evening opening?

Fri Apr 9 09:23:41 PDT 1999

thanks, esther.  the negation is a possibility, and probably a reality.
but it's got to be dealt with sometime.  you remind me, however,that
this question of who should be there on thursday night is probably best
answered by the participants themselves, after they see where they are
on saturday evening's close.  not really a need to decide now, i guess.

your response raises a larger question for me, however.  do open space
events take place outside of an organizatin or is the organization
ground for open space?  and, since i'm more interested in the practice
than the theory of this, how and when are the results of this group's
work best presented to the larger org, some of whom may not welcome
these results?

in this situation, having the following monday through thursday for the
news to percolate through the two schools seemed to holdthe possbility
for coming together on thursday night to (1) do some basic convergence
via the voting and (2) then ask a somewhat larger, expanding group about
next steps.  Seems to me that this process has to happen anyway inthe
org, so why not in a space held for just these purposes?  perhaps,
though this is too much for one evening.

what do you think?  anybody else done something fancy to take the news
of an event back to the rest of an org?

michael

Esther Ewing wrote:

>  Michael:
>
> I personally don't like the idea of others coming later. They have the
> potential of coming out to negate all the work that's been done before
> and they can really torpido the energy and enthusiasm and passion that
> the first set of folks put into the first session.
>
> It is really tough when that happens and you get increased anger on
> the part of the first group not to mention the second.
>
> Remember whoever comes is the right person and whatever happens is the
> only thing that could. I think that if there are those who after the
> invitation has been offered, choose not to come, then they've made
> their choice and should live with the consequences.
>
> The invitation has to be offered in an accepting open way however,
> making it clear that the open space is truly open to everyone and that
> decisions will be made.
>
> Regards
> Esther
> At 10:27 AM 4/8/99 -0500, you wrote:
> >hello barbara,
> >
> >yes, i think what you say is true.  "real work" is their term for the
> work in
> >the sessions, rather than any time spent in something like
> storytelling circle
> >the night before.  my concern was that teachers and students can jump
> right
> >into the topic, but other community members and/or parents may be
> still be
> >figuring out who's who on friday night.
> >
> >we've talked about this being just the beginning of a long
> conversation.  they
> >had originally planned to spend a day and come out with a shiny new
> PLAN.
> >this thinking has shifted, though.
> >
> >the boycott, as described to me, is those folks who've made it a
> habit to
> >oppose the moves of the formal leaders.  we've talked about the
> process of
> >invitation a lot and they are doing what they can to welcome everyone
> to the
> >event.  we've also discussed the possibility for welcoming folks who
> choose
> >not to attend the open space session to attend the followup session
> to be held
> >later that week.  we thought that might give folks a few days to sift
> through
> >the stories and an easy opportunity to sign on a little late.
> >
> >any other thoughts?
> >
> >many thanks,
> >
> >michael
> >
> >
> >
> >Barbara E. Sliter wrote:
> >
> >> MIchael,
> >>
> >> Sounds like a complex situation.  I am wondering what "(real) work
> you are
> >> expecting to get down to" and when?  I think it may be unrealistic
> to think
> >> that after an evening and one day they will have gotten for enough
> to plan.
> >> My guess is they will have just started to see themes at that
> point.
> >>
> >> Also, what is the boycott all about?
> >>
> >> Barbara
> >> ----------
> >> >From: Michael Herman <mherman at GLOBALCHICAGO.NET>
> >> >To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
> >> >Subject: evening opening?
> >> >Date: Wed, Apr 7, 1999, 5:36 PM
> >>
> >> >
> >> > i'm already expecting to welcome new topics at morning news on
> >> > saturday.  there are many people within the system who are
> threatening
> >> > to boycott the whole thing, which is why they want to get "down
> to
> >> > (real) work" as quickly as possible.  so i'm hoping that the
> pressures
> >> > already present will overcome the drag of friday evening.
> >> >
> >> > any thoughts?
> >> >
> >> >
> >
> >
> >
> >--
> >
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> >
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