World Open Space on Open Space - Visa Invitation Letters (long)

Thu Feb 14 17:34:26 PST 2008

Hello, dear colleagues - We will be sending you ongoing messages to help you
plan for coming to WOSonOS this July.

This is a message to remind those of you who will be applying for travel
visas to attend WOSonOS 2008 that it is important to do this as early as
possible.  As many of you know - in some countries just getting an
appointment can take a few months; and awaiting a decision can take several
more months.  So: even if you are delaying registration until you know that
you can come - please do ask us for a letter of invitation for a travel visa
now if you need one for your visa application.   We are happy to create
these letters for you to give to your embassies until about June 15 - after
which it may be too short a time-frame for us to be able to send these
letters to you and for you to secure a visa application appointment in time.
Again: the earlier the better  (see more on the WOSonOS schedule and
registration, below)

To ask for a visa invitation letter - please read the following for the
information we ask of you.  Then send that information to my fabulous
colleague on the WOSonOS 2008 Host Team, Ms. Nettie Pardue.  She and the
also-fabulous Ms. Kelly Feder are the 'visa invitation letter team', and I
bow to them.

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Please send to Ms. Nettie Pardue the following information and she will
create this letter for you:

Your full name

Date of birth

Passport number

Your postal address

Your telephone, fax, email

Full contact information for the US embassy in your country (official name,
postal address, telephone number(s),fax number with country code)

Please include with that information:

A paragraph about your experience in Open Space and facilitation, why you
wish to come, and how you will use the experience you gain at this
conference

(We think that information will help your interview and we shall include it
in the invitation letter)

So please send all the information above to Nettie at:

nettie at nettiepardue.com

We look forward to seeing you in San Francisco in July !

Lisa

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Please also note that registration for the WOSonOS is now open.  Take a look
at the schedule of wonderful events, below, so that you can plan your stay.
We will also be providing information on accommodation and activities in the
region, travel information and more.  In the registration form - a web-based
service we are using called Acteva - it does direct you to our website
address - however that is not up yet - stay tuned for more announcements and
information.  Thank you for sharing this announcement with your colleagues,
communities and networks.

 The Open Space Institute of the US

Sister Open Space Institutes around the world and international colleagues

invite you to

the 16th  World Open Space on Open Space (WOSonOS)

A conference in Open Space, for facilitators, organizations and colleagues
who use Open Space

in

San Francisco, California, USA

July 23 through July 26, 2008 *

What Can We Learn / Share / Teach / Explore / Discover with Each Other

about our Work in Open Space Around the World?

We invite you to a week of Open Space events:

Monday and Tuesday, July 21 and 22, 2008

Open Space Learning Workshop

(separate fee, separate registration - open to the public - for more
information contact lisaheft at openingspace.net)

As the WOSonOS is not a training but rather an invitation to explore OST on
deeper levels, we invite all of you who have not yet experienced
facilitating and using this method to take the Open Space Learning Workshop,
another Open Space workshop or have some actual facilitation experience in
Open Space -before- attending this conference.    

Tuesday, July 22, evening

Author Evening with Harrison Owen

(a free event, open to the public, donations welcome, please pre-register)

Join Harrison Owen, the originator of Open Space Technology, as we celebrate
the launch of the Third Edition of the fundamental book on Open Space, "Open
Space Technology: A User's Guide" - Berrett-Kohler, Publishers, Inc, San
Francisco 2008.

Wednesday, July 23, evening

Welcome Reception to meet old and new friends and colleagues

(included in the WOSonOS registration fee, registered delegates only)

Thursday, July 24 through Saturday, July 26, 2008

World Open Space on Open Space

for facilitators, organizations and colleagues who use Open Space

(included in the WOSonOS registration fee, registered delegates only -
conference, Wednesday reception, Thursday through Saturday lunches, and
Thursday evening celebration dinner)

Monday, July 28, 2008

Fabulous Facilitators lunch and conversation

(a free event, open to all facilitators, donations welcome - for more
information contact lisaheft at openingspace.net)

A monthly meeting of facilitators from across the San Francisco Bay Area -
come visit colleagues in our local network and join our lunchtime
conversation about group facilitation and group process.

This week of Open Space learning, exploration, interchange and celebration
will be followed by an 

OpenSpace-OnlineR event in August 2008 (WOSOonOS 2008). 

The date and time for our online event will be announced later in 2008.

To receive more information about this event please go to
http://www.openspace-online.com/event/WOSOonOS-2008

To register for WOSonOS 2008: go to
<http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=150208>
http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=150208

See you in San Francisco, my friends,

Lisa and the WOSonOS 2008 Host Team

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