Michael Pannwitz's comment about OSonOS 2008 in Berlin

[Gabriela Ender]

As someone who loves so much the tradition of THE one annual international 
OSonOS I agree with Lisa, Marei and Thomas and addtionally I see that the 
time has come for many single selforganized further OSonOS's (annual or/and 
ongoing) in different countries, regions and towns (in English AND in mother 
languages). Since years I am dreaming of a bit different decision procedure 
regarding the next international OSonOS location. Some kind of time-limited 
"online-suggestion-procedure" (interested hosts enters their suggestions) 
.... then time for time-limited global "online-voting" ... then we would 
have for example the "Top Three". Either Top 1 would be immediately the 
winner host or some kind of final community discussion would bring a mutual 
result. Maybe each time two years in front of the event in order to give the 
hosts enough time to organize all.... Although I too love the old tradition 
of the face-to-face decision procedure at the end of an OSonOS I think also, 
that in the meantime we have so many OST colleagues around the globe (and so 
many people are not able to travel so much - on many reasons), that maybe 
the time is right for a global procedure with more participation and more 
decision transparency for all interest colleagues. Just my "old thoughts" 
without clear concepts.

And Thomas you wrote: "And why not plan a mid-term global-virtual-OSonOS 
happening in all the regions of the world - connected in faboulus ways..."

For 2007 the invitation is already in the pipeline :) We are right now busy 
as bees with our last development tasks and test phase for OpenSpace-Online 
version 2.0.. I will be delighted to organize the global event this year. 
More within the next months.

Warmly greetings from Berlin (without a winter so far but with hurrican 
storms),

Gabriela 

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