The Pros and Cons of OST?

[Lisa Heft]

Dear Allison - 
 
Hello to my homestay host from OSonOSinOz !  I have fond memories of
Carla Vliex arriving Day 1 to stay at your home (and making Dutch apple
pie), then me arriving Day 2 (and making California-style salad), then
Janet Pinto arriving Day 3 (and making Mumbai curry) and then us all
going of to do OSonOSinOz together.  Great housemates, lucky me.
 
How lovely to 'hear your voice' on this list, fabulous Allison.
 
(Allison wrote about a short OS she will be doing which is also a
presentation, and the conference organizer has asked for a paper written
in advance on the pros and cons of OS and also recommends she stand and
deliver a 10-minute message while participants rotate to her little area
of the room, during the OS, I think this means.  That just cracks me up
[for you English as a second language speakers, it makes me laugh a
lot].)
 
So how about this?  For a paper constructed pre-event, why not just post
this topic on OSLIST (as you have) and cut-and-paste the answers into a
co-created paper?  That would be creating a paper in the OS style, no?  
 
And dispense with any 10 minute delivery of information.
 
And if this is an issue that is important to the members of the group
(not just this one person), rest assured it will arise in their topic
posting / agenda co-creation.
 
And/or: invite the conference organizer to post his/her topic of
interest in the Open Space section of the event, and invite discussion
about that in her/his session.  Passion and responsibility and all that.

 
I also think it's not ideal for someone to tell someone else (you) what
to do in an Open Space (stand in your section and say a certain 10
minutes over and over again as others rotate).  
 
Or am I misinterpreting this information?  
 
Folks will get the principles in the short OS itself.  You can provide
handouts (including a pro-con one) for those who want to learn more.   
 
I wonder if this conference organizer is indeed the person with serious
reservations, rather than the others s/he describes, eh?  
 
I look forward to hearing others' ideas for Fabulous Allison.
 
Cheers from my Berkeley home to yours, dear Allison,
 
Lisa
 
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