Access Queen Invites You to Dream and Share as we go to WOSo nOS Kiev. [long]

[Tree Fitzpatrick]

Raffi, I think that you were given a scholarship to attend OSonOS in Goa by
the Open Space Institute/USA.  Lisa is on the OSI/USA board, tis true.  And
the OSI/USA board supports her fantastic work as Access Queen but there are
two very separate funding opportunities.

OSI/USA has members all around the world.  Each year, we invite people
seeking to open space in parts of the world that are underserved by OST to
submit proposals to the OSI/USA board.  The OSI/USA is celebrating its tenth
anniversary this year.  One of its goals is to hold space for open space.
One of the ways we, on behalf of our worldwide membership, hold space for OS
is to offer this scholarship opportunity.  I just want to clearly
communicate that there are two completely separate funding possibilities.

The deadilne to apply to the OSI/USA board for scholarship assistance to
attend OSonOS Kiev 2007 is Tuesday, March 12th.  The OSI/USA board will meet
on March 16th and consider any proposals we have received and notify any
winners immediately.

Our criteria:

1.  We seek applications from people working in parts of the world where
Open Space is underserved.

2. We ask that anyone who receives funding from us share their Open Space
stories with the world.  We like to hear stories, along with the rest of the
list.

3.  Ideally, we like someone requesting funding to pay some of their own
expenses but we have funded all travel and conference costs to some
recipients in the past.

So.  If you are trying to use Open Space in a part of the world where Open
Space is not well known AND you would like to attend OSonOS, then send me an
email outlining your interest, your financial need and a detailed budget of
the costs of your participation in OSonOS 2007 in Kiev.

Last year, we funded three scholarships:  we gave one to a Pakistani and we
were able to fund two Nepalese but it was unusual for us to fund three
people.  Sometimes we pay airfare, hotel, conference fees and miscelleneaous
expenses. Sometimes we are asked to pay only a portion.  It is up to the
person asking for help to define and decide their need.

Send your proposals to me:  tree.fitzpatrick#gmail.com.

So!  There are two opportunities to ask for help to get to Kiev.  The Access
Queen is one way . . . she can help with smaller amounts.  And the OSI/USA
will consider funding travel, hotel and conference costs for persons from
parts of the world where OS is underserved.  These are separate funds,
Raffi, and you have smooshed them together again.


On 3/6/07, Raffi Aftandelian <raffi at bk.ru> wrote:
>
> Lisa and all,
>
> I just want to chime in here (ding!) and say how much I appreciate us
> having
> an Access Queen.
>
> I was a beneficiary of the Access Queen Fund in 2004. It got me to the
> OSonOS in Goa, which changed me!
>
> Lisa's invitation to believe in myself as she believes in me inspired me
> to
> really look around, think creatively about getting myself to Goa. It took
> some courage (audacity?). And it was such a gift to make it to Goa, to
> meet
> Harrison and other first generation (and second generation) spaceholders.
>
> I'll never forget how Brian Bainbridge greeted me before we heard the
> first
> "ding". He gave a somewhat wary look at my nametag, then said, "Oh, so
> *you're* the Raffi who's posting all that stuff to the OSlist." "What a
> welcome!" I thought. And then I found Brian participating in all 4
> sessions
> I posted.
>
> Another memorable moment from Goa- Peggy Holman doing a somersault to
> shift
> the energy of the space. Now *that's* something they don't teach you in a
> workshop!
>
> And I also want to acknowledge the contribution Michael Pannwitz has made
> by
> donating proceeds from the Open Space World Map (are you listed yet?) to
> help people come to OSonOS.
>
> Funds from the Access Queen Fund and from the World Map helped make
> participation possible for people from Nepal, Pakistan, Ukraine, and a few
> other places for last year's OSonOS.
>
> Your invitation to believe in myself, Lisa, challenges me to think about
> how
> I can make it to Kiev this year.
>
> I'm hearing of more and more people new to OST in Russia who are planning
> to
> come to Kiev. Makes me think the space in Kiev will be even more
> emergently
> pregnant with synkairosic and granular potential.
>
> Thank you Lisa! Thank you Michael! And thank you to anyone I may have
> forgotten.
>
> warmly,
> raffi
>
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