everything i know about ost...

[Harrison Owen]

At 09:15 PM 6/18/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>Harrison,
>OST always works. No worries there. However , we cannot guarantee what we
>cannot guarantee and so I am concerned that on
><http://www.openspaceworld.org>www.openspaceworld.org a guarantee is
>stated. I know that any OST event that is one day or less cannot guarantee
>that "All of the issues that are MOST important to the participants will
>be raised." Many times in OST meetings, participants, particularly those
>who have felt disempowered, do not get their most important topics up
>until the morning of day 2 when for some reason they take their power and
>run with it. We also don't guarantee a comprehensive report, especially of
>a one day or shorter event. And so on.... I believe that we can make the
>statements of guarantee that are listed in an event of 2 or more days.

No problem. And actually I think Michael says as much, although maybe not
as precisely. I never did like a "short Open Space" (less than a day) --
and if possible I always try for 2 days under the heading If it is worth
doing, it is worth doing well-- or something.

>And, whenever Michael gives the go ahead to add to these read only pages
>that are like his "givens", I will offer my viewpoint on that site, which
>as you know is often an alternative. I remember in one of the first OSONOS
>meetings I posted the topic "Harrisy's" with a play on your name and the
>word heresy---doing things in a way that isn't how Harrison does it. I
>recall that topic to be highly playful and well attended.

The space is always open, and heresy is definitely good for the soul. It is
a marvelous antidote to arteriosclerosis of the mental pathways and other
obnoxious indications of incipient dogmatism. And it certainly eliminates
the dreaded One Right Way.

ho


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