Report available - Girl Scout Open Space for over 1,600 & Strategy Cafes for thousands more

Sat Feb 4 11:58:20 PST 2006

Thank you, Thomas, Maria, Diane and all the others for your wonderful
support!  I am so grateful to know that sharing our experience in the report
just might somewhere, somehow encourage others to open space as well.  

And thank you, Christine, for introducing me to this thoughtful community
that welcomes newcomers so warmly and shares so much passion for Opening
Space everywhere in the world.  

With warm greetings from a cold Madison.

Claudia Haack

KAIROS Alliance Inc.

tel. 608.288.8315

fax.480.247.4824

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Strategy Cafes for thousands more

Dear Christine

I´d like to join the chorus and send my gratulations to all of you involved
in this motion! I also think that you have given us all a great example to
use in dialogues with non-profits. There is such a great need in many NGO´s
for renewal, deepened democracy and for space for all the wonderful voices
that are engaged in the work they do. I will forward this straight away to
some I think will be thrilled with your example.

Oooaoo!!!

Warmest regards

Thomas Herrmann

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Ämne: Report available - Girl Scout Open Space for over 1,600 & Strategy
Cafes for thousands more

Dear Friends,

Claudia Haack and I are excited to share our report to the Girl Scouts of
the USA on the "Open Strategic Conversations" capacity building project
which culminated in large events at the Girl Scout National Convention -
<http://i.b5z.net/i/u/540396/i/GSUSAfinalreport06.ppt>
http://i.b5z.net/i/u/540396/i/GSUSAfinalreport06.ppt.   Naturally, the Girl
Scouts have given us their permission to share this with you.   

On October 7, 2005, an Open Space on Governance was held for more than 1600
delegates and over the following 3 days Strategy Cafés attracted over 3000
participants.  These events were eagerly awaited by 100 volunteers - the
core of the capacity building effort who we had trained in Open Space and
World Cafe.  They had self-organized for planning and implementation before,
during and after the convention to become the logistics backbone for these
events.  The "Smooth Operators" as they called themselves, captured the
spirit and imagination of what lies in the future for Girl Scouting and have
gone on to facilitate many Open Space events and World Cafe conversations in
their local Girl Scout councils and their communities at large.  To see the
proceedings, check out www.girlscouts.org/convention/conversationsummary.asp

Many of you held the space with us for these events - for that we are deeply
grateful.  And a special thanks to Maria Ort (who has recently joined the
OSlist) for bringing your skill and grace to the Design Team.  

Namaste, 

Christine & Claudia  

Christine Whitney Sanchez
480.759.0262

2717 E. Mountain Sky Avenue

Phoenix, AZ  85048-8990

Claudia Haack
608.209.6768

606 Orchard Drive
Madison, WI  53711

KAIROS Alliance Inc.

www.kairosalliance.com <blocked::http://www.kairosalliance.com>  

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