Birgitt and Raffi

kenoli Oleari kenoli at igc.org
Sun Jun 3 18:18:00 PDT 2001


OK. -- Kenoli

>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
>>  >Open Space Consulting
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