need OS event on east coast (usa)

[Michael M Pannwitz]

I think it is an issue that the sponsor of the event and/or the planning 
group needs to deal with, its none of the business of the facilitator.
In those instances in my practice where people wanted to be part as 
visitors, observers, newsreporter, photographers, spies, participants 
from apparently outside the system...what have you, I have always 
referred them to the sponsor. Less work for me and another opportunity 
for the sponsor to manage the givens.
A somewhat related point:
Point them to the World Opens Space Landscape
> http://www.openspaceworldscape.org/

Presently, there are 5 future events listed there (in a total of 449), 
all in Germany. Imagine more of us listing our events there and being 
able to point people interested to it. Its then not only the archive of 
our work but also a place to have people look for getting involved or 
getting acquainted (the presently displayed future open space events are 
in European Youth Work, a school, community organisation focusing on 
families, a protestant parish and Learning Organisations...a wealth of 
opportunities that could be vastly expanded by more colleagues from 
around the globe joining).
Greetings from Berlin
mmp



Michael Herman wrote:
> hello james,
> 
> this is true, about the mechanisms that are there to allow him to attend and
> *look* like a particpant, to blend in, from a high-level, macro
> perspective.  and... but... and... the main requirement for participants is
> not that they can float and such, but that they *care*.
> 
> when he butterflies around, he's likely to find others floating, and likely
> to have some conversation with them -- at which point he's either got to
> 'fess up that he doesn't share a passion for the purpose of the gathering,
> or he's got to fake that too.  that micro level faking is a lot harder that
> just looking like a butterfly floating around.
> 
> i'd not recommend ever having observers like a reporter around without
> telling everyone that it's happening.  this one's maybe a little less
> intrusive cuz he's only interested in seeing the process, not reporting on
> the content, but it's still a tricky thing.
> 
> that said, there are plenty of public/community issues where having a
> professional storyteller present would not be weird at all and might even
> help the cause, if part of the cause includes sharing the story widely, or
> having a professional piece to share around.  so maybe we can find him
> something like this?
> 
> thanks, m
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 6:51 AM, James Sheldon <queerpedagogue at gmail.com>wrote:
> 
>> I don't see why he couldn't be invited to *participate* in an open
>> space...  I mean, with the law of two feet, the butterfly, and the
>> bumblebee a participant can float around like a reporter might like
>> to...
>>
>> @james
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 1:51 AM, Michael Herman
>> <michael at michaelherman.com> wrote:
>>> another request for help... this time looking for an os event on the
>>> american east coast for a DC-based reporter who wants to do a story.
>>  here's
>>> what he wrote to me...
>>>
>>> I'm a staff writer for the (London) Guardian newspaper, based here in our
>>> Washington DC office. Among other things, I write a weekly column on
>>> psychology, from social psychology research and workplace/organisational
>>> psychology to highly questionable New Age things, via self-help books and
>>> personal development courses.
>>>
>>> For a long time now I've wanted to write about OST, so I'm scrabbling
>> around
>>> for a way in which I might be able to see it in action, preferably not a
>>> million miles from DC.
>>>
>>> i know, i know, there are no observers in open space... and... can we
>> find
>>> him somethign to watch?  you can contact him directly at
>>> mailto:oliver.burkeman at guardian.co.uk
>>>
>>> thanks, michael
>>>
>>>
>>>
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