Hello from Halifax

Judi Richardson judir at accesswave.ca
Mon May 23 18:28:29 PDT 2005


Hello Thomas -- delighted that your plans are set to arrive in lovely
Halifax.  Just to remind others add to your "To Do" List to register before
the summer!  As an update -- Seven (7) countries are now represented for
OSonOS 2005.  The Space we are using in historic downtown is limited in
number -- so register soon!

warmly,

Judi

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>From  Mon May 23 19:25:14 2005
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Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 19:25:14 -0700
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From: Chris Corrigan <chris.corrigan at gmail.com>
Subject: Some Open Space practices
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I have been musing lately on some open space practices. Michael Herman and =
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have worked our list of the four OST facilitation practices we share in=20
"trainings": opening, inviting, holding and grounding.=20

Thinking about the kinds of practices of participants now, largely spurred=
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by Doug's recent Tao of the depth of open space, one of them seems to be=20
that the juicy meetings hinge on the quality of attention, honesty and=20
authenticity of participants. As if passion and responsibility are merged=
=20
and held by invitation to be both open and grounded. I have to ask more of=
=20
the participants in meetings if this is right, but my sense is that it is=
=20
that overall integrity that propels us forward into newly opened spaces.=20
When people feel like they've been in a good OST, it is that this depth has=
=20
been plumbed. I put this down to the Law of Mobility: the juice flows when=
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the Law is there, but not used, as if we are bound together by an attractiv=
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force rather than repelled into groups. Something about how the energy of a=
n=20
atom works...why things don't fall apart. The stronger forces of close=20
attraction against the longer range forces of gravity.

Anyway - it seems abstract, but I'm sure it has some practical applications=
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Chris


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Consultation - Facilitation
Open Space Technology

Weblog: http://www.chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot
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I have been musing lately on some open space practices.  Michael
Herman and I have worked our list of the four OST facilitation
practices we share in "trainings": opening, inviting, holding and
grounding.  <br>
<br>
Thinking about the kinds of practices of participants now, largely
spurred by Doug's recent Tao of the depth of open space, one of them
seems to be that the juicy meetings hinge on the quality of attention,
honesty and authenticity of participants.  As if passion and
responsibility are merged and held by invitation to be both open and
grounded.  I have to ask more of the participants in meetings if
this is right, but my sense is that it is that overall integrity that
propels us forward into newly opened spaces.  When people feel
like they've been in a good OST, it is that this depth has been
plumbed.  I put this down to the Law of Mobility: the juice flows
when the Law is there, but not used, as if we are bound together by an
attractive force rather than repelled into groups.  Something
about how the energy of an atom works...why things don't fall
apart.  The stronger forces of close attraction against the longer
range forces of gravity.<br>
<br>
Anyway - it seems abstract, but I'm sure it has some practical applications=
.  <br>
<br>
Chris<br>
<br><br>-- <br><br>CHRIS CORRIGAN<br>Consultation - Facilitation<br>Open Sp=
ace Technology<br><br>Weblog: <a href=3D"http://www.chriscorrigan.com/parki=
nglot">http://www.chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot</a><br>Site: <a href=3D"http=
://www.chriscorrigan.com">
http://www.chriscorrigan.com</a>
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>From  Mon May 23 20:14:13 2005
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Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 20:14:13 -0700
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From: Chris Corrigan <chris.corrigan at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: replacing?
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Yup...Open Space makes a lousy tool, but a great practice. Kind of like=20
hammering a nail with a Do it Yourself book.

:-)

Chris

On 5/23/05, Michael Herman <mjherman at gmail.com> wrote:
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> this might be cutting things a bit fine, but as we know, there are
> subtle differences in openspace that make a bigdifference. so try
> this on if you like...
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> many times we hear os talked about as a "tool." makes sense enough.
> and what i've been suggesting where i can is that bulletin board,
> marketplace, circle, etc are tools. open space is a practice that is
> the skillful use and integration of many of these tools.
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> i thnk it's worth making a distinction in this way not only about open
> space, but about other tings as well. perhaps the thing with this
> replacing business is not so much replacing os with something else,
> but replacing a 'tool' mind with a practice mind.
>=20
> m
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> --
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> Michael Herman Associates
> http://www.michaelherman.com
> ...inviting organizations into action
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Yup...Open Space makes a lousy tool, but a great practice.  Kind of li=
ke hammering a nail with a Do it Yourself book.<br>
<br>
:-)<br>
<br>
Chris<br><br><div><span class=3D"gmail_quote">On 5/23/05, <b class=3D"gmail=
_sendername">Michael Herman</b> <<a href=3D"mailto:mjherman at gmail.com">m=
jherman at gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" st=
yle=3D"border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex=
; padding-left: 1ex;">
this might be cutting things a bit fine, but as we know, there are<br>subtl=
e differences in openspace that make a bigdifference.  so try<br>=
this on if you like...<br><br>many times we hear os talked about as a &quot=
;tool."  makes sense enough.
<br>and what i've been suggesting where i can is that bulletin board,<br>ma=
rketplace, circle, etc are tools.  open space is a practice that =
is<br>the skillful use and integration of many of these tools.<br><br>i thn=
k it's worth making a distinction in this way not only about open
<br>space, but about other tings as well.  perhaps the thing with=
 this<br>replacing business is not so much replacing os with something else=
,<br>but replacing a 'tool' mind with a practice mind.<br><br>m<br><br>--<b=
r><br>
Michael Herman Associates<br><a href=3D"http://www.michaelherman.com">http:=
//www.michaelherman.com</a><br>...inviting organizations into action<br><br=
>Small Change News Network<br><a href=3D"http://www.smallchangenews.org">ht=
tp://www.smallchangenews.org
</a><br>...blogging giving flourishing<br><br>*<br>*<br>=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
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