Deep Democracy * Open Space * Other systemic methods

Mon Nov 7 16:00:00 PST 2005

The meaning of meta is as follows (from allwords.com):

1. Denoting a change.Example: metabolism
2. An area of study related to another subject of study, but going beyond it in some way.Example: metalinguistics
3. A position behind or beyond something.Example: metacarpal
4a. chem.A derivative of, or an isomer or polymer of, a specified substance;
Example: metaldehyde
4b. chem.An acid or hydroxide derived from the ortho- (sense 4b) form of a specified substance by loss of water molecules;
4c. chem.A benzene substitution product in which the substituted atoms or groups are attached to two carbon atoms which are themselves separated by one carbon atom.
Etymology: From Greek meta among, with, beside or after.
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From: Chris Macrae <wcbn007 at easynet.co.uk>
Date:         Tue, 8 Nov 2005 16:31:35 
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Subject: Re: Deep Democracy * Open Space * Other systemic methods

I'm not sure I know the word meta as well as you all do. However I think I 
just vote for meta

if meta means being able to interface both tools and beings, who both provide 
and need them.

Controversially, I dont think open space does enough of a job in particular 
cases. Its ok (or miraculous) if when you leave the space you will still have 
some structure connecting you all and the-still-to-be-transformed-system-
conflict. But in many networking events to do with global issues we do not 
have such an ongoing structure, or should not be assuming we have any positive 
supporters of such structure since we wouldnt have a globalisation conflict if 
we did have

So I have experienced at least 5 open space events that have gone round the 
same wheel; mixed together people with truly global change agendas -such as 
whatever Make Poverty History means - impacting localities in despretate need; 
saying they will collaborate and cross-fertilise networks etc after OS 
finsished but not having the time, resources, attention or even the email 
proticols to do so. There's something meta missing, and whatever it is its a 
different keep in touch practice than OS itself

And worse, since I have been tracking globalisation trends for 21 years, the 
conflicts are still getting greater (the pure economics ones of global*local 
power we have not yet started to turn round http://valuerisk.blogspot.com 
http://economicstimes.blogspot.com http://fantasywealth.blogspot.com ). From a 
system mappers point of view, we have about 5 years to start getting turnround 
on some agenda 6 billion people can see is turnround - after which the scale 
of unnecessary disasters befalling people because we didnt get to meta in time 
will be desperate (and not just today's dismal)

chris macrae wcbn007 at easynet.co.uk
dismal story of MPH here:
http://gravity200.blogspot.com/2004_06_01_gravity200_archive.html

Quoting Chris Corrigan <chris.corrigan at gmail.com>:

 I vote for meta being too.

 (in a deep democracy kind of way!)

 Chris

 On 11/6/05, EVERETT813 at aol.com <EVERETT813 at aol.com> wrote:
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 > In a message dated 11/4/05 9:29:09 AM, tzimtzum at earthlink.net writes:
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 > Now I want to appreciate the work of Michael Herman, Chris Corrigan, and
 > others who are, it seems to me, discussing a list of "meta-skills" for Open
 > Space facilitators.
 >
 >
 > Is it 'meta-skills' we need? Or, meta-being? My view: Meta-being.
 > Everything flows from that. The techniques are already established.
 >
 > Paul Everett * *
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