OSonOS ONLINE - Let's do it!

[Birgitt Williams]

OSonOS ONLINE - Let's do it!Metta, Michael, Chris,
 a great idea to use an on-line discussion, whether metanet or the
osorgworld site of Michael Herman. Whichever is easier for people around the
world to access. And Michael, thank you for so generously offering your site
and your work to get this set up. And Chris, a great idea for local OSONOS
as well as the annual international event. I know that in Australia, under
the careful mentorship of Brian Bainbridge, they have had an annual OSONOS
for a few years now. I hope the idea catches on.

And to many others, thank you for your e-mails. This seems to be an
important topic.

Journey well,
Birgitt
  -----Original Message-----
  From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU]On Behalf Of Rhett
Hudson/Chris Weaver
  Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2000 6:00 AM
  To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
  Subject: OSonOS ONLINE - Let's do it!


  Metta,

  Well said; I am right with you.

  Regarding whoever comes are the right people - I was able to stumble into
OSonOS VI in Monterrey on a shoestring budget, and it was a
life-course-altering experience, thanks largely to the lively international
diversity of the group (if you were in Monterrey in particular, you know
what I mean!)  I am happy that some folks with slim wallets in Germany or
Denmark will have access to the same experience this week.

  And of course, there is nothing limiting OSonOS to a single event per
year.  The joy of opening the space with other practitioners is so great
that spontaneous regional OSonOSes could surely spring up...(Hmmm...)

  Regarding OSonOS Online:  No start-up technical help here, but another
call to "YES, LET'S DO IT!"  I agree with Metta that a web-based threaded
discussion would be the way to go.  If not worldwide open space or ezboard,
maybe the Meta Network?  If someone in Berlin could post each agenda wall
topic as a separate thread, then we out here could put in our two cents'
worth on the topics and bumblebee like wild, before, during, and after the
actual physical discussion groups.  Back in Berlin, when the groups have
met, someone could post each report under its thread on-line.  I wouldn't
want the cyberspace parallel version to interfere with the regular-space in
Berlin, but if someone there feels they could take on the thread- and
report-posting, I don't think it would...on-site participants could visit
the on-line version, or not; and afterward we would have two books of
proceedings: the normal one for the bodily participants, and the
automatically-archived online one with postings from all of us out here, and
ongoing after the event.  Could be big fun!!

  Any problems with this idea?  Any champions out there who see how to get
it rolling?

  Also, from me too, thanks Birgitt for your posting.

  Chris Weaver



    Dear Birgitt,

    Thank you for your thoughtful spirit of inclusiveness!

    I firmly believe that, in all things, whoever comes *are*
    the right people, even though:
     -  I won't be participating in this year's OSonOS, and
     -  financial constraints often limit the number of
        national and international OS events I'm able
        to attend each year.

    However, I think it would be wonderful if, as you suggested,
    Birgitt, there's an "effort made...to link on-line during
    the event."

    Might it not be possible (Michael?) to create a forum in
    the Worldwide Open Space site for shared postings?

    I, for one, would love to see parallel or synchronized
    conversations develop online during the OSonOS event,
    and if we can't use the Worldwide OS site for this
    online coordination, I think I could relatively easily
    and quickly set up a forum for us on ezboard's free site:
            http://www.ezboard. <http://www.ezboard.com/> com

     <http://www.ezboard.com/> For what it's worth, it seems to me that a
web-based forum
    (bulletin board) would be much more functional, flexible
    and more easily navigable than attempting to run and track
    the conversations through the listserv.  Just MHO.

    Will be interested in others' thoughts and reactions!

    As ever,
    Metta Zetty

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