SV: The Pros and Cons of OST? (plus use of the word 'technology')

[Allison & Jim Baensch]

Hi Jack,
Just catching up...
Perhaps the sociology you speak of happens to some extent because of  
the simplicity and effectiveness of the technology?
When I was a teenager I used to play music (records at that time)  
with a good beat to dance to.
While dancing I felt safe enough to move in wild ways that were  
somewhat gravity-defying because the beat of the music seemed to hold  
me securely.
It was as if the music formed a framework that supported my body in  
all directions.
The beat needed to be fairly simple and strong.

For me OST's structure serves a similar purpose.
Once the space has been opened, people can let themselves go.
They don't generally need to worry about what the next meal will be -  
refreshments are provided.
Nor do they need to be concerned about how to proceed in a mechanical  
sense.
The procedure has been set down within the technology of the event  
and then by topics put up by participants.
Some sort of freedom is built into the circle's regular breath or  
beat as it expands and contracts, forming and disbanding groups.
Participants can let their hair down and go for creative ideas and  
practices.
The OST tool's 'rules' are so simple that they can be remembered  
easily (or checked by looking at them on a wall).
And they are organic, so they mean a lot to the self-organising human  
body whose 'rules' are somewhat echoed by OST's principles and law.
Seems that way to me.
Allison.

On 30/11/2005, at 1:28 AM, Jack Ricchiuto wrote:

> I just refer to it simply as Open Space. I’m fine with the formal  
> name and would be as fine if HO tomorrow announced it was now going  
> to be known as “Eggplant Parmesan.” For me it’s as much open space  
> sociology as technology – as much about the people as the process,  
> usually more about people than process. This parallels one of my  
> mantras that sociology usually trumps technology.
>
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> Jack
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