After the OST event...

[Michael Herman]

yes, i think so.  and to invite others into life.  m



On 4/29/05, Funda Oral <fundaoral at ttnet.net.tr> wrote:
> everything in life is like an invitation then.
> we are all invited to participate in life.
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> From: "Michael Herman" <mjherman at gmail.com>
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> Sent: Friday, April 29, 2005 12:32 PM
> Subject: Re: After the OST event...
>
> i always describe open space as a practice in invitation, doug.  we
> put out the first invite, and people come.  then we invite them to
> post their own invites, to breakout sessions.  this is just the
> detailed version of the first invite.  then they take the notes, which
> is a further detailing of the original invitation... and an invitation
> to reflect, review, return and act.  and some of the actions usually
> include issuing new invitations.  if the new invitations go out beyond
> the first circle, then even if those folks drift away, the process
> will keep going, the conversation will continue.  so can the three who
> are left invite the next round of new people?  will those who've
> drifted away be invited back?  and if not, do they know others they
> might share a new invitation with?  ...or perhaps it's just over...
> for now?  m
>
> On 4/28/05, Harrison Owen <hhowen at comcast.net> wrote:
> > Doug -- no problem. Friends of mine who ran (were involved with) a large
> > rural healthcare delivery organization did "an" Open Space -- and then
> > resolved (actually the whole staff demanded) that they work from that time
> > forward in Open Space. So. It became a matter of policy and principle the
> > every person in the organization had both the opportunity and the
> > responsibility to open a space any time there was an issue or opportunity
> > affecting the life of the organization for which there was not immediate
> or
> > obvious solution. Open Spaces happened all the time. Sometimes there were
> 5
> > people, sometimes 50.
> >
> > ho
> >
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> > From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] On Behalf Of Douglas
> D.
> > Germann, Sr.
> > Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 12:20 PM
> > To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
> > Subject: After the OST event...
> >
> > Hi--
> >
> > A couple of years ago a community OST event was held involving
> > professionals with a common set of clients/patients. There was great
> > enthusiasm and an on-going task group came out of it. It met for about 4
> to
> > 6 months and then fizzled out.
> >
> > Another community event recently resulted in an on-going group and an
> > e-mail list-serv. The first month's meeting had about 10 or 12 people from
> > the original 20+. The second month's meeting had 3 people.
> >
> > It occurs to me that what is needed to carry things through beyond the
> > event is some open space in which we can re-enter dialogue. Open space is
> > not something that goes into old skins: it bursts them. It is not the same
> > kind of business meetings with pre-set agendas--it has to be open in the
> > moment. It is not the networking function where we share small talk about
> > experiences and titles and advertising slogans and elevator speeches. It
> is
> > about encountering persons. We need a theme or a method of meeting that
> > will allow the same kind of being to being contact and growth. How is this
> > to be accomplished?
> >
> > Can we do the on-going meetings in an open space sort of way? Can we
> > propose topics within a container topic and go to separate corners or
> > address them serially? Is there another way to open space? Can we "post"
> > topics virtually, say?
> >
> > What has been your experience? What has worked? How do you see people
> > keeping it going?
> >
> >                               :-Doug. Germann
> >                               Seeking people making community change.
> >
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