Ideas please for a different closing

[Ted Ernst]

Yesterday Sheila told us in the opening that at evening news, we would
decide together if we wished to have her close the space after day one and
have Doug re-open in the morning, or if we'd like to leave the space open
and simply have Doug close it at the end. Then during evening news she again
invited each of us to comment on that point, remarking that OSonOS is a
unique opportunity to see how different people open and close, given that
we're all using more or less the same words we learned from Harrison's book
or from someone that learned them from Harrison's book. Only a couple of
people weighed in on the topic during that circle, all agreeing that we'd
like to see one more closing and one more opening. One person said, "That
way I don't have to dream about all of this overnight!"

I dreampt about it anyway!

peace,
ted

On 11/14/05, Koos de Heer <koos at auryn.nl> wrote:
>
> Hi Doug,
>
> And hi all, yes I have been sort of quiet lately but I am still around!
>
> I never do a formal closing if there is another Open Space day coming - I
> prefer
> to leave the Space open overnight. I only do a closing when the conference
> is
> really over.
>
> I usually let the talking stick or microphone go around the circle to give
> anybody who wants to the opportunity to make a personal closing remark,
> but
> maybe you have also done that before the
> standing-in-circle-and-turn-around
> thing; I think the two go together well.
>
> Another thought: since you are at an OSonOS, would it be an idea to post a
> session on closing rituals to get you some more ideas? On the other hand,
> when
> I am the holder of the space, I never post or attend any sessions, the
> most I
> do is bumblebee a little in the background. So it might be in conflict
> with
> your role for today.
>
> An idea for a closing I have been thinking about but never tried, is to
> have
> everybody pick up their chair and take it to one end of the room, where
> they
> are then stacked. This act of physically breaking up the circle together
> might
> work. The next thing might be to hand out brooms and vacuum cleaners ;-)
>
> Have a good time Doug and all the others at San Antone. Weather here in
> The
> Netherlands is great too, with beautiful fall colors.
>
> Koos de Heer
>
>
> Citeren "76066.515 at compuserve.com" <76066.515 at compuserve.com>:
>
> > Hi--
> >
> > This comes to you from the OSonOSinUS in San Antone.
> > The weather is fantastic, and the conversations are
> > even greater.
> >
> > Today Sheila Isaakson did a wonderful job of opening
> > and closing the space for our first day. Tomorrow I am
> > set to open and close.
> >
> > The question: Sheila used the closing she and I
> > learned from Harrison and others: everybody stand,
> > look around the circle to meet each others' eyes, turn
> > around in place, take one step out with these
> > wonderful people behind you.
> >
> > So as to give people a taste of something different, I
> > am hoping you can give me ideas of other closings that
> > have worked well for you....
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > :-Doug. Germann
> >
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