OSonOSinGOA - An Invitation

[BrendanMcKeague]

G'day Janet and Malay  - thanks for this enchanting invitation
India sounds wonderful in 2004 - you paint such a beautiful picture and 
whet the appetite so alluringly.
I will assist the Spirit to favour my desire to attend...(and to still be 
alive)
Cheers
Brendan

At 10:38 AM 10-07-2003 +0530, you wrote:
>Dear Friends in Open Space,
>
>Malay and I have been reliving a moment at the OSonOSinOZ, when we stood 
>in a Circle with Harrison and Peggy and knew in our hearts that the 12th 
>OSonOS the event would come full circle in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns 
>= "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Goa in 2004. And we said 
>‘Yes’.
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>We are now ready to extend to the OS Community our invitation to hold the 
>12th OSonOS in Goa, on the west coast of India.
>
>The choice of Goa seems ‘natural’ in many ways:
>  I understand that the name ‘Open Space Technology’ was inspired on Goan 
> soil.  (Harrison and Mahesh could tell us more)
>
>Goa is a land of Open Spaces: endless expanses of perfumed red earth and 
>emerald trees surrounded by white and gold stretches of sand, along the 
>pearly white waters of the Arabian Sea.
>
>The people of Goa are characteristically ‘OPEN : in Mind and Heart and 
>Soul -- OPEN to welcoming guests, (their hospitality is legendary)  to the 
>Arts (great musicians, singers, painters, folk dancers and chefs) to the 
>Spiritual -- Temples and Churches dot the landscape, -- reminders of  the 
>Portuguese who surrendered the island to India in 1961.
>
>Should we decide that Goa is the place I have the following recommendation 
>on the dates
>
>Between 26th Sept to 10th October.  2004.
>
>  Reasons:
>
>This is a time between seasons : the Monsoon will have just ended, to make 
>way for the hot sunshine of October, before the relative cool of ‘winter’ 
>sets in. In this in-between time, (not too wet, not too hot, not too cool) 
>Hotels will be able to give us lower rates and traveling will be easier. 
>(Chartered flights start arriving in Goa from UK, US and other parts of 
>Europe, from November to February.)
>
>It would be a good idea to take this opportunity to visit other 
>interesting places in India. If this is  planned just prior to the Goa 
>event, one could avail of the extremely low Monsoon ‘Packages’ offered by 
>Resorts across the country, usually valid till Sept 30th.  (As we go along 
>I could send you the information you need, on this.)
>
>Please let us know how you feel about this invitation and the dates. It 
>might seem a bit early in the day to think of Goa, while you are packing 
>your bags for Denmark. We’ve done a bit of spade work, and the earlier we 
>can firm up the dates, (assuming it is Goa) the better the ‘deals’ we can 
>negotiate.  Also we know that many of you need to set your calendars over 
>a year in advance.
>
>There are so many ideas buzzing to help make this a magnificent 
>Celebration of the Spirit of Open Space—come full Circle.
>
>Please say “YES”.  We are waiting to welcome you with OPEN ARMS. And can 
>hardly wait 
..
>
>
>  On behalf of myself and Malay Biswas
>
>Janet  Pinto
>
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