Ideas please for a different closing

Ted Ernst tedernst at gmail.com
Mon Nov 14 20:56:10 PST 2005


We had 12 people for OSonOSinUS. Shelia was fantastic yesterday and Doug did
a fabulous job today. I'll let Doug give the follow-up report about the
closing.

Great conference. I'll be writing it up soon.

peace,
ted

On 11/14/05, Tree Fitzpatrick <therese.fitzpatrick at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> How lovely to 'see' some of your suggestions come alive in my mind.
> Thanks to all. I love the 'Rainstorm': just imagining it rise and
> fall has given me a fleeting glimpse of stillness in a circle of
> people. Thanks for that.
>
> Georganne, I have not read the exact number of how many people are
> attending the OSonOS in San Antonio but I venture to guess it is not
> very big. 20 to 30 should work just fine with a Rainstorm. Now I'm
> sitting here wondering if it would work with ten people.
>
> I know the OSonOS has now been closed. Doug, I hope you give us a
> report! I'm having fun trying to think of all the little things I've
> done and/or seen others do that I love. One time, I participated in a
> three week, residential training that was pretty intense. We met from
> just after breakfast through lectures in the evening after dinner.
> And it was really hot and really muggy and no air conditioning in the
> classrooms. We had blocks of free time, each day. But every day,
> right after lunch, was a 'mandatory' play session. The teacher was
> deeply skilled in play. That experience taught me a lot and I have
> used games a lot. Almost any time I have found myself in the
> wonderful position of being allowed to design a meeting, I toss in a
> game. My games teacher taught me that a three minute game is a
> valuable way to build collective knowing. Lots of kairos openings
> playing 'this is a click, this is a clack', methinks.
>
> On 11/14/05, Jon Harvey <only.connect at virgin.net> wrote:
> > Georganne
> >
> > Yes - I have used it with groups of 12 or even less - it still works!
> >
> > atb
> >
> > Jon
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU]On Behalf Of
> > Georganne Oldham
> > Sent: 14 November 2005 22:03
> > To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
> > Subject: Re: Ideas please for a different closing
> >
> >
> > Hello,
> > First of all, thanks to all of you who participate and share your ideas
> and
> > experiences so freely on the list serve. Currently, I am appreciating
> the
> > ideas on different closings. A quick question about the Rainstorm
> exercise.
> > Has anyone used it successfully with smaller groups, say 20 - 30 people?
> I
> > of course can imagine what it would be like with large groups.
> >
> > Thank you,
> > Georganne Oldham
> > http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist
> >
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> Tree Fitzpatrick
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