Fwd: WOSonOS 2008 in San Fransisco California USA

Gerard Muller gm at openspace.dk
Sun May 27 13:52:48 PDT 2007


Begin forwarded message:

> From: Gerard Muller <gm at openspace.dk>
> Date: May 27, 2007 10:51:55 PM CEST
> To: lisaheft at openingspace.net
> Cc: Gerard Muller <gm at openspace.dk>
> Subject: Re: WOSonOS 2008 in San Fransisco California USA
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> Hello Lisa,
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> Just came back from Kiev and a wonderful WOSonOS.
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> And looking forward to going to San Francisco. Disclose the dates as 
> soon as you have them !
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> We made a list of things to consider when organising WOSonOS's,
> most of which I am sure will sound familiar to you. Two additional 
> things came up later:
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> Firstly, some of our friends and collegues will face some obstacles 
> getting to WOSonOS 2008
> which citizens from say EU-countries etc do not face. Apart from 
> financing their participation,
> there seems to be a series of considerable hurdles in getting a visum.
> I would suggest we find out what hurdles there are, and if there are 
> any ways we can lower some.
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> One element in some cases no doubt is an official invitation letter. I 
> wonder whether it would make
> a difference if:
> -  the purpose of the conference was framed in such a way that 
> participation of as many countries
>    as possible would obviously be essential for its success;
> - we found persons or organisations whose reputation might make a 
> difference to back up the initiative ?
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> Many greetings from an optimist,
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> Gerard Muller
> Open Space Institute Denmark
> Phone: (+45) 21269621					Skype: openspace.dk
> Mail: gm at openspace.dk
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> On May 28, 2007, at 5:07 PM, Lisa Heft wrote:
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>> Dear colleagues –
>>  
>> Thomas and Eva said:
>> There sure was one irresistible offer made for the 2008 WOSonOS! In 
>> fact the people who joined for the circle to work on the decisions on 
>> future WOSonOS’s almost made the decision before the offer was made. 
>> But after some persuasion they agreed on experiencing the “fantastic” 
>> show from the marvelous production manager (living a bit closer to 
>> Hollywood) Lisa Heft.
>> For all those who want to host future WOSonOS’s we heard a rumor that 
>> there is a video produced called “How to present an irresistible 
>> WOSonOS-offer” around somewhere...
>>  
>> Some of you were there in Halifax 2005 when I invited WOSonOS to San 
>> Francisco.  There is a lovely community of OS practitioners and a 
>> great network of diverse facilitators ready to welcome you here. 
>>  Some of you were in Moscow in 2006 when the delightful Wendy Farmer 
>> O’Neil invited the world again, on my behalf (as I was unable to 
>> attend the WOSonOS last year).  This year, I asked the Most Amazing 
>> Thomas Herrmann and the Incredibly Fabulous Eva P Svensson to invite 
>> again, on my behalf, as I was unable to join you fabulous folks in 
>> Kiev.
>>  
>> For my invitation this year, I decided to design something totally 
>> interactive which would also show the warmth, energy and depth of my 
>> invitation, and Thomas and Eva did a marvelous job.
>>  
>> I look forward to seeing the video ! perhaps if someone can send me a 
>> copy or a link, we can show that video as the opening of WOSonOS 
>> 2008.
>>  
>> Thank you Thomas and Eva for representing me and the local community 
>> of practitioners to invite and welcome you all to WOSonOS 2008 in San 
>> Francisco, California, USA!
>>  
>> (stay..............tuned...................)
>>  
>> And....
>>  
>> The stand in-Access Queen Eva P made great work, of course together 
>> with the generous participants - 105 dollars and 45 EUROS were raised 
>> for the fund which helps people access these marvelous events.
>>  
>> Dear Eva – thank you for holding space for the Global Village 
>> Marketplace and the Silent Auction this year in Kiev.  And my warm 
>> thanks to all of you in Kiev who contributed to the Access Queen 
>> Fund.  Access Queen is a little project I coordinate which raises 
>> resources (a little bit of money and a lot of other shared resources 
>> like home stays, people buying two registrations to give away one to 
>> an ‘Asker’, ride shares and more) to help people with lower financial 
>> abilities get to the annual WOSonOS.  So each year we generate 
>> awareness and resources (thanks to those of you who contributed 
>> funding and other resources this year and good work, Kiev team!!), 
>> each WOSonOS there is a Global Village Marketplace and Silent Auction 
>> in whatever form that may take, and each year, proceeds from the 
>> Auction and Marketplace go towards the next year’s WOSonOS Access 
>> Queen Fund.  Often the WOSonOS hosts also donate to the fund after 
>> they cover their expenses for the event.  In this way, we help each 
>> other as we share our resources.  Feel free to contact me directly if 
>> you would like to contribute anything to the fund (if for example you 
>> sell some of your poetry, or have a jumble sale in your front garden, 
>> or sell lemonade on the sidewalk and contribute the funds to the AQ 
>> fund...).  And as part of next year’s registration, we will offer you 
>> opportunities to help others come to the WOSonOS.
>>  
>> Thank you all for your generosity, and your playfulness, and 
>> congratulations on a marvelous WOSonOS 2007!
>>  
>> Lisa (also known as Access Queen)
>>  
>> ___________________________
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>> L i s a   H e f t
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>> Consultant, Facilitator, Educator
>>
>> O p e n i n g  S p a c e
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>> lisaheft at openingspace.net
>> www.openingspace.net
>>  
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