co-located open space events

[Chris Corrigan]

What if you did two days sepeately and one day together?

Can't be the MashUp crowd that objects to blending with other, surely!

Chris

On 3/9/06, Michael Herman <michael at michaelherman.com> wrote:
>
> one thing ted left out of the opening query here is that one
> organization might be feeling skittish about being lumped into
> something else.  it's new enough that it wants to find its own shape
> before it dissolves or connects with other structures.  fair enough.
> my thought was that we could write two or three or however many *very
> short* inviting statements of purpose, one per group, and then add the
> additional layer/question of "...and how do these groups all inform
> and support each other?"
>
> also, i do think that one event can have only one invitation.  first
> because it's too much work to write more than one.  more importantly,
> thought, it seems that all ppts should show up for the same thing.
> if, like in this case, there isn't common language for writing an
> single invitation, then that just becomes part of the task/purpose for
> the meeting itself.  having various groups come for different
> invites/purposes seems like real trouble.
>
> m
>
>
> On 3/9/06, Harrison Owen <hhowen at verizon.net> wrote:
> > Jimmy -- Simultaneous, multi-site OS events work very well. Same theme,
> > different spaces with electronic inter-connect. You need a little
> "backroom"
> > operation to insure that each site is aware of issues raised at the
> other
> > site -- and should discussion on a single issue break out on both sites
> --
> > that there is an effective interchange of "reports." A little extra
> work,
> > but also lots of fun.
> >
> > Harrison
> >
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> > Pryor
> > Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 10:29 AM
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> > Subject: Re: co-located open space events
> >
> > When I read the subject line I imagined an event happening in two
> > locations rather than two events happening in one location.
> >
> > The former might be a solution to a situation I find myself in
> > now.  The Friends General Conference annual Gathering has unexpectely
> > sold out in 5 days, four months before the event (July
> > 1-7).  Expecting only 1000 or so participants, Pacific Lutheran
> > College in Tacoma, WA was selected for the site.  They cannot
> > accommodate more than the 1200 already booked.  There are probably
> > several hundred more that were planning on attending.  It occurred to
> > me that one option would be to book a separate location in the
> > vicinity and make it an Open Space event.  Any thoughts on how this
> > might or might not work?
> >
> > Jimmy Pryor
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