I have to admit my memory is light on those details. I think from my 
perspective I was facilitating a circle. And I do remember personally at some 
point that Moscow seemed like a clear choice. It just shimmered I to being. 

I also remember that I think we deeply entrusted the next Wosonos to the Moscow 
deep, and there is a bit of a sacred trust in taking responsibility for this 
gathering.  

Chris

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> On Jul 15, 2019, at 11:28 AM, Marai Kiele via OSList 
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> That’s exactly what I am intending to describe in my short story, Peggy!
> I smile, reading your description.
> 
> I don’t remember „Bohm dialogue“ (Are talking objects used in that?) 
> Please remind me of what exactly you are referring to, so I can integrate 
> that in my story.
> 
> I do have a clear memory of the moment when Chris Corrigan picked up the 
> talking object and spoke up.
> As I remember it, besides the „I“ language, he invited all who where 
> expressing themselves to broaden their perspective.
> 
> Not just think of „what do I want“ or „what do we, in this room, want“ but 
> include all those around the globe who are not physically there.
> What would be best for the longterm flourishing of OST and for all those who 
> belong to the community, in some way or another?
> What would be best for those who weren’t capable of bringing their 
> perspective in themselves?
> 
> To me, that was a sacred moment. I experienced that the whole atmosphere 
> shifted, and after a while the next location had become clear to the whole 
> group:
> Moscow / Russia.
> 
> But I won’t give all the details of my whole story away in this email! ;-)
> 
> Marai     
> 
> 
>> Am 15.07.2019 um 18:17 schrieb Peggy Holman via OSList 
>> <[email protected]>:
>> 
>> Yes, it was the year of Harrison’s 70th birthday. I remember the dancing!
>> 
>> The closing circle keeps coming back to me. We had invitations to go to two 
>> places in 2006. We used Bohm dialogue to discern where to go. I remember we 
>> used a talking piece among the 50-60 people. I recall setting it up with 
>> something like listen to each other and speak when moved. And you, Chris, 
>> added the essential guidance to speak “I” language — from personal 
>> experience. 
>> 
>> Peggy
>> 
>> 
>>> On Jul 14, 2019, at 11:17 PM, Chris Corrigan via OSList 
>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I remember 2005…it was celebrating Harrison’s 65th birthday I think too (or 
>>> was it 70th?  I just know it was significant).  I wrote a song for him 
>>> based on a Nova Scotia folks song…I’ll look through my old note books and 
>>> see if I still have the lyrics.  I was so nervous to sing it!  I thin I 
>>> rehearsed it with Esther Ewing, but I was too nervous to do it as a duet!  
>>> 
>>> I remember too that we also mourned our colleague Colin Morley, who was 
>>> killed in the July 7 2005 London Underground bombings the month before.  
>>> 
>>> I met some life-long friends at that OSonOS, including Feliz Telik from 
>>> Turkey and Piret Jeedas from Estonia who were both working (along with 
>>> Kairi Birk) at Tim Merry’s Split Rock Learning Centre in Yarmouth.  
>>> 
>>> Halifax is such a great city.  And it was a really fun time, probably my 
>>> favourite of the three full OSonOS’s I attended (including the OSonOS IX 
>>> which I co-hosted with Laurel Doersam in Vancouver in 2001).  There was 
>>> great conversation, a beautiful, community location and dancing and 
>>> drinking every night!
>>> 
>>> Chris
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Jul 14, 2019, at 1:37 PM, Jeff Aitken via OSList 
>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> That (first or second) Day's Inn osonos was late '94. It was after the 
>>>> November US election when Newt G became Speaker of the House (he was on TV 
>>>> at the hotel.) Funny how memory works.
>>>> 
>>>> Jeff
>>>> San Francisco
>>>> 
>>>>> On Sun, Jul 14, 2019, 1:10 PM Jeff Aitken <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>> Hi, the archives don't seem to go back that far. Were we on the MetaNet 
>>>>> back then? Then the oslist was born in mid 90s when we needed a listserv 
>>>>> instead of a website based conversation? 
>>>>> 
>>>>> I remember the first or second Day's Inn gathering. 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Was a nice complement to the OT "Symposium on Organization 
>>>>> Transformation" taking place each July in different locations. The 9th US 
>>>>> OT was in Colorado '91 and the 12th US OT was in Napa California '94 - 
>>>>> and that's the limit of my memory :)
>>>>> 
>>>>> Jeff
>>>>> San Francisco
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Sun, Jul 14, 2019, 10:02 AM Harrison Owen via OSList 
>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>> The questions of when, how many and where have persisted over the years. 
>>>>>> Frankly I can't remember either. Even the first one is foggy in terms of 
>>>>>> year -- but I know where... Day's Inn at Dulles Airport. Suggestion is 
>>>>>> that you use the search function on OSLIST. Somewhere "back there" I am 
>>>>>> sure you will find the collective ruminations. 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Harrison
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>> From: Marai Kiele via OSList <[email protected]>
>>>>>> To: ost list international <[email protected]>
>>>>>> Cc: Marai Kiele <[email protected]>
>>>>>> Sent: Sun, Jul 14, 2019 7:07 am
>>>>>> Subject: [OSList] WOSonOS 2005 Nova Scotia - do you remember
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hey folks,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I am writing a short story about my experience at WOSonOS 2005 in Nova 
>>>>>> Scotia. This will likely be published as a contribution to a short 
>>>>>> stories book.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> It was my first and life-changing experience with collective sense 
>>>>>> making (the way the location for the next WOSonOS was chosen, or rather: 
>>>>>> how it became obvious to the group).
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I have the session reports from back then, but what I am missing are 
>>>>>> numbers like:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>     - How many participants were we?
>>>>>>     - From approximately how many countries?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> And then the questions that probably have been asked many times before.
>>>>>> Yet I still couldn’t find the „right“ answer:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>     - Since when does WOSonOS exist?
>>>>>>     - In which locations / or in how many locations has it taken place 
>>>>>> up to this year?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Thanks a lot in advance!
>>>>>> Marai
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> https://about.me/maraikiele
>>>>>> 
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