Reflections on intro & asking for ideas

[Alan Stewart]

On March 23, 1998 Richard C. Holloway wrote:

>  Greetings!
>
> I've just "subscribed" to this list today, at Peg Holman's
> suggestion.  I understand that this is a wonderful community of OS
> practitioners.
>
> I've managed to convince the Washington State Quality Conference
> Committee to include one day of open space with their 2-day quality
> conference.  They (we) are expecting about 800 people for each day of
> the conference, tentatively scheduled for early October.  We're still
> refining the conference theme and framing question.  It will focus on
> "improving state government."
>
> Peg has graciously offered her services (this is a volunteer gig), as
> has Lucinda Dustin (a fellow-traveler and an OS practitioner with
> California state government).  Chris Schock has shared some of his
> experiences with a 950-person OS event he just facilitated recently in
> Caen, France.
>
> An 800-person meeting is quite a challenge--and there's a number of
> things to consider and prepare for.  My hope is that there are members
> of this list who (as the ideas occur to you) will jot them down and
> e-mail them to me.
>
> Just so that you know, I'm not employed by the state, but am a private
> business person who saw a great opportunity to do something real
> exciting with open space and on behalf of our state government
> stakeholders.
>
> Thanks for the opportunity to ask!
>
> walk in peace,
>
> Doc Holloway
>
> --
> "Love not what you are, but what you may become."  - Miguel de
> Cervantes
>
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>

  Richard

Two points of clarification:

I wonder what you mean when you say 'this is a volunteer gig'? Are YOU
providing your facilitation services gratis?

I also wonder how you interpret the quote of Cervantes. One reading is
that it
suggests something which is at the core of most of humanity's woes; ie
the belief
that we must become something else before we are 'good enough' to be
loveable.

Good connecting

Alan

"We're all we, although some of us don't know it yet." Jeff Schwartz via
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