> Harold...wondering what the purpose of creating questions is. Also, from > the beginning there are basic givens because OSI US chose to register as a > registered non profit organization with a charter. Might you be willing to > share the givens so that people like me can feel into what you are actually > opening up the space for? > > Birgitt > > On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 5:22 PM Michael Herman via OSList < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> and... >> >> who is the/our community? ...or communities? ...or what kind of >> communities are these communities? >> >> >> -- >> >> Michael Herman >> Michael Herman Associates >> 312-280-7838 (mobile) >> >> http://MichaelHerman.com >> http://OpenSpaceWorld.org >> >> >> >> On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 4:10 PM, Harold Shinsato via OSList < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Dear People of Open Space: >>> >>> The Open Space Institute of the U.S. has been "holding space for open >>> space" since at least 1997. It's origins lie in the summer of 1996, 20 >>> years ago. In the beginnings, there were many serious conversations in the >>> community as to the role and mission of such an institute, and that role >>> has certainly evolved over the years. The board has determined it is time >>> for us to revisit our mission and role, and especially to invite and trust >>> the rest of the community refresh and renew our purpose. >>> >>> Rather than have a mission statement, we hope instead to have a mission >>> question. Or series of questions. What are the most valuable and alive >>> questions for our community right now, and for the foreseeable future? >>> >>> To start the "question storming", here are some questions that have been >>> reportedly asked deeply within our community in the early days: >>> >>> What is Open Space Technology? >>> What is Open Space? >>> What is Space? >>> >>> And here are some practical questions that would help guide the OSI-US's >>> operations: >>> >>> How can the OSI-US best support our community? >>> How can we best work together with the community to co-create a broad >>> and diverse circle of people holding space for open space? >>> >>> Thanks! >>> Harold Shinsato >>> on behalf of the Board of the Open Space Institute, U.S. >>> >>> -- >>> Harold Shinsato >>> [email protected] >>> http://shinsato.com >>> twitter: @hajush <http://twitter.com/hajush> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >>> Past archives can be viewed here: >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >> Past archives can be viewed here: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > -- > > > > > > > > Birgitt Williams > > > > President & Senior Consultant of Dalar International Consultancy, Inc. > > http://www.dalarinternational.com > > Co-founder of the Extraordinary Leadership Network > http://www.extraordinaryleadershipnetwork.com > > Co-founder of the Genuine Contact™program and author of The Genuine > Contact Way: Nourishing a Culture of Leadership > http://www.genuinecontactway.com > > Co-owner of the Genuine Contact Co-owners Group Ltd. > http://www.genuinecontact.net > > > > *Supporting leadership development for leading in a culture requiring > agility and flexibility in a performance environment of constant change.* > > > > Leadership development at your own pace? Become a member of the > Extraordinary Leadership Network > http://www.extraordinaryleadershipnetwork.com to participate in an online > leadership development program designed to increase the leadership skills > and capacity you need to perform in a performance environment of constant > change. > > > > PO Box 19373, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA 27619 > > phone: 1-919-522-7750 >
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