recent changes camp

[Christine Whitney Sanchez]

Ok, Michael.  I won't tell them it WAS some kind of hippie open space
technology fest.  I really like the rolled up session signs as the talking
stick.  But to be congruent, you may need to use incense next year :-)

Christine
 
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From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] On Behalf Of Michael
Herman
Sent: Monday, February 06, 2006 3:22 PM
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Subject: recent changes camp

hi all,

i did something at the www.recentchangescamp.org openspace over the weekend
that a fellow practitioner suggested i report here.

at the close of this 2.5-day event, we did a news/re-opening circle in the
morning of the third day.  we busted up into some half-dozen or so working
groups, mostly focused on project/initiative sorts of actions.
 at the end of that time, i started tearing the original session topics off
the wall, a clear sign to the breakout groups, all in the same room, that we
were coming to the closing.  i rolled those up in a tight tube and taped
them so they'd stay rolled.  then i offered that as a final talking stick
offering everyone the chance to hold "all of what we worked on here" as
preparation for "taking it with us when we leave."  it's a nice, simple,
multi-effectiveness move.

this particular event is descended from the giving conference some of us did
1.5 years ago, and the omidyar network conference we did last july.  there
is a core of folks from the giving conference, joined by some of the o.net
folks, and now connected to the wiki programmers and various community
activists who came together for this conference. 
each time we do this in what seems like a totally different venue and
context, but the core group of people expands, as does the broader group.
it's like a river with a deep center flowing along with lots of places to
eddy out along the way.

some of the proceedings are posted at www.recentchangescamp.org.

the oregonian newspaper ran a nice story with pictures.  my favorite quote
went somehting like this...

"Even wiki enthusiasts weren't sure the unstructured format would work
Friday, and some wondered aloud whether it would descend into chaos -- or
into some kind of hippie technology fest. "I really had no idea what to
expect. I didn't know whether there would be people with no shoes on and
caftans or what," said Mike Cannon-Brookes, chief executive of a
Sydney-based company called Atlassian Software Systems, which designs wiki
software.

A couple of people did come in sandals, and many wore jeans, but no one was
burning incense. And once the meeting broke up into a dozen discussion
groups, it suddenly seemed focused and orderly. "

michael


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