Notice about OSA event

[Michael Maranda]

Greetings to all,

I am the President of the Association for Community Networking.  I have come
to know several people in the Open Space community, notably Michael Herman,
Ted Ernst, and Max Gail of www.lap.org.

Our intent was to find a way to live up to our name, where community
networking was a process, as opposed to a location or an infrastructure for
the community.

To that end we gathered folks in several sectors of the community
information and communications technology sphere:  community media folk,
community tech folk, wireless folk, community informatics researchers,
community networkers and open/social source persons, as well as activists
concerned about changes in legislation affecting our field and our
communities in general.

I had a loose agenda, bringing people together after a full day workshop and
as we opened the space I tore that agenda up so that we could truly open the
space.  We convened for two days and it was a wondrous experience.  Please
read the write up by Jon Lebkowsky for a more general feel.  I'd be happy to
say more, but am currently on the road.  I'm also happy to answer questions.

Regards,

Michael Maranda


-----Original Message-----
From: Harrison Owen [mailto:hhowen at comcast.net]
Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2005 5:33 AM
To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
Subject: FW: Notice about OSA event


Seems some folks have been opening space around Community Networking. You
will find a URL below for all the details. Seems to me there were some
people asking about the use of Open Space in the electronic environment, and
that is what these folks apparently do.

Harrison

Harrison Owen
7808 River Falls Drive
Potomac, Maryland   20845
Phone 301-365-2093

Open Space Training www.openspaceworld.com
Open Space Institute www.openspaceworld.org
Personal website http://mywebpages.comcast.net/hhowen/index.htm
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-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Maranda [mailto:mmaranda at afcn.org]
Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2005 9:56 PM
To: symbook at yahoo.com
Subject: Notice about OSA event


Thought you might be interested in a write up of the Open Space Austin
event!    :)

http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/002641.html


-MM



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Michael Maranda
President, The Association For Community Networking (AFCN) President, CTCNet
Chicago Chapter Co-Chair, Illinois Community Technology Consortium (ilCTC)
Vice President, NPOTechs http://www.afcn.org http://www.ctcnetchicago.org
http://www.npotechs.org http://www.ilctc.org

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