Thoughts on Self Organizing

[Funda Oral]

OK "no one knows the outcome" but we suppose that "everyone cares and feels
responsible about the outcome"

So i feel responsible about OST  about introducing it correctly ( i mean in
a my correct way )
where it will be effective and successful.

I want the use of it to increase as i believe in it and i question ;

personally, what should i do for that?
as a community, what should we do for that ?

thoughts like that......
----- Original Message -----
From: "Cheryl Honey" <wecare at familynetwork.org>
To: <OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2005 10:38 PM
Subject: Thoughts on Self Organizing


> Doug:
> Good point...organizing is deductive process with an intentional
> outcome...while inductive is emergence of what is already present from
> within. Open Space fosters emergence of activity and outcomes. No one
knows
> the outcome...the open space allows people to awaken to matters of the
heart
> where others who are present support the bearer of the gift and empower
them
> by acknowledging the person (self) and their offering. I liken the process
> to chemistry. Everyone is unique and when combined into a beaker/container
> (this can be defined by many variables) everyone is impacted by the
presense
> of the others. From this combining of selves in the container emerges a
> continuous redefining of "self" in "self-organizing" . This is the basis
of
> my work.
>
> Sometimes these concepts are really challenging to express. Here is a
story
> I wrote to help get this idea across to the participants in my
> transformative community building workshops. I consider my FSN workshop an
> open space container...
>
> Topic/Issue: How to create safe and nurturing environments where children
> and families thrive.
> (Every open space gathering has an intention - this is ours).
>
> PROCESS OF FERMENTATION
>
> People in neighborhoods and in the workplace are like grapes. They live
> around each other. Family Support Networking instigates the process of
> fermentation, because a healthy community is like a fine wine. People
living
> in relationship to one another.
>
> What is exciting is each community has it's own combination of grapes, so
> each wine has it's own unique flavor.
>
>  In time...Family Support Networking nurtures responsible and resourceful
> citizens' who feel empowered to play a part in the solution to making
> neighborhoods safe and nurturing places for all families and children.
>
> Question: Since each neighborhood is different...would they come up with
the
> same solutions to deal with their problems?
>
>  Family Support Networking allows neighborhoods to tap innovative
solutions
> and access people and their ideas in other neighborhoods. This prevents
the
> agony of creating something from scratch. Many of the road maps to today's
> problems have already been created. All we have to do is get connected to
> the great ideas generated from the grassroots.
>
> Family Support Networking enables people to help themselves and empower
> others by sharing...ideas, resources, time, money, equipment, expertise,
> tears and laughter. Memories which last a lifetime. It is easier than you
> think to make a real difference in someone's life.
>
>  Cheryl Honey
> Community Weaver
> Family Support Network
> Bothell, WA
> 206.240.2241
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Douglas D. Germann, Sr." <76066.515 at compuserve.com>
> To: <OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2005 11:19 AM
> Subject: a very simple reason
>
>
> > Funda--
> >
> >  << Maybe it is too much "self" organizing......"self" means you're
alone,
> > do
> >  << anything you can by your own,
> >
> > Your post brought something out for me--this word "organizing:" is it
> > possible we are less about organizing than about something like
swarming.
> > Not sure I know what to call it. It is a fluid process, never reaching
the
> > conclusion that the word "organizing" seems to imply. We come into
being,
> > go out of being, many times each second.
> >
> > To me, the self in this phrase is not a singular self but a gathering
> self.
> > Say! Maybe that is a better term for us to use: auto-gathering. Well,
not
> > sure I like it now that I have typed it.
> >
> >                               :-Doug. Germann
> >                               Seeking people making community change.
> >
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