My first time

[Justin T. Sampson]

Howdy,

So I held my first Open Space today, as I mentioned earlier. It
was the regular monthly meeting of the Libertarian Party of San
Francisco, which I serve as Chair. It felt great! There was lots
of energy all the way through, people seemed engaged more than
usual, and some really important things were discussed that had
only been grumbled about before. Folks jumped right up when I
invited them to offer topics in the opening. The physical space
was really too cramped, but the group managed to split and
recombine and morph and move around the room over the course of
the meeting. I sensed a much greater commitment to action
following the meeting than this group usually has. And the energy
just kept going -- we usually meet formally 3-5pm and have a
social hour 5-6pm that actually fizzles out by 5:30, but this time
when I left at 6pm almost all of the 15+ attendees were still
there talking. In almost every respect that I care about as a
facilitator, this meeting was a great success...

EXCEPT -- no one liked the process! There were no kind words, and
a few nasty ones -- "we need more structure and leadership", "the
format was horrible", "this was a bad idea."

What's going on?

Cheers,
Justin

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