Immigration OST

[Chris Weaver]

Doug,

Immigration is an example of a social change issue that is ripe for not just
one-time OSTs but for an ongoing OST-based cross-sector learning communities
in many regions.

Because of this I agree with you that Chris Corrigan's idea of "invitation
support" is critical.  This thread speaks to me directly because I am
working on ongoing OST-based cross-sector learning communities on
Sustainability.

My growing edge right now is about minimal appropriate structure for
inviting leadership in the form of cross-sector local sponsoring teams.
These sponsoring teams are not a formal organization.  They take leadership
in opening space through community OST meetings, with well-crafted
action-planning components, and also in ensuring that ongoing web-based
collaboration tools are in place and maintained.  The sponsoring teams also
take leadership in keeping the invitation flowing, or you might say
"sustaining diversity."  As an example related to the sustainability
movement, there is a profound need for those who care about social justice
issues and those who care about sustainability collaborate, but they tend to
see these as separate issues.  A strong sponsoring team always looks to
INVITE ACROSS BOUNDARIES.

This is in fact the theme of an OST facilitators' workshop Birgitt and I are
co-leading at the end of June in NC ~ I'll send an invitation shortly but
it's up at http://springbranch.us for anyone interested in best practices
for this type of community OST work.

Chris









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Doug -- you are working much too hard! Just think of the 5-? Friends,
colleagues, interested parties you know and ask them to be a co-convener.
Rules are: Come. Bring Friends, Add Spirit. Whoever cares will join you and
if nobody cares, maybe you should think twice about going ahead. Or maybe
you need some new friend? Not difficult. And when you get some takers,
supply them with an electronic invitation and invite them to send it to
their own mailing list. Always worked for me. Turn around time can be days
to a few weeks. Longer than that and you probably don't have a "live one."

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From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] On Behalf Of Douglas D.
Germann, Sr.
Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2006 12:21 PM
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Subject: Immigration OST

Chris--

Thanks.

I like your term "invitation support." Could you give an example of how you
have gotten people involved in invitation support?

For the Doers Conference which you mentioned, the process took place over
almost 6 months, too long I think in retrospect. There were two pieces to
it: gathering names of people to invite, which included gathering names of
people who would let us use their names as inviters on the invitations; and
meeting with the people we were inviting. I was not as deliberate about
getting people to help invite, and that seems to be key to what you are
doing, yes?

How have you grown this idea? There is important learning here for all of
us, especially working in communities.

                              :-Doug.
                              What wants to happen in your communities?

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