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

Mon Jan 22 22:14:37 PST 2007

Dear OS fellows,

Although I am a novice practitioner of OS, yet I'd like to express my great
pleasure and appreciation of witnessing this evolution of the initial osonos
idea into a full-fledged osonos accross the globe reflecting enough of
chaordic nature of OS and emanate peaceful intentions and care for fellow
human being and entire ecology.

I just hope that OS become a way of communal life on this hurrying,
stressful world of our times.

wish the best for harry, chris, mike, and all others who have co-created and
keeping this space alive...

from a corner of Seoul in a wintry afternoon

park

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From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] On Behalf Of Chris
Corrigan
Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 9:20 AM
To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
Subject: Re: SV: Michael Pannwitz's comment about OSonOS 2008 in Berlin

Friends:

If I have understood Harrison correctly over all the years he has been
talking about Open Space, he has always had an aspiration that the process
become so ubiquitous that it disappear into a fabric of "business as usual"
while at the same time changing business as usual, much as brainstorming has
since its discovery in the 1950s as a simple but powerful technique for
unlocking creativity in groups. 

It has seemed to me that over the past ten years the movement of Open Space
has been dispersing far and wide.  It used to be that there were only a
handful of trainings for example and I knew all of the trainers.   Now Open
Space training is offered everywhere by people who none of us in the "core
community" of practitioners have ever heard of.  OST is being used in all
kinds of settings and what we are learning about leadership, organization
and management is being deeply internalized into practice and life.  

It seems that the movement of who we are and what we know has been scattered
to the winds and that is a beautiful thing.  It is something that could
never have happened if Harrison had retained control over the process, or if
everything was centralized into one set of licenses for training and use.
OST is used every day in hundreds of different contexts and its spirit
permeates many organizations, communities and personal practices. 

And so. the evolution of this conversation seems timely.  As much as I also
have enjoyed the OSonOS events (and I co-hosted one of them) I can see the
wisdom and delight in what Michael Herman has proposed.  A worldwide Open
Space week, self-organized, possibly interconnected or possibly not in which
many gatherings on many scales could take place is a brilliant and accurate
reflection of our community of practice.  Better than having 200 people
gathering one place, having 200 gatherings of 50 people in many places would
be a monumental testament to the ubiquitous nature of this incredibly fluid
process.  As far as I know, none of the organizational change practitioner's
communities has anything like this. 

To me it is the difference between watching the moon eclipse the sun, and
watching a full moon rise.  Both incredibly beautiful events, but different.
But the solar eclipse is only visible to a very tiny slice of the world, and
when one occurs, those of us who are outside of that range can only follow
along on the web or TV and envy those who got to be there. 

But sharing the experience of watching a full moon rise is totally
different.  Lovers separated by many miles often do this,  feeling connected
in the moment with their partner, sharing a common experience of beauty.  We
appreciate the event together and we appreciate the fact that we are doing
it together, no matter where we are.  

And so, what if we chose the week of the harvest moon for our week of
gatherings?  In the northern hemisphere, the harvest moon is the full moon
closest to the autumnal equinox, usually occurring in late September or
early October.  The harvest moon marks the time of year when the harvest of
the year's bounty begins.  The days and night are roughly equal in length
and the tides are reasonably equal as well.  It is a time of equanimity and
rededication to the communal effort of harvesting what we have sown.  

This year the harvest moon is September 26th
<http://www.farmersalmanac.com/astronomy/fullmoons.html> .  What if all over
the world, during the week of September 24, we gathered in large to small
groups for a day or two or more and held open space on open spaces, to
harvest what we have sown, learn from one another and contribute to a
worldwide learning inquiry about the edge of our practice, and the
incredible evolving story of Open Space? 

If others feel like this is a good idea, I will start the ball rolling by
committing to having one here on Bowen Island, near Vancouver, Canada that
week, let us say September 25-26-27.  It will be in a rustic setting, and it
will be cheap and accessible.  Anyone who wants to gather with me from near
and far is invited.  We will enjoy each other in two days of Open Space and
on the evening of September 26, we will go down to the beach looking east
across the mouth of Howe Sound to the North American mainland and watch the
harvest moon rise, knowing that as we are doing so, many of our friends and
colleagues will have seen that same moon emerge over their gatherings in
Siberia, Zimbabwe, Belgium, the United States, Colombia and Haiti?  And then
we will post our proceedings on our worldwide web site and relish in the
conversations shared with others across our world. 

What say you, friends?

Chris

On 1/21/07, Christine Whitney Sanchez <milagro27 at cox.net
<mailto:milagro27 at cox.net> > wrote: 

	As Larry, Doug, Eva and others have said, I like the hugging/dancing
kind of OSonOS.  And I am also intrigued with the idea of a whole bunch of
OSonOS's self-organizing at the same time as the international one,
incorporating Gabriella's fabulous OpenSpace-Online.  

	I favor the practice of hosting the international OSonOS on
different continents every year.  What I most want is a way to connect with
all of you, face-to-face, heart-to-heart that offers the greatest
possibility for diversity of languages, cultures, world views and hugging
styles.  

	Namasté,

			Christine

	CWS - Collaborative Wisdom & Strategy
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	From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] On Behalf Of
Michael Herman
	Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2007 9:18 PM
	To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
	Subject: Re: SV: Michael Pannwitz's comment about OSonOS 2008 in
Berlin

			what if the decision-making process was simply about
picking a single week of the year in which osonos would be perhaps
permanently fixed?   

	then, within that timeframe, anyone could convene an osonos anywhere
in the world.  all of the locations would have an opening, a bulletin board,
and a marketplace.  all of the issues and notes would be posted online in
the same place.  and all of the topics from everywhere posted on the wall in
each place.  

	when 100+ people gather for two days, nobody can go to every group
or meet all the people, but  it's still informative to read the whole of the
wall.  so everybody could meet wherever was best for them.  some would
travel far and cross-pollinate.  some would travel near and perhaps get
involved in more local actions.  

	the whole of it together would be *the* international osonos,
simultanteously global and local.  if you want a european hug, go to a
gathering in europe.  if you're strapped for cash or time, go local, host
somethign small where you are, or just visit online.  what a great thing
that anyone globally could convene an osonos gathering and be able for just
a few days share issues and notes printed out from all over the world on
their own little local wall.  might not get a german or australian or
canadian or whatever sort of hug is exotic to you, but maybe get a good
local hug after a good discussion of an issue raised 1/2 way around the
world! 

	then, regional and local gatherings would be everything else,
through out the world and throughout the year. 

	mh

	On 1/20/07, Eva P Svensson <eva at epshumaninvest.se> wrote: 

						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 J 

		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 

				EPS Human Invest AB

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		Tfn: 0300-615 05, Mobil; 0706- 89 85 50

		www.epshumaninvest.se <http://www.epshumaninvest.se> 

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		Ämne: Re: Michael Pannwitz's comment about OSonOS 2008 in
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		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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