leverage points

[Masud Sheikh]

Therese Fitzpatrick <therese.fitzpatrick at gmail.com> wrote:
>The principle "whoever comes are the right people" is, for me, the
>most important principle in open space.  And beyond open space, I
>believe it is an essential principle for the solutions to intractable
>human problems to emerge.

Therese, I understand what you are saying, and what Harrison has been
saying. The principle has a lot to do with "self-organizing" and not
enough to do with the "goals of the system". Harrison confirmed his
judgment, when he said only those who CARED enough to come, came.

Who comes depends on so many other things. Please have a look at the
thread named "access" "access..to space" and related threads from April
(and perhaps earlier). Yesterday, there was a wonderful example about
access in Gerard Muller's "Story from the Field: talking stick", where
there was access to disadavanteged people.

Consider one simple point: To what extent do invitations depend on who is
giving the invitations? This happens whether you invite someone out to
coffee, to your home, or to an OS Event. Would it make a difference as to
who came if the wording of the principle got changed?

I find the word 'RIGHT" judgmental rather than value neutral. If we say
instead "those who felt invited", that says something about both the
host/s and the invitee/s. Re strangers, they would "feel invited" in some
way, for them to participate. The invitation may be implicit rather than
explicit.

And now Therese, it is time to use my two feet, and leave this space for
other list members - to contemplate, participate, or move on from
Take care
Masud

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