Dear LIST,
if you are interested in an Open Space on Open Space in Germany May 4
through May 7 this year (Thursday Evening through Sunday Noon) click on
this link
http://www.meine-openspace-praxis.de/osonos.html
There you find further links to
--- an announcement with all details
http://www.meine-openspace-praxis.de/Dateien/open%20space%20Flyer.pdf
--- an online registration form
http://www.lwl.org/lja-download/fobionline/Anmeldung/anmelden_internet.php?anmeldID=1005713
In case you have gotten this far and your highschool German has faded,
the following is an introduction to the May gathering in a language
perhaps more familiar to you: the design of the event, who is invited,
the sponsors, the venue, the facilitator... :
This OSonOS will be in the "classical" (no frills, no gags, plain open
space) design - the whole Friday and Saturday to busy ourselves with
whatever issues are posted, all wrapped up in a "Reading and
Augmentation" phase on Saturday afternoon for a complete documentation,
followed by an Action Space for projects on Sunday morning and closing
with lunch. The whole documentation will be distributed in the week
after the event.
It being a German "opens space über open space", German will be used.
Other languages will be accomodated by what always turns up in OST
events: selforganisation.
(Believe it or not, some folks who heard of the possibility of this
event have been studying German... including a chap from the Basque
Country.)
Invited are both those that are involved with open space and others that
have heard about it but had little exposure and those "studying" open
space. Folks who have been involved with open space are those that have
participated in events, sponsored such for specific themes or for their
own organisations, planned them (planning teams), facilitated events,
worked in os-Teams... with the intention to get the "diverse os system"
to gather for exploring, reflecting, searching and taking on projects.
After all, OST is an action-orienting approach.
Sponsors are Heidrun Kaiser of the Jugendhof Vlotho and Michael M
Pannwitz. Both of us will participate in the OSonOS (one of the rare
opportunities to be participants and to be in a full-fledged event with
surprises galore).
Our venue is the "Jugendhof Vlotho". Founded in 1946 by the British
Liberation Forces with the aim to provide for democratic political
education of German youth. This venue was a training camp for Hitler
Youth Leaders until the end of Nazi Germany. Here a picture of part of
the venue (the large ost-space is in the modern building on the left,
the half-timbered house is a traditional farm building that has a grand
space for parties and dancing with a large wood burning fireplace)
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jugendhof_Vlotho#/media/File:Vlotho-LWL-Jugendhof.jpg
For the complete story, see
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jugendhof_Vlotho
The "Jugendhof" is a tested open space venue. They hosted a Training
(the 5 day variety), 5 Learning Exchanges (OSonOS) and several os events
for their own causes... the most recent one as part of their 70th
anniversary as the oldest political education institution in postwar
Germany. It was at the anniversary that they suggested to have another
OSonOS on their premises.
The Jugendhof has a central space with a view of the gardens for up to
130 in open space plus many breakout spaces, a kitchen crew that enjoys
catering os-style (food and drink available at all times) with housing
on the premises for up to 65 participants... and good contacts and
contracts with nearby hotels and bed and breakfast places if more folks
need accomodations.
It is located on a hill overlooking the river Weser and right next to
the remnants of an ancient "Burg" with a restaurant and outdoor services
with a view of the river below...
Our facilitator is a seasoned open space practitioner, see here
http://www.openspaceworldmap.org/worker/yaari-pannwitz
Have a great day and see you in May
mmp
--
Michael M Pannwitz
Draisweg 1, 12209 Berlin, Germany
++49 - 30-772 8000
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