Capturing butterflies...

[Douglas D. Germann, Sr.]

Paul and Artur--

What I saw in the article was perhaps something off in an entirely bizarre
direction!

 << "if you don't capture them right away, they fly away and
 << they're gone forever."
 << ...
 << have to capture them when they fly by.

These lines suggested to me our butterfly friends in open space. They look
lovely. They don't seem to be doing anything. Their numbers and presence
indicate the health of the setting.

But they are also sometimes the most productive part of the event, we hear.
Maybe it is only when we spend time with them, hear their ideas, listen to
what they are listening to, hear why they are not in a particular session,
and do similar non-things, that we start to find and nurture the real value
of the meeting.

It might not be capturing, Artur, but it might be alighting on the same
branch as they... or flying along with them as they fly by... before they
are gone forever....

What do you think? Is there something there?

                              :-Doug.

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>From  Wed Jun 23 10:08:57 2004
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Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 10:08:57 -0400
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From: john engle <englejohn at hotmail.com>
Subject: report from Haiti Regional OSonOS
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hi friends.

my haitian colleagues held the third annual haitian OSonOS this past
weekend, convening 46 people over two and a half days on the theme
"embracing peace." this was the first year that i was absent. thus, i'm
reading from the 16 reports which folks have already placed on wiki.

what excites me the most is that three practitioners (some of you know fremy
who is a ring leader:)) initiated the creation of open space institute,
Haiti and took on the organization of this regional OSonOS as the
institute's first project. while i'm not a founding member of the OSI haiti,
and do not plan to be on the board, colleagues have asked me to share what i
know about OSI's in other countries. thus, you who are involved in an OSI
and who are sharing of your work are having an impact on haiti. thank you!

fremy cesar, jude apollon and samson joseph convened a session on OSI Haiti
and invited others to become involved.

one participant of the gathering just posted a message on the haitian creole
listserve (about 100 people on this list serve):

Dear colleagues,

I want to share my story with Open Space. This is a great method. It makes
my work easier and puts people at ease so that they can address things in as
much or little detail as they wish to. OS helps us learn to be better
listeners and to ask better questions.

This method brings me great satisfaction and helps me to know when to enter
into a conversation and when to avoid a conversation. I'm learning how to
better manage myself and to take responsibility for that which I undertake.

Gerald.


just wanted to share this encouraging news with all of you.

warm regards,

john

http://JohnEngle.blogspot.com - Reflections about Haiti, life, and our work.
http://JohnEngle.info
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