OSonOS XV in Kiew

Michael M Pannwitz mmpanne at boscop.de
Fri Jan 12 02:32:21 PST 2007


Dear Jana,
beginning this afternoon, the german speaking os-workers are gathering 
for their annual 3 day OSonOS / Learning Exchange. I realize this is not 
January 22 yet, but if you have more info than shown on your lovely website
> http://www.demenko.info/Welcome%21.html

let me know...it would be a great opportunity to spread it among the 33 
folks that registered for the regional OSonOS. And a good input for the 
discussion we are going to have, I am sure, about the proposed 16th 
worldwide OSonOS in Berlin in 2008.

At the same time, please find further down in this mail the invitation 
that the Future Search Network people are circulating for their next 
worldwide Learning Exchange in South Africa this fall (their summer). I 
think it is an informative and straightforward invitation. Their scheme 
of asking questions in the invitation that address the event itself, 
what is happening around the event, etc. make it easy for me to read on.

Wish you all the best in planning for May and a productive 2007!!
hugs
mmp boscop eg

"You Are Invited to Future Search Network’s 2007 LEARNING EXCHANGE
in Johannesburg, South Africa
1. Invitation
A group of committed Future Searchers is delighted to extend an 
invitation to the 2007 Future Search Network Learning Exchange in South 
Africa.
We want to extend the global impact of Future Search, provide you with a 
first-hand experience of a developing country and enable new 
connections, particularly from Africa and other developing countries.
2. Key dates for the 2007 Learning Exchange
§        Informal Activities: Wednesday 7th November 2007

§        Formal LE Begins: Thursday 8th November 2007

§        Formal LE Ends: Saturday 10th November 2007
(November is South Africa’s early summer before the tourist rush.)
3. Location
Johannesburg / Pretoria area which has international airport access, a 
variety of accommodation options and near local areas of interest.
4. Background to this invitation
South Africa is now into the second decade of democracy and the time is 
opportune for a national focus on ‘thinking globally, acting locally’. 
Putting Future Search more firmly on the South African map could be 
significant in our progress towards a more sustainable and democratic 
society.
The idea to conduct the Learning Exchange in South Africa was first 
raised at the 2005 Northern Ireland LE where we proposed 2007 as the 
date. Those at the 2006 Philadelphia PA LE unanimously agreed to the plan.
5. Some initial ideas for the 2007 Learning Exchange
We hope to bring together the following groups:

Members of the world wide Future Search Network

Experienced and New facilitators

Potential sponsors

Community organizations

Organizations with specific focus (e.g. conservation, social service, etc.)

Government (national and local)

Development agencies (e.g. UN, World Food Relief, UNESCO, etc.)

Foundations

and all those interested in learning about Future Search and the Network.
A design team drawn from the Network and fully supported by the local 
team will work out the detailed design.

Some key concepts we are hoping to include are:

§        Adopting a developing country focus

§        Building whole communities for a healthy society

§        Sustainability

§        Getting the whole system involved
6. Facilitation Workshop with Sandra Janoff and Marv Weisbord

  We are beginning the week with Sandra and Marv’s facilitation 
workshop, now named Leading Meetings that Matter: The “Don’t Just Do 
Something, Stand There!” Workshop. If you haven’t been to this 
extraordinary workshop, come for both.
Location: Same as Learning Exchange
Dates: Sunday 4th November 2007 – mid-day Tuesday 6th November 2007
7. Why come to South Africa?
Quite apart from the LE theme itself, South Africa offers many attractions:

Seeing the miracle unfolding

Experiencing South Africa in all its complexity

Our Cradle of Humankind, a site outside Johannesburg that marks the 
origin of man 2.5 to 3.5 million years ago

Our wildlife and natural beauty

Physical attractions, sport, shopping, etc.

