Re: Begining in OS

2009-05-07 Thread Brendan McKeague
With deep gratitude for the energy of this thread of conversation I'm still sufficiently intact to remember my first OST experience - as a participant - and my overwhelming sense of 'homecoming'...a deeply resonating feeling of something intangible beyond my knowing. I loved that sensation

Re: Begining in OS

2009-05-07 Thread David Vachell
Dear all Many thanks for your responses to my post. Especially to Harrison for his reassuring words (esp. it's mainstream now) - I'd hate to be thought of too left of field :-). Also to Catherine for her tip (I find occasions for OS every day, simply by reading the newspaper). I will start to

Re: Begining in OS

2009-05-07 Thread Michael Wood
e to do nothing. Hope this helps Michael Wood Perth From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] On Behalf Of Lisa Heft Sent: Tuesday, 5 May 2009 10:59 PM To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Subject: Re: Begining in OS ...and that's how we are all deli

Re: Begining in OS

2009-05-07 Thread Cliodhna Mulhern
Lisap I am not sure where this started but I love this thread...it reminds me that that i have finally and at last (after a struggle) espoused the value that the more of us there are opening space and working affirmatively the better for everyone...including each of us... I honour the wis

Re: Begining in OS

2009-05-07 Thread Shikha Shrestha
gt; > > Hope this helps > > > > Michael Wood > > Perth > > > ------ > > *From:* OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] *On Behalf Of *Lisa > Heft > *Sent:* Tuesday, 5 May 2009 10:59 PM > *To:* osl...@listserv.b

AW: Begining in OS

2009-05-06 Thread Catherine Pfaehler
lisah...@openingspace.net] Gesendet: Dienstag, 5. Mai 2009 16:59 Betreff: Re: Begining in OS ...and that's how we are all delightfully different. Jack, I honor how you feel and see things. And yet I do see them differently. I see abundance instead of competition. I see inviting

Re: Begining in OS

2009-05-05 Thread Jack Martin Leith
Just seen your OSList post. I've been working with Open Space since the late 1980s and have seen the it evolve from something regarded as risky and left field into a mature, mainstream method with competitors (e.g. BarCamp http://barcamp.org). I'd love to be able to say "I'm running an Open Space

Re: Begining in OS

2009-05-05 Thread Harrison Owen
--Original Message- From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] On Behalf Of David Vachell Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 7:38 AM To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Subject: Begining in OS Dear OSLISTers I have been interested in OS for ages now. I read Harrison's book and was

Re: Begining in OS

2009-05-05 Thread Lisa Heft
...and that's how we are all delightfully different. Jack, I honor how you feel and see things. And yet I do see them differently. I see abundance instead of competition. I see inviting others to help me in events that I facilitate as an opportunity for wonderful help, greater service to the

Begining in OS

2009-05-05 Thread David Vachell
Dear OSLISTers I have been interested in OS for ages now. I read Harrison's book and was enthralled and immediately went out looking for opportunities to put the wisdom into practice. I managed to open a couple of spaces when I worked for a large UK telecomms company but struggled to get others