Sexual harassment topic

Thu Apr 7 07:05:17 PDT 2005

Hi,

A number of times in OS, participants have come to me and asked for help
wording a sensitive or complex topic.  Longtime amateur wordsmith that I am,
I usually try to offer simple technical assistance.  When the topic on their
mind is very sensitive, I suggest they find language that is clear but not
incendiary and that when they get into the session to make very clear what
they have in mind.

Another way to help such a person might be to suggest the topic be in the
strongest, clearest possible language to which they have no trouble signing
their name.

With regard to sexual harassment specifically, in the US (and I imagine
elsewhere) there are laws that cover such offenses that aim to protect
workers from abuse.  An organization's lawyers ought to know about any
alleged incidents so they may be investigated fully.  They should also be
informed about patterns of harassment, where specifics may be hard to pin
down.  Open conversations about who is doing what to whom may lead to
mention of names, allegations against individuals that cannot be supported
by facts, embarrassment for those who have been harassed, and other painful
possibilities.  Encouraging simple, open discussion on any topic by any
persons at any time may not be the best way to deal with this.  Let us all
be very careful.

This is not to say that such topics are inappropriate for open space.  I
think they are appropriate.  But it's a question of how to be helpful if a
participant seeks our guidance about such a posting.

Ralph Copleman

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>From  Thu Apr  7 16:44:42 2005
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Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2005 16:44:42 +0200
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From: gerardo de luzenberger <info at deluz.it>
Subject: new italian wikis on openspaceworld.org
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Hello everybody, this is my first time in this list - so a big ciao to all
its members.

This mail simply to announce that Italy as join the OST community and that

OpenSpaceWorld.org is now hosting also some Italian wiki pages.

We are still few practitioners but we believe the OST Italian community will
grow up quickly.

All the best

gerardo

Gerardo de Luzenberger

 <mailto:xge at deluz.it> xge at deluz.it

 <http://www.scuoladifacilitazione.it/>
<http://www.scuoladifacilitazione.it/> www.scuoladifacilitazione.it

 <http://it.groups.yahoo.com/group/Open_Space_Italia>
http://it.groups.yahoo.com/group/Open_Space_Italia

Mob: (+39) 329 328 13 43

Tel: (+39) 02 241 26 646

20121 Milano (IT)

Via Alessandro Volta 12

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Hello
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members.

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MS"><span
lang=3DEN-GB style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet =
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MS"><span
lang=3DEN-GB style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet =
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lang=3DEN-GB style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet =
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lang=3DEN-GB style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet =
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the best</span></font></p>

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