Naming matters

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Alan, Ralph,

My association to peace-maker is COLT

Bernd W.

P.S. Being European (Austrian), "collaborateur" has still much of
nazi-collaborateur in my associations, but ask the French.

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On Wed, 24 Apr 2002 21:56:18 +0000, Ralph Copleman wrote:
" Re: Naming matters   On 4/24/02 11:02 PM, "Alan Stewart"
"<alan.stewart at senet.com.au> wrote:
"
"A consulting company in Adelaide has recently invited me to join
"them as  an associate. This arises through their coming to
"appreciate that OST provides  a way forward in the kind of projects
"in which they are - and hope to be - engaged.
"
"Two queries:
"
". What does one call oneself in such a circumstance? Open Space
"Facilitator and the name I use on occasion 'Professional
"Conversationalist' are not sufficiently familiar - yet - in  this
"part of our little planet.
"
"A lovely possibility which a friend recently suggested
"'Collaborateur' is also not likely to receive ready acceptance
"- yet.
"
"Any ideas?
"
"Alan and all,
"
" Collaborateur still produces, I m told, some negative vibes among
"Europeans.  This may or may not be an issue in Australia, I don t
"know.
"
"I call myself a consultant.  My clients have never seemed to care
"what process I employed, as long as I produced the results they
"sought, so some time back I ceased identifying myself in terms of
"the processes I purveyed.
"
"Nevertheless, we may wish to adopt a name that raises the bar for
"our clients.
"
"How about  Peace Maker ?
"
"Ralph Copleman

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