Participant Driven Open Space Principles and Laws

[Chris Corrigan]

It depends on the group of course, but I often refer to the "start" and
Over" principles as "Indian Time."  And I always quote a teacher of mine
who teaches Native Management courses at Trent University.  He used to
say that he never wanted to see a student coming late to class and
claiming that he was running on "Indian Time."  Indian Time means
getting to the sunrise ceremony BEFORE the sun rises.  It means being
ready, not being late.

So I often say "When it starts is the right time and when it's over it's
over: in other words, start when you're ready and finish when you're
done"  How about that for a wording?  It's almost gramaticalloy
incorrect enough to be a real principle!

Chris.

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CHRIS CORRIGAN
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Phone: 604.683.3080
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