question on residential OS

[Zelle Nelson]

Hi Marty,

With our invitation for the residential OS at a summer camp, we did  
not mention anything about people getting together after the  
scheduled sessions.

with grace and love,

Zelle

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On Jul 15, 2006, at 2:38 PM, Marty Boroson wrote:

> Thank you all for your comments on holding (or not holding) an  
> evening event at a residential OS.  I have benefitted from your  
> wisdom, and enjoyed your stories.
>
>
>
> Most of you, in your comments, predicted that people will  
> spontaneously organize themselves to do some fun things in the  
> evening.  I have no doubt about that.  But I’m wondering if, in  
> your invitations, you tend to signalthat this might happen.  Assume  
> that you have a crowd gathering to work on an issue, or for  
> networking purposes, (rather than to “have fun”) and that they’re  
> unfamiliar with open space  ... would you hint in your invite that  
> there will be spontaneous socializing?  Would you suggest that  
> people bring drums, paint, dancing shoes, etc ... ???
>
>
>
> Marty
>
>
>
> P.S.  I particularly enjoyed the story about the organized trip to  
> the baseball game ... it reminded me of a weeklong project I  
> facilitated where there was so much conflict and stuckness that, in  
> desperation, I organized field trips just to get everyone out of  
> the building for a change of scene.  (This was in my pre-Open Space  
> days.)  I only found out, many years later, how deeply controlling  
> I’d been throughout the week, and how much of the problem had  
> stemmed from me.
>
>
>
>
>
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