Introduction To List

[Albert Schinazi]

Hello to new and old Open Space friends,

I  have been a reading member on this list for one and a half  years.  I
have appreciated the postings, which I find to be thoughtful, thought
provoking, informative, inspirational, and encouraging. I have found the
quality of people associated with OS to be exceptional.

I attended OSonOS in Chicago in 1999, where I met some of you for the first
time. My greetings to my "old" friends, those of you whom I have met and
whose company I have greatly enjoyed through the sharing of meals,
conversation, workshop sessions, dancing, or car commutes. I appreciate the
authentic and heartfelt sharing.

I had a chance to deepen those friendships and make even more new friends at
a training with Birgitt (much belated Congratulations to Birgitt & Ward!)
in North Carolina in  October of '99.  I regretted not being able to come to
Berlin this past year.  In November 2000 I attended the "Power Of Spirit" OS
event presented by Harrison which was sponsored by the Cincinnati OD
Network. It was a great opportunity to learn from Harrison, hear about the
origins of OS first hand, and to experience Harrison  facilitating an OS.
I deeply appreciated the opportunity to have lunch with Harrison and have
many questions answered. I came away form that event with Harrison's
suggestion ringing in my ears,  "just go and open space".

I am coming to Open Space from a background in architecture, and
Construction for 20 plus years.  For the past 4 years I have been practicing
conflict resolution and group process facilitation. I currently perform
mediation in a variety of settings from divorce cases, neighbor disputes,
small business disputes, and employment issues such as EEO (Equal Employment
Opportunity) cases with the US Postal service. I have applied the principles
of Open Space in my life and work and I have been looking for opportunities
to "formally" Open Space with a group.

I was prompted to introduce myself at this time because I have my first
facilitation of an OS event planned for March 31st and I thought it would be
appropriate to introduce myself to the list prior to presenting my request
for feedback.

The event is entitled "Spirit At Work" . It  is an ideal opportunity for a
first Open Space facilitation. I am sending information about it in a
subsequent email so as to maintain the integrity and congruency of the
archive. I am a believer in keeping the email  content congruent with
subject / thread for easy future reference.


With respect and appreciation,

Albert


Quote of the Day.....

"Faith sees the invisible, believes the incredible and receives the
impossible."  Author Unknown


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Open Space Technology, Community Building Circles, Dialogue, Creative
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Albert Schinazi
Indianapolis, IN
Integrativesolutions at mail.com

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