SV: Michael Pannwitz's comment about OSonOS 2008 in Berlin

[Eva P Svensson]

Dear all,

Even though I haven’t been on all OSonOS’s I have come to love and cherish
them very much! It is soooo important – at least for me – to see the people
I “talk to” here on the list – the energy in face to face meeting and
talking can never occur in an online meeting. I know that for myself it was
much easier to “speak out” on this list after have seen some of you in my
first OSonOS in Denmark a few years ago, and after that I was kind of home –
wanting to go to them all – and so I have – except from Moscow. Planning to
go to Kiev though. 

 And I agree with Larry – hugging my computer is both dull and uncomfortable
:-)

I really love the initial idea of moving from continent to continent – in
that way there is almost always an OSonOS nearby if not every year so at
least every second or third. 

So my two öre’s thought is that we keep that rhythm. And that we have THE
OSonOS once a year. There will always be regional, local, national OSonOS’s
and that’s fine – could be a great compliment or input to the big one – I
know that’s how we think about our Scandinavian OSonOS that will be in
Sweden this year.

 

All the best from a stormy west coast of Sweden

:o)

Eva

 

 

Bästa hälsningar

 

Eva P Svensson

 

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Från: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] För Joelle Lyons
Everett
Skickat: den 20 januari 2007 01:59
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Ämne: Re: Michael Pannwitz's comment about OSonOS 2008 in Berlin

 


In a message dated 1/19/07 2:21:24 PM, larry at spiritedorg.com writes:





The face to face connections and support are not things I can get from a
virtual event. Hugging my computer monitor is just not the same.  So, I
support a focus on a World Wide event where the chance of worldwide
participation is high.  So I can connect to both old and new friends.
Maybe that is no longer possible in our virtual and tension filled
world, but I still want it.


I'm with Larry on this!  I like having a worldwide event, and like moving it
to various parts of the world.  My travel budget is slimmer than it used to
be, and overseas travel is more difficult now that I have some severe diet
restrictions.  But a worldwide OSONOS is always going to be a top priority.

Maybe we need something like what Gabriela suggested, a voting process that
lets those of us who are unable to be physically present participate in
choosing the next location.  I'm delighted that the Ukraine has such a
thriving OS community, and that they enthusiastically invited us there.  But
for myself, I am disappointed to have the annual gathering two years in a
row in locations which present some big challenges for me.  I'd like to see
us return the the idea we proposed when we first moved OSONOS away from
North America--to move from continent to continent, to include local
participants from many regions and to make the travel easier for a different
group each time.

Regional OSONOS and internet connections are great, but a face to face,
worldwide OSONOS is something very special.  I want to be a part of that as
often as I can.

Joelle Everett
Shelton, Washington, USA  



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