Birgitt and Raffi

[Elena A. Marchuk]

Dear Collegues,

I met Birgitt today in the airport of Novosibirsk, we are going to start our
workshop on 1pm, So amazing and wonderful! She had a small tour around
Moscow yesterday and is very tired from the night flight to Novosibirsk, but
I hope 5 hours of sleep will do her a good work, and.... she is SO BRAVE !

Kenoli, Raffi came to this workshop from Moscow - he is staying with us, as
it was the easiest way to explain for him where to go at 11 pm ....

I will tell him, that he can write for you from here. OK?

best wishes!
elena



----- Original Message -----
From: kenoli Oleari <kenoli at igc.org>
To: <OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU>
Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2001 1:38 AM
Subject: Re: Major downsizing


> Thomas and everyone -- I am new to this list, pulled in by Jeff A.,
> Lisa H. , Peggy H. and others.  Glad to be here. It sounds like a
> lively group.  I do OD work focusing on whole systems approaches,
> including Open Space.    You can check my website out at:
> http://horizonsofchange.com.
>
> It is a sad story your are telling and so typical that the community
> is willing to sacrifice so much in order to buy into "free market
> conditions".  What is happening to our world?
>
> I have a few thoughts. Why is this happening?  Is it because of
> budget shortfalls?  If this is the case, is the system still open to
> other options?  If so, perhaps the event could focus on what else
> might happen that could meet budget needs (and other givens) and save
> the curriculum and jobs.  Other options might be an open space giving
> people a chance to talk to each other about what is going on and how
> they are going to cope with it. Another possibility would be to hold
> the Open Space after the changes have been made and use it as a
> re-design under the new conditions.
>
> The real issue here, is that the group that needs to decide on what
> the focus should be is the system itself.  Are you working with a
> planning team that reflects the larger system?  A group like this is
> really the appropriate body to answer the question you have posed to
> this list.
>
> Good Luck,
>
> Kenoli
>
> >Hi list-friends.
> >A client of mine has planned to hold a 2-day OST with all 170 staff, in
> >june, the last days before they all go for summervacation. The theme was
to
> >concern the future of their school (working with "adult learning"). They
are
> >in the process of changing from public funding to "free market
conditions".
> >5 public schools will be in a corporation owned by the municipality. Now
it
> >seems that they will loose a lot of the courses they have given before
and
> >face serious downsizing. The circumstances will be made clear the coming
> >days. The headmaster believes that maybe 50 out of a total 170 persons on
> >his school will have to leave. It is likely that there will be some
> >reorganizations between the 5 schools serving different local areas. They
> >probably all face lay offs.
> >It seems pretty clear that a OST conference on the future of the school
is
> >not suitable as a lot of the people coming would not be inspired to plan
for
> >something they may not even be part of. But they do have a need to
> >communicate and support each other though this. I think OST would still
be
> >suitable but I guess the theme should focus on the issue which is
everybodys
> >concern right now. I promised to make some research on experiences in
> >similair situations. I would very much appreciate if you would like to
> >share!!
> >Greetings from sunny Sweden (summer is coming over here)
> >Thomas Herrmann      Phone +46 (0)709-98 97 81
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