Eric,
Open Space has been used for many decades in Hawaii - directly with the
community and in running the amazing organisation that has been running the
most extraordinary education and other community support. John Engle is the
absolutely amazing human who has made all this happen.
So sorry to John… I’ve forgotten the name of his organisation in Hawaii. There
are so many people who will know - including Harrison. I can ask others if
needed.
Romy
Tyddyn Retreat Mid Wales Venue & Holiday Cottages
+ Wikima Ltd
Wales, UK
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Aloha all,
I’m looking for references to a similar situation (more below) where OS was the
contributing factor of success, in particular to communicate to government and
community leaders here why OS will get the results they need.
The context is the community engagement piece of recovery efforts from the 2018
volcano eruption in Hawaii. I’m consulting with the County Recovery Manager,
who has been convening other types of gatherings much of this year. Now that
disaster relief funding is closer to being on the ground, the County wants to
convene a larger, multi-sector event, to encourage development of
community-based recovery actions. The County is also planning to have a
Disaster Recovery Fund setup, which would field a competitive process for
proposed projects, some of which may have convened in the larger event and
decided there to collaborate on a proposal.
As with other parts of the recovery effort, this event would be under public
scrutiny. It may be the largest event they’ve held, and County leadership is
worried of perceptions and actual results coming from the event. In other
words, there may be tendencies to have more control over the design/outcome of
the day, in which case OS wouldn’t be the chosen organizing framework, but
something else they’re more at ease with or accustomed to. I do believe,
however, those community-based recovery actions are what they want most.
Do you have links or references to similar public sector gatherings using OS,
under scrutiny, and producing anticipated results satisfactory to government
and community, that I might share with County leadership?
Mahalo!
~Eric
Eric M. Kapono, CPF
Advancement Services
for Native Nonprofits
Hilo, Hawaii
808.969.3991
www.advancementservices.org <http://www.advancementservices.org/>
IAF Certified™ Professional Facilitator
<https://www.iaf-world.org/site/facilitators>
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