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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>> >Email: thomas.herrmann at telia.com
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