Thoughts on Self Organizing

Tue May 24 00:28:45 PDT 2005

Douglas,

I call what I do transformative community building. The process creates the
space for people to awaken to their gifts and strengths and as they listen
with their heart they discover their passions. They express passions in
community of others and together emerges something delightful. No
anticipation of outcome except faith that something good promises to emerge
from two passionate people connecting in community. When expectations are
absent, then anticipation brings joy and acceptance that what is, is
supposed to be...a blessing.

This is my best attempt at this hour...So many of these conversations get so
complex I have chosen to do one less thing...so I don't open my emails. I
just happened across this one...and I want to thank you for your response
Doug.

I'm leaving to present a day long workshop tomorrow in Sacramento. I'll
sneak a peak at my emails when I get back on May 30th.

Cheryl Honey, Community Weaver
Family Support Network
Bothell, Washington
206.240.2241

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From: "Douglas D. Germann, Sr." <76066.515 at compuserve.com>
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Subject: Thoughts on Self Organizing

> Cheryl--
>
> Good metaphors, Cheryl. Thanks!
>
> Is it possible that people may think they want solutions that have been
> successful--but they do not want them for their own group. The point is
> that what worked for the other group fit the other group, but not the new
> group. So the prior solution cannot be adopted as is--there *must* be some
> blood, sweat and tears our group puts into it or it will not work for us,
> if only because we won't be committed to it.
>
> Something I read just the last day or so is back on this matter of
> organizing--I think it was in Buber. You can only organize the past, never
> the present or the future. The past is not alive. Thus, when we organize,
> we are organizing the dead.
>
> I am beginning to believe that the self is all of us. There are lot of us
> (individuals), but there is only one we. So self-inviting?
>
>                               :-Doug. Germann
>                               Seeking people making community change.
>
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>From  Tue May 24 12:05:05 2005
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Subject: Re: Some Open Space practices
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oh, yes, those... and here is some of what we've written down about
these practices...
http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?OpenSpacePractices ...if
anybody's interested.

did you write anything else at your site, chris, or just scribble your
additions to the page i posted (above)?

michaelh

On 5/24/05, Chris Corrigan <chris.corrigan at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.
>
>  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.
>
>  Anyway - it seems abstract, but I'm sure it has some practical
> applications.
>
>  Chris
>
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> Consultation - Facilitation
> Open Space Technology
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