World Cafe - an appreciative open space community

Thu Sep 7 21:11:34 PDT 2006

Hi Juanita and Kindred Spirits,

The years of creation and dedication, generosity of spirit and the grace to
surrender that you and David have demonstrated are powerful models for those
of us who care passionately about our work and at the same time must stay
tuned in to the signals that tell us it is time to soften our holding of the
space so that others may also open their arms and their hearts in service to
the common work. 

Namasté,

Christine

Christine Whitney Sanchez
KAIROS Alliance Inc.
2717 E. Mountain Sky Avenue
Phoenix, AZ  85048
480.759.0262
www.kairosalliance.com <http://www.kairosalliance.com/> 

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From: Juanita Brown [mailto:juanita at theworldcafe.com] 
Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2006 6:53 PM
To: Christine Whitney Sanchez
Cc: OSLIST; Shaorn Franquemont; Stilger Bob; Joan Kenley Gauthier; Sabine
Bredemeyer; David Gershon; Isaacs David; Stephen Meng; Atlee Tom; Peggy
Holman; Tom Hurley; Ann Dosher; Tamara Woodbury; Jandernoa Beth; Barbara
Cecil; Glennifer Gillespie; Claudia Haack; Moller Toke; Ria Baeck; Lenzo
Amy; Beth Alexander; TalkTWC2 at theworldcafecommunity.net
Subject: Re: World Cafe - an appreciative open space community

Hi Christine (and everyone).... 

It was, indeed, a wonderful gathering.... in very large measure because of
so many incredible people from around the world and the generosity of spirit
that flowered there.  

Thank you,Christine, for "showing up" as you did and thank you to all our
other friends, both in the World Cafe community and in kindred networks
 for having been of such mutual support over all these years in the "common
work" we are all doing on behalf of life affirming futures.

For those interested in having a bit more of the flavor, here's where to go
for more on the Stewardship Dialogue--some of the posts on the blog are
wonderful and very detailed about what happened there. Thank you to Ria
Baeck, Amy Lenzo, and Beth Alexander who helped put up this blog. You'll
need to go to the August Archives for the full set of entries.

You can find the discussion of the Stewardship Dialogue and pictures on the
blog at: worldcafestewardship.wordpress.com/

OR, you can go to Flickr.com to:   http://flickr.com/photos/worldcafe/sets/
for some of the picture sets to give you a "feeling tone" for what unfolded.

And, my very best wishes for the upcoming OS on OS.  I know it will be a
great gathering as well!

Fondest regards,
Juanita Brown

On Sep 6, 2006, at 6:46 PM, Christine Whitney Sanchez wrote:

Dear Open Space and World Cafe Friends,

Last week I had the great pleasure of attending The World Cafe Stewardship
Dialogue along with Peggy Holman, Tree Fitzpatrick, Kenoli Oleari, Tenneson
Woolf, Juanita Brown and other OSList friends.  And this weekend, I'll be
traveling to Camden, Maine, for the OSonOS by the Sea.  I feel incredibly
blessed to be partaking of the many amazing connections in these two
communities. 

During the closing circle at the World Cafe Stewardship Dialogue, I shared
how much I was touched by the openness, joy and deep sense of gratitude that
permeated our time together.  80 people from 15 countries connected hearts,
minds and spirits in deep cafe conversations.  And, to my delight, bodies
were well cared for too.  Inspired by the musicians among us and our friends
from Brazil, we danced and hiked and climbed the hills around breathtakingly
beautiful Tomales Bay, CA.  

In addition to the many commitments made by the World Cafe Community members
for stewarding TWC into the future, I know that several For Benefit
initiatives were launched or picked up steam.  I expect the same will be
true when a small portion of the OS community meets next week in Maine.

I'm struck by how beautifully the World Cafe community holds the space open.
And how the Open Space community has, for over twenty years, invited people
to host conversations that matter.

I believe the world is calling for us to work together.  I'm talking about
those of us who practice in the field of open, appreciative, strategic
conversations and large scale social change.   We can consciously watch for
opportunities to work together for large scale impact.  In the near future,
we will know which initiatives need and would welcome our help or which
projects WE want to initiate.  The Open Space, World Cafe and Appreciative
Inquiry communities (among many other communities of practice) are poised
and we know how to self-organize.  I can't wait to see what will come
calling.  

Namasté,

Christine

Christine Whitney Sanchez

KAIROS Alliance Inc.
2717 E. Mountain Sky Avenue
Phoenix, AZ  85048
480.759.0262
www.kairosalliance.com <http://www.kairosalliance.com/> 

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