A taster of OST meeting on 1,5 hour

[Brendan McKeague]

G'day Eva - I'm just about to open a wee space (1.5 hour) for about 
120 folks as part of a bigger conference
- the group will create the agenda after listening to a keynote speaker
(in this case its at a Storytelling conference - with my brief as 
follows: "With regard to the Saturday Session at 2.00pm.
It follows Pamela Ateka's Keynote presentation on her use of 
poetry/storytelling/drama etc to teach African communities about the 
cause and spread of HIV/Aids. The topic for the Conversations springs 
on from Pamela's work suggesting/questioning perhaps both the 
occurrences and the legitimacy  where storytelling sits on the edge 
of propaganda.")
So we will 'plan' to have a 20 min opening, two 30 min conversation 
slots and a 10 min closing circle....

ha ha - that's the plan and, in my experience, plans never work 
according to plan...

So whatever happens will be great and will make for a wonderful story 
for all concerned -
they may chose to carry on conversing afterwards -  into the evening 
whatever, wherever...
For me, a key element is the need for the space to have meaning and 
relevance to those who give it shape ('edging') - and if all those 
folks are coming to OS demos because they wish to know something 
about it - there's plenty of relevance and meaning in their choice to attend..
Go well with the journey...
Brendan



At 06:26 AM 15/09/2005, you wrote:
>Eva--
>
>In the closing, you might invite people to give one-word responses to what
>the session has meant to them. That would help keep that part within time
>frames.
>
>                               :-Doug. Germann
>                               Seeking people making community change.
>
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