Local Practice Group (long)

[Pannwitz, Michael M]

Dear Brendan,
I feel your passion all the way into summery Berlin, thanks.
Your experience mirrors ours here in Berlin with local twists.
As we began organising the first Berlin OSonOS back in March of this
year we felt we had to get 30 people to sign up at 70 bucks each to
cover costs for a fullblown, 3 day os in a union conference center
with food etc. mainly selforganized. Well, eventually 50 people
signed up and 57 showed.
Ten of those present had just been to an os-Facilitator training for
46 people from 13 countries across Europe. There, someone came up
with a twist on:
"Be ready to be surprised" (the one and only admonition in open
space) which goes:
"Be surprised to be ready",
suggesting that we and our "clients"  perhaps are more often than not
quite ready without being aware of it.
At least, from my experience, organisations, groups and systems are
frequently far more ready than I imagine...counting to 10 often is
all the time you need to discover that.
So, I can appreciate your comment that by now you are well prepared
for suprises.
Greetings from Berlin and see you in Denmark
mmp

PS: one of the "results" of our Berlin OSonOS: some 35 people have
gotten an initiative started for "SOS-Training" (selforganising open
space-Training) to be held in March of next year for people who are
on very low budgets and for everybody else who wants to join. Might
well turn into the largest training ever!



On Sun, 6 Jul 2003 01:03:38 +0800, BrendanMcKeague wrote:

>G'day folks
>
>Alongside the current fascinating conversation about OS origins and form,
>I'd like to share my wee bit of passion about the ongoing story of our
>local OS practice Group here in Perth, Western Australia - called Keeping
>the Space Open (KTSO)...
>
>It began after Michael Herman's (that flippity-jib again :) visit in
>October last year - and the first OS facilitator training in Western
>Australia - one of the Action Plans emerging from the OS session in the
>training prog was to create an ongoing practice group so that new trainees
>could have a safe space in which to confirm their skills and learn more
>about OS - two of the trainees offered to coordinate and I offered to take
>the role of 'the sponsor'  - we acquired a low-cost venue from a local NGO,
>set a date (about three months after the training), a time (4.30 - 7.30pm
>with snacks/tea/coffee available) and theme (sharing our curiosities and
>learnings about OST) and a suggested donation of $10 per person to cover
>costs.
>
>We circulated those who had attended the training, others who had expressed
>interest in, or any curiosity about, OST and put it out through a few local
>community networks - including the local Govt / Public Service List serve.
>We anticipated about twenty people coming - over forty showed up and we had
>a great evening. One of the trainees opened and held the space - our
>time-frame was as follows:
>
>4.30 - 5.15     Welcome and Opening
>5.15 - 6.00     Session I
>6.00 - 6.45     Session II
>6.45 - 7.30     Closing Circle
>
>(snacks and drinks were available - in the same room - from 5.15 onwards)
>
>Convenors were invited to record conversations and send them to us for
>circulation to those who attended.
> From this session, five people registered for the next OS Facilitator
>co-learning workshop which I offered in April this year.
>
>At this workshop, we invited anyone who wished to become involved in
>arranging and facilitating the next KTSO - four people wished to and
>subsequently organised our second session held a couple of evenings ago -
>same time, same venue, same cost (we had $100 left over from the previous
>session after all catering, venue and material costs had been covered) same
>circulation - with the theme (after much email dialogue between the four of
>us) emerging as: 'facilitating healing and growth in our organisations'.
>
>And once again, to our surprise (by now we are well prepared for such
>surprises...), forty people registered and more showed up on the night -
>ended up with about 45. One of the trainees was 'the coordinator', another
>the sponsor' and another 'the facilitator'. Another great evening of
>conversation, camaraderie and conviviality....and the space remains open...
>
>We will have two further OS facilitator co-learning workshops here this
>year and at least one further KTSO session.
>
>I am so thrilled that there is so much interest and energy locally - it
>feels like the practice of peace is rippling through the chilly winds of
>winter here in the south west corner of the antipodes...
>
>Thanks for your encouragement, support and solidarity around the planet
>
>Blessings to all
>Brendan
>
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