OS and certification

[Richard Charles Holloway]

CornerStone has a well-designed website...and while the issue of
"certifying" open space practitioners may run counter to this culture, I'm
acquainted with one of the principals there and believe that he's a wise and
principled advocate and pracitioner of Open Space.

With that said, perhaps it (in the spirit of open dialog) would be nice to
ask him to join in this conversation...so I'm sending him a blind copy of
this message to ask him if he's interested and willing to do so.

ciao for now,

Richard Holloway

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Richard Charles Holloway -
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-----Original Message-----
From: Peg Holman <pholman at EMAIL.MSN.COM>
To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU <OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU>
Date: Wednesday, June 09, 1999 9:48 AM
Subject: OS and certification


>I was checking out a new search engine and entered Open Space Technology.
>What did I stumble across but this:  http://www.ourfuture.com/oscert.htm
>
>(it's a consulting firm -- Cornerstone Consulting -- that offers
>CERTIFICATION in doing OS)
>
>I asked Harrison Do you know who these people are???
>
>Here's his response:
>
><The answer is yes and no. I can't remember the names, but I do remember
>having some contact with them. I am pretty sure one of the group came to a
>training program. As for "certification" I suggested that even I wasn't
>prepared to certify anybody. Always seemed like consignment to a mental
>institution to me. Anyhow, they obviously didn't take my suggestion. But I
>don't know that they are doing any harm, and maybe they are doing some
good.
>Anyhow, there isn't too much  I could do about it, and Open Space seems to
>take care of itself pretty well. Strange world.>
>
>
>This is still bothering me so thought I see what others think.
>
>Peg Holman