Re: Open Space Tech article on Wikipedia marked as spam, being readied for "speedy deletion"

2009-11-30 Thread Larry Peterson
OSI Canada is not a "chartered" organization but an informal non-profit network. In Canada that does allow for bank accounts and a very limited budget before taxes are required. We do have a very part time administrator. RFFO is a Francophone network with Canadian roots and supported by OSI Cana

Re: Open Space Tech article on Wikipedia marked as spam, being readied for "speedy deletion"

2009-11-30 Thread Denise Tennen
Shanna Thanks for this very useful insight into the wikipedia process. Denise On Nov 29, 2009, at 1:42 PM, shanna leonard wrote: Though I am new to openspace, I have been a contributor to wikipedia on and off for a while. Wikipedia organization is in someways similar to what I understand

Re: Open Space Tech article on Wikipedia marked as spam, being readied for "speedy deletion"

2009-11-29 Thread Michael M Pannwitz
Dear Michael H, what you call an OSI in Germany is nothing like the OSI USA or OSI Canada. In my nomenclature there are "associations" (thats what they are called in the OS World Map after a thorough discussion) and boscop (a registered coop but not a not-for-profit, in fact we would very much

Re: Open Space Tech article on Wikipedia

2009-11-29 Thread Suzanne Daigle
Wireless BlackBerry -Original Message- From: Michael Herman Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2009 16:05:10 To: Subject: Re: Open Space Tech article on Wikipedia thanks, all. while you've been adding to the thread here, i went and edited the opening overview and history sections of the wiki

Re: Open Space Tech article on Wikipedia marked as spam, being readied for "speedy deletion"

2009-11-29 Thread Dirk Riehle
I had shortly glanced over the last week of emails but didn't see that this was a known issue. Sorry for that. I don't really feel confident to write about open space which is why I sent this email here. I wouldn't take it lightly. Editing Wikipedia is a pain, but people do go there for summ

Re: Open Space Tech article on Wikipedia marked as spam, being readied for "speedy deletion"

2009-11-29 Thread Suzanne Daigle
Dirk, following a posting I put out a few weeks ago, a small group of OS folks volunteered on the edit of the Wikipedia posting. Have not mobilized yet due to scheduling conflicts but very soon. Hopefully we won't get deleted in the next day or two. Larry Peterson and others referenced excellent

Re: Open Space Tech article on Wikipedia marked as spam, being readied for "speedy deletion"

2009-11-29 Thread douglas germann
Shanna-- Thank you! That is a big help to know. :- Doug. On Sun, 2009-11-29 at 12:42 -0700, shanna leonard wrote: > Though I am new to openspace, I have been a contributor to wikipedia on > and off for a while. > > Wikipedia organization is in someways similar to what

Re: Open Space Tech article on Wikipedia marked as spam, being readied for "speedy deletion"

2009-11-29 Thread douglas germann
Michael-- Lisa Heft facilitated the main open space at the GSUSA convention in Indianapolis October 30, 2008. Lisa and Christine and Gabriel, do I have the date right? :- Doug. On Sun, 2009-11-29 at 13:37 -0600, Michael Herman wrote: > i've wanted to ask you all to help

Re: Open Space Tech article on Wikipedia marked as spam, being readied for "speedy deletion"

2009-11-29 Thread Harrison Owen
-Original Message- From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] On Behalf Of Artur Silva Sent: Sunday, November 29, 2009 3:22 PM To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Subject: Re: Open Space Tech article on Wikipedia marked as spam, being readied for "speedy deletion" I su

Re: Open Space Tech article on Wikipedia

2009-11-29 Thread Michael Herman
> *From: * Michael Herman > *Date: *Sun, 29 Nov 2009 16:05:10 -0600 > *To: * > *Subject: *Re: Open Space Tech article on Wikipedia > > thanks, all. while you've been adding to the thread here, i went and > edited the opening overview and history sections of

Re: Open Space Tech article on Wikipedia

2009-11-29 Thread Michael Herman
thanks, all. while you've been adding to the thread here, i went and edited the opening overview and history sections of the wikipedia page. i've incorporated some of these new details you've sent. here's what i posted. i'm better at storytelling than citations, but i tried to structure it in w

Re: Open Space Tech article on Wikipedia marked as spam, being readied for "speedy deletion"

2009-11-29 Thread Harrison Owen
Bye Bye Harrison Owen 7808 River Falls Drive Potomac, Maryland   20854 Phone 301-365-2093 Skype hhowen Open Space Training www.openspaceworld.com Open Space Institute www.openspaceworld.org Personal website www.ho-image.com OSLIST: To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archive

Re: Open Space Tech article on Wikipedia marked as spam, being readied for "speedy deletion"

2009-11-29 Thread Michael Herman
maybe those with some energy for it might just jump in and start editing, suzanne. it doesn't need to be finished by any date, but i reckon if there are issues flagged (like missing citations) that are being dealt with, then the page will not be deleted. i don't know for sure, but i think any mov

Re: Open Space Tech article on Wikipedia marked as spam, being readied for "speedy deletion"

2009-11-29 Thread Michael Herman
i've wanted to ask you all to help me build out a list of statistics, a sort of open space tech "by the numbers". i was going to make this part of the osw site, but it might come in very handy in posting as part of this wikipedia article. here are some examples, please check my math and add any o

Re: Open Space Tech article on Wikipedia marked as spam, being readied for "speedy deletion"

2009-11-29 Thread Artur Silva
Michael:   I would not trust the number of facilitators based on the world wide OST map, as many facilitators refuse to be there, but mainly because any person can include herself in the map, even if she only heard about OST in a bar, and is interested in paying the required fee or ask for the r

Re: Open Space Tech article on Wikipedia marked as spam, being readied for "speedy deletion"

2009-11-29 Thread shanna leonard
Though I am new to openspace, I have been a contributor to wikipedia on and off for a while. Wikipedia organization is in someways similar to what I understand of Open space, IE, decisions are made by those who show up and do it. Though some hierarchy is established based on how frequently you

Re: Open Space Tech article on Wikipedia marked as spam, being readied for "speedy deletion"

2009-11-29 Thread Artur Silva
I suppose that I am guilty for this Bye bye from Harrison:   As you all can see in the OSLIST Archives, on Mon, 16 Jun 2008, I sent a message to the list with the subject "OST becoming mainstream (was: Opening Space at Microsoft PDC)", where I mencioned that the entry for OST in the Wikipedia wa