OSonOSinGOA - An Invitation

Wed Jul 16 17:05:22 PDT 2003

Dear All,

I'm new to both the List and OS having recently worked with Toke Moller and
Marianne Knuth at Shambhala.  I will do my best to be there.

Aart Groothuis

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From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU]On Behalf Of toke
Sent: Wednesday, 16 July 2003 22:54
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Subject: Re: OSonOSinGOA - An Invitation

Dear Janet, Malay Biswas and all the rest

Thank you for the inspiring invitation.
I would love to come to Goa to explore OSonOS with all the OS community.

To more open spaces for life to florish and peace to grow!

my best greetings

- toke

torsdag 10. jul 2003 kl. 07:08 skrev Janet Pinto:

> 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 Goa in 2004. And
> we said ‘Yes’.
>
> 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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>From  Thu Jul 17 00:03:39 2003
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> 2.  Schedule at least 2 sessions.  Even if they're only 15 minutes each.
> The groups will know they have limited time, and they will respond
> accordingly.

Or sometimes they don't, which is fine, too.

I scheduled two 25 minute sessions for an OST I facilitated near the end of
a conference and no one (I was surprised about this, but prepared to be
suprised!) changed into the 2nd set of topics.  When I rang the bells to
start the closing I did get some surprised statements like, "I guess we're
not doing the second session, huh?" which I promptly ignored and went about
the business of the closing.  All positive.

... the only thing that could have

peace,
ted
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