Do you ever intervene...

[Peg Holman]

Please give Bert your thoughts on his question.  Thanks,

Peg Holman

-----Original Message-----
From: Bert Elliott <AVELLIOT at bcsc02.gov.bc.ca>
To: OSI at TMN.COM <OSI at TMN.COM>
Date: Tuesday, October 06, 1998 3:30 PM
Subject: Peggy Holeman


To: OSI1    --INTERNET OSI at TMN.COM

Thanks for the invitation to the conference in Nov. but I won't be able to
attend. Nonetheless, I appreciate being part of the mailing list.

I haven't talked with you since I tried Open Space last spring with
wonderful
results. The same group is asking for the process again and there have been
several people interested following that initial success.

What I did notice however, is that the discussion does depend on the
facilitation skills or meeting skills of the convener. As an observer, it
looked to me like the discussions rambled in some cases and in most cases,
the
group would choose to fill the allotted time with other chat if they had
dealt
with the issues before the time was up. Do you ever intervene in these
circumstances. How doyou get them to quit "when its over".

Regards,
Bert Elliott
Program Administrator
Staff Development and Training (952-2334)