Highlights: First OS on OS in French

[Deborah Hartmann]

I attended the wonderful "FOFO" event in Quebec, as a language-immersion 
exercise (French is my second or third language), and also to get to 
know practitioners in my home province.

It was immediately clear that having this event a) in their own province 
and b) in their own language, was a powerful thing and very, very 
important to attendees - even those who'd previously been in touch with 
the worldwide group, in English.

This points out to me the importance of developing native skills with 
OST: yes, facilitators can be translated and find creative workarounds. 
But if we want to help people to feel empowered, our best bet is to help 
them do this in the languages and cultures in which they feel free be 
eloquent, funny, compassionate, challenging. To do this, we must not 
only train local OST leaders, but help them train others.

To this end, it would be great to see many translations of the new 
edition of Harrison's book. Or, perhaps it's worth creating a subset of 
the book for translation purposes, to reach as many languages as 
possible in a shorter time. From my own experience, a the book publisher 
will sometimes authorize a shorter book published under Creative 
Commons, as long as it points back to the main book. (see this book for 
an example: http://www.infoq.com/minibooks/domain-driven-design-quickly )

Just an idea. I'm sure I'm not the first to have it :-)
deb

Michael M Pannwitz wrote:
> I uplifted myself with your report getting into the day!
> Thanks and good luck with your francophone network!!
> I will forward your message to the colleagues in France and 
> Switzerland that included themselves in the world map.
> Greetings from Berlin
> mmp
>
> Marquis Bureau wrote:
>> Greetings
>>
>>
>>
>> -The First OS on OS in French was held on September 14, 15, and 16 
>> 2007 in
>> Val-David in the Laurentians, near Montréal, Québec, Canada;
>>
>>
>>
>> - 30 participants responded to the invitation;
>>
>>
>>
>> - September 14, on a sunny afternoon sitting by the lake, 
>> storytelling took
>> place on the topic of our best OST stories, using the circle and the 
>> talking
>> piece;
>>
>>
>>
>> - The theme for September 14 and 15 was Reaching New Heights in our
>> Knowledge and our Practices of Open Space;
>>
>>
>>
>> - The theme for September 16 was French-language Networks at the local,
>> national, and international levels;
>>
>>
>>
>> - Three Haitians were offered bursaries from our sponsors.   
>> Unfortunately,
>> they were unable to obtain a visa on time for our event;
>>
>>
>>
>> -The presence of an African Canadian from Alberta representing a
>> multicultural non profit organization was a real gift to the group. 
>> When he
>> realized that the spirit and many parts of the Open Space ritual 
>> actually
>> originate from Africa, it felt like the Open Space approach had come 
>> home
>> and all of us had the privilege of being invited to that warm place;
>>
>>
>>
>> - Sponsors for the events were Open Space Institute Canada, Open Space
>> Institute-USA, World Map, and Auberge Prema Shanti;
>>
>>
>>
>> -The Prema Shanti (www.premashanti.ca) in Val David Québec was really a
>> magical setting.  The owner Karim was fully connected with the spirit 
>> of our
>> gathering;
>>
>>
>>
>> -Many times people said: At last, an OSonOS in French with a group of 
>> people
>> who share the intention of keeping a French support network alive. A 
>> group
>> who wants to take leadership to help disseminate the wonderful Open 
>> Space
>> gift to people, to organizations, and to humanity;
>>
>>
>>
>> -The organizing committee was very happy of the experience of this first
>> OSonOS in French and wishes to thank everyone who has contributed to its
>> success;
>>
>>
>>
>> -Those interested are invited to meet October 12 and 13 2007 to further
>> discuss the creation of a French-language network. Details to be 
>> confirmed;
>>
>>
>>
>> The organising committee:  Diane Gibeault, Esther Matte, Etienne 
>> Beaulieu,
>> Roch Landry, and Marquis Bureau
>>
>>
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Deborah Hartmann
Agile Process Improvement Coach
InfoQ.com/Agile Lead Editor
deborah.hartmann.net
416.996.4337

"My advice is to do it by the book,
get good at the practices,
then do as you will.
Many people want to skip to step three.
How do they know? " -- Ron Jeffries 


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