River Falls Drive > Potomac, MD 20854 > 301-365-2093 > > Summer Address > 189 Beaucaire Ave. > Camden, ME 04843 > 207-763-3261 > > Websites > www.openspaceworld.com > www.ho-image.com > OSLIST To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of > OSLIST Go > to:http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > > From: OSList [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Anne-Béatrice Duparc via OSList > Sent: Friday, December 19, 2014 6:48 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [OSList] First open space, advices needed :) > > 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 > > > -- > Scanned by iCritical. > > _______________________________________________ > 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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