exactly SEVEN years ago - cheers dear Harrison, colleagues and friends! [LONG]

Thu Jul 20 13:10:22 PDT 2006

Prost, Gabi
mmp

Gabriela Ender wrote:
> To my old and new friends in the OSList, [LONG TEXT]
> 
>  
> 
> TODAY, on July 17th, 2006 it is exactly SEVEN years ago that my life 
> changed completely. Seven is a magic number in my entire life and so I 
> want to share some memories with you on this day. Its also an invitation 
> to those of you who VIRTUALLY like to clink a glass of vine, martini, 
> beer, juice or water with me or who want to be simply in spirit with me 
> today ;-)
> 
>  
> 
> It was during a great time in my life, a time full of wonderful 
> face-to-face work as an independent consultant for organisational 
> development, and as a facilitator and trainer of OST, a time of feeling 
> completely congruent with the principles of OST, feeling balanced and 
> happy, coming home from a 2,5days OST project the day before, … I just 
> wanted to take a nap in my sunny peaceful garden chair. I looked forward 
> to enjoy the “here and now”, to feel the sunshine on my face and to 
> listen to the birds. What followed has changed my life completely.
> 
>  
> 
> I was almost fallen into sleep as I experienced an extraordinary deep 
> flash of inspiration. I will never forget this unique moment. In my 
> inner eye I saw every single detail of the entire Open Space Internet 
> Methodology, the software structure, the name, the real-time procedure, 
> the role of a virtual facilitator, the application fields, the effects, 
> the value-based synergies between different methods, the “do-it-yourself 
> access" for all kinds of interest-, learn- and work groups, the value 
> for change facilitators without additional trainings, the enrichment for 
> ongoing OST processes and open space organizations, for sustainable 
> learning systems and for the greater good of our globe (e.g. environment 
> protection and self-organized problem solving and collaboration across 
> distances and boundaries). Finally I could see how this online 
> methodology will enable completely new All-Embracing Participatory 
> Architectures (online & offline). This was a true deep, crazy and life 
> changing moment. A moment in which I could clearly see all what I had 
> experienced in my work (e.g. as responsible for a 120 staff company) and 
> as working for interdisciplinary holistic oriented organizational 
> development during the last 15 years ... this all combined with the 
> face-to-face opportunities of the present and the new online 
> opportunities of the future.
> 
>  
> 
> I needed two further weeks in order to try to understand what happened. 
> It was such a clear call that I had no chance to say no to this “new 
> unborn baby”, no chance to not follow this vision and no chance to 
> realize it in any other way. Mothers, you know what I mean ;-)
> 
>  
> 
> What followed was a process of  “letting go” of almost all of the 
> beautiful soul enriching face-to-face OST facilitator and trainer work. 
> Sometimes a very hard time, especially when I had to let go clients and 
> income. But driven by the deep believe that all will be for the best I 
> followed the vision. Fortunately I had no detailed picture about all the 
> challenges and how long everything will last :-). So I went many years 
> through very dry desserts of ongoing investments, risks, endless tasks 
> and endless details, and lots of diverse privations. But everytime the 
> right people showed up to help bringing the project to its next steps.
> 
>  
> 
> This year is again a year of huge investments as we are in the process 
> of developing the second edition of the conferencing system. An edition 
> to which my team and I are looking very much forward -- it will fulfil 
> many user desires collected over the last 4 years. We are sure, a great 
> tool will become even better. And when I see feedback and 
> recommendations from OpenSpace-Online organizers and participants (of 
> all ages) coming from different fields (economy, society, politics, 
> education, research), different countries and different cultures it 
> warms my heart - then I always know it was and is right to be on this 
> pioneer path. Our "growing" E-BOOK shows lots of these wonderful 
> testimonials and user feedback. As soon as OpenSpace-Online® 2.0 will be 
> available (planned for the end of 2006) I will be delighted to invite 
> you to a next international OpenSpace-Online on Open Space Technology 
> (OSOonOS).
> 
>  
> 
> Be part of “making my day today” :) ... Let me know, if you like to 
> VIRTUALLY clink a glass of vine, martini, beer, juice or water with my 
> team and me. If so please write directly to: 
> gabriela.ender at OpenSpace-Online.com 
> <mailto:gabriela.ender at OpenSpace-Online.com>. Today it will be again a 
> sunny summer day in Berlin (like it was in 1999) and I surely will take 
> some time in the afternoon to sit in my old good garden chair ... now in 
> the age of 7x7 years ... feeling connected with the magic of life and 
> with many old and new good friends around the globe and looking forward 
> to have one “real” glass of vine (red vine from California) together 
> with great people in the evening.
> 
>  
> 
> Thanks to all of you dear colleagues from the OSlist (and the Genuine 
> Contact List), who supported and support the innovation in so many 
> wonderful ways! Each help is a huge help!
> 
>  
> 
> And again a big THANK YOU to you dear Harrison for discovering amazing 
> OST and for making so many miracles and surprises possible! I will never 
> forget your supportive words and encouraging wishes as I shared my 
> vision with you in the very early beginning of this special journey!
> 
>  
> 
> Cheers, Skoal, Prost!
> 
> And Peace for all of you!
> 
>  
> 
> Warmly,
> 
> Gabriela
> 
>  
> 
> P.S. Be ready to be surprised, if you rest from your daily tasks, 
> groundbreaking visions can change your life completely ;-)
> 
> <http://www.openspace-online.com/oso_en/tmpl/willkommen/be_ready_to_be.html>
> 
>  
> 
> P.P.S. If you want to help us to get the word out - please forward our 
> updated E-BOOK with new testimonials and user feedback. THANK YOU!
> 
> <http://www.OpenSpace-Online.com/OpenSpace-Online_eBook_en.pdf>
> 
>  
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