For those who want to spend more time here, with family, friends or 
partners, the opportunity for a very reasonably priced holiday planned 
around the LE.
8. About South Africa
For strangers to South Africa considering a first visit, the ‘official’ 
website for the country has a lot of useful information and other web 
links. For those who know us, this site is comprehensive and kept up to 
date:
Visit www.southafrica.info
9. What’s in it for attendees?
The opportunity to see South Africa at first hand, experience our 
diversity, see first hand some of the challenges facing this and other 
developing countries and learn about the impact of Future Search in the 
developing world.
10. What’s in it for the FS Network?
The opportunity to extend its reach in Africa and, in particular, with 
projects in South Africa.
11. What’s in it for the South African network?
This will ensure more visibility for our local network. We want to 
create opportunities to conduct more Future Searches in Southern Africa 
and to have a bigger impact on communities in the region and to get 
development support for this.
12. Our next steps



Some of the key steps envisaged include:

§        Publicising the LE on the FS website

§        Firming up the venue details

§        Inviting volunteers from the Network to form a design team to 
put together a specific design for the LE event

§        Individually inviting participation from the 70 to 100 people 
throughout Southern Africa who have conducted Future Searches, attended 
an FS training or expressed an interest in Future Search.
13. Who is extending the invitation?
Our SA Network has now conducted around twenty Future Searches in South 
Africa, Botswana, Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in 
Tanzania and Zanzibar.
The core group extending this invitation includes:

§        Aria Merkestein:

o       Focuses on African leadership and women’s issues; has conducted 
five Future Searches.

§        Dumisani Ncala:

o       Experienced Human Resource practitioner; life coach/counselor 
and passionately involved in social development; limited FS experience

§        Tamara Sutila:

o       Focuses on Media and Communication strategy, editing and content 
writing: has conducted four Future Searches

§        John Goss;

o       Focuses on whole system development; has conducted eight Future 
Searches.
In addition, there are another four to five local collaborators keen to 
join us."

Yana Demenko wrote:
> *Dear Open Space community! *
> 
> Season greetings to all of you! 
> 
> You are greatly invited to participate in 15th Open Space on Open Space! 
> 
> Date: May 24-26, 2007 
> Place: Kyiv, Ukraine 
> Venue: 17th century building, venue of the first Eastern-European 
> University 
> 
> *More information is coming on January 22 at www.demenko.info *
> 
> 
> *Hope to see many of you in 2007 in Kyiv! *
> 
> Warm greetings, 
> Yana Demenko 
> [e-mail] yana at demenko.info <mailto:yana at demenko.info> 
> [post] p.o.box 4B, Kyiv-1, 01001 
> 




Michael M Pannwitz, boscop eg
Draisweg 1, 12209 Berlin, Germany
++49-30-772 8000
www.boscop.de   www.michaelmpannwitz.de


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>From  Fri Jan 12 08:37:26 2007
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You may remember that last year Michael Pannwitz and I had the privilege =
of
Opening Space for the Congress of Imams and Rabbis in Seville. The =
occasion,
as I reported, was more than a little exciting and definitely not =
according
to whatever "Plan" I might have had. That said, the gathering was also
profoundly moving and powerful for the two of us and, we believed, the
participants as well - at least that is what we saw, and they said. Now
almost a year later it was very nice to receive a note from an advisor =
to
the King of Jordan and sometime Ambassador to the UN, which said in =
part,"
It was wonderful in Seville and the great role you played changed the =
entire
atmosphere, into what turned out lively, warm and cordial."=20

Had the event been only another community/corporate gathering, the words
would have seemed nice but not particularly significant. But that event =
was
filled with virtually every conflict and tension imaginable - and at =
points
seemed quite ready to fly into a million pieces. The shift from =
catastrophe
(as some were calling it) into "lively, warm and cordial" was, to put it
mildly, mind blowing, and confirmed once again, if confirmation was =
needed
that opening space for peace can be very effective. And of course, the =
real
heroes were not Michael, me or Open Space. The people did it all by
themselves, as usual. Once they had the space to become what they =
already
were - a vibrant self-organizing system searching for peace with =
themselves
and their world, nothing else was needed.=20

As we sit at the edge of 2007 watching the so called "world =
powers/leaders"
going in circles, seeking to control events and the lives of others with
disastrous results, I find the experience of Seville to be nothing short =
of
uplifting. To be sure we could all blow it this time around, but there =
is an
alternative. It is also true, I think, that we in this funny little =
online
community have a lot of work to do.

Harrison=20

Harrison Owen
7808 River Falls Drive
Potomac, Maryland   20854
Phone 301-365-2093
Skype hhowen
Open Space Training www.openspaceworld.com =
<http://www.openspaceworld.com/>

Open Space Institute www.openspaceworld.org
Personal website www.ho-image.com=20
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