Seeking support for OS in the SF Bay area

[Mary Berlin]

Susan,
I just completed a successful open space event with a client organization
some of whom were very skeptical. A few thoughts regarding your dilemma:
   - I would be willing to ask the person who was the champion albeit a
skeptical champion, for this process if they would accept a call from one of
your folks and     respond to questions
    - I also have some evaluation comments that I would be willing to draw
from and share with you and you could share them with your folks. Of course
the source         would need to be kept confidential.
    -Finally, I don't think there is a way to make people comfortable; it is
a leap of faith. You might ask them if they are willing to wait until the
end of the first day (assuming it is a multi-day event) and then revisit the
need to carve out time for charter and structure. By that time you should be
in full swing. Best of luck, Mary Berlin
----- Original Message -----
From: Susan Partnow <susan4ps at HOME.COM>
To: <OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 5:57 PM
Subject: Seeking support for OS in the SF Bay area


> I am helping a group plan their regional conference -- to be in San
> Francisco June 29-July 1.  Only one person on the planning committee has
> ever experienced Open Space and, as you can imagine, there is a lot of
> resistance and pushing to 'control' and organize the agenda, leaving just
> little bits of time here and there for open space.  I have not yet foud
the
> way to help them feel reassured that ALL of the important issues and needs
> WILL be dealt with in Open Space.  (They want to carve outand reserve a
> morning for "charter and structure" and another time for "global issues"
> etc.)  I was wondering if any of you know of any OS sessions that might be
> going on in the next weeks that some of these individuals could attend or
> participate in to help them experience=understand, trust, appreciate the
> process...  Please let me know --especially if you know of any community
> type OS events.  It is hard for me to work this through with the committee
> since I am in Seattle!  (They meet in San Francisco)
>
> This group has a very exciting and daunting mission:  the Global Peoples
> Assembly is forming all over the planet -- we have an opportunity to find
> the way to create a parliamentary type body that would function in
parallel
> to the UN --at first informally, i.e. without legal mandate, but with
great
> support and attention.  There is intense interest and desire for this
> including at very high levels within the UN -- people are so frustrated
> with the current situation.  And the voices of people have been rising up
> since Seattle's WTO protests... This Assembly is what we can all say YES
> to -- a direct, grassroots voice of the people.  Perhaps some you would
> like to get involved!  We need all the help-capacity-energy-vision we can
> muster!  (This is needless to say all pro bono of course).  You can
contact
> me and/or check out the just developing web site:  www.ourvoices.org
>
> Thanks for any help,
> Susan
>
> Susan Partnow, Partnow Communications
> 4425 Baker NW
> Seattle, WA 98107
> tel. 206-789-8697
> fax  206-782-7786
> Susan at PartnowCom.com
>
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