'How does OS work?'
'Beats me!' smiles facilitator,
'but what I can
tell you is this:
Whenever people gather to
treat each other well,
something quite magical happens
as fire souls emerge.'
'Fire souls? What does
this mean to you?
'People whose flashing eyes
broadcast their creative spirit.
In a message dated 4/28/2000 4:37:00 PM Central Daylight Time,
rnor...@digital.net writes:
I too am Certified Federal Workforce Mediator (trained by the Atlanta
Justice Center). Have you ever thought about Open Space being a form of
mediation. I believe a good mediator in essence Opens Space
The sample invitations that have been shared with us are wonderful and I
thank you for the sharing.
In turn, I include below another, longer sample invitation. Please feel free
to use whatever parts of it appeal to you. In this particular sample
invitation, I am addressing a need of a client
Dear friends in Open Space,
I have been going through my Open Space files and hence the number of
e-mails from me this Saturday evening. In an earlier e-mail,I sent a sample
invitation. In this e-mail, below my signature, I include a number of
paragraphs, each independent of the other, each
Hello everyone,
I posted a message on the list Friday about an opportunity to do a half-day
Open Space event in the Boston area, but forgot to provide information about
how to contact me about it off the list. My apologies. Anyone who feels
they may be interested can call me at 978-369-6042 or
In the Open Space book, reference is made to Multi-voter. However, the
telephone number does not connect to the same company as mentioned in the text.
Does anyone use Multi-voter? Who do I get the software from, at this point.
Thanks ahead of time for the information
OPEN SPACE
You have arrived here
before, burning for air,
surfacing in a circle
of early spring lakewater
with loons around you.
Did even the ones
who love you understand
why you stepped off
the dock into black
water? The beckoning voice
was so soft: consider
the lilies. We carve
that first
At 12:40 AM 4/29/00 -0700, you wrote:
Having had this limited but exhilirating Open Space experience, I'm rather
keen to make it known to this network of younger friends in the hope that its
utility may spread. Naturally, to some limit, I want to keep my hand in too,
and might be willing to
