WOSonOS 2008, San Francisco...in...progress...

[Juanita Brown]

Hi Lisa dear, and all,

I, too, am sad not to be able to be in San Francisco to offer a warm  
welcome and to be able to participate.  Harrison, I would have
loved to be with you by the Bay.  We're in the mountains of North  
Carolina with my dad who has been ill.....but we are there
in spirit as these wonderful movements interweave friendships and  
doorways to collective intelligence in creative ways.

WE, are part of the blessed unrest.

Que Viva La Causa!

Warmly,
Juanita
On Jul 23, 2008, at 4:04 PM, Lisa Heft wrote:

> Hello, my lovely friends and colleagues -
>
> Thank you so much for your warm support - we feel you with us in  
> spirit, indeed.
>
> Monday and Tuesday we had a fabulous Open Space Learning Workshop  
> with 40+ interesting, interested and diversely experienced  
> colleagues from around the world.  Spark (from Korea) gave us a  
> gift - little...tiny...baby...two feet - a pin to wear as graduates  
> of this particular class.  Raffi translated for our Russian  
> colleagues and boy he must be thirsty. That is hard work.  Somebody  
> get him a glass of water...or what was I thinking? vodka. There was  
> a whole little production project so that by the end of class  
> everyone received a cd copy of the Open Space Idea Book.  I must  
> remember to invite these folks to my home whenever I need a whole  
> little elves' workshop!  We pondered the true meaning of  
> invitation, played concepts of Open Space back to each other in  
> silence, movement and metaphor, walked out to see the Golden Gate  
> Bridge, took naps... sounds like learning to me...
>
> Tuesday evening was the Author Evening with Harrison.  100+ people  
> in a lovely room by the San Francisco Marina - sun setting,  
> sailboats rocking, old friends and new, the launch of the Third  
> Edition of Open Space Technology: A User's Guide, nibbles, wine,  
> and okay so some hugging and laughter as well.
>
> Tonight is our opening casual reception - the same lovely room,  
> some food, and friends. No activity designed - just a lovely place  
> to meet and share stories, introduce new and old friends, look at  
> the sunset, drink some wine or juice and enjoy each other.
>
> Tomorrow the conference day opens.  This will be in a lovely room  
> with a very large window and a view of the Golden Gate Bridge to  
> continue giving us a sense of place.  Space opens, we jump in, and  
> off we go.
>
> We will have...
>
> - A Global Village Marketplace - where you bring bit of art or  
> fabric or ? from your village or that you made and sell it to raise  
> funds for your travel expenses or the Access Queen Project (this is  
> how we share resources to help 'Askers' get to our WOSonOSs)
>
> - Silent Auction - where you hope to be the highest bidder on some  
> lovely item so you can take it home and the money goes  
> to ...yes...the Access Queen Project
>
> - a Photo Corner so we can get a photo of everyone present - we  
> will try to put this in our Book of Proceedings
>
> - A Things to Do and See wall where people will be posting colorful  
> posters of ideas for spending time and enjoying the San Francisco  
> Bay Area
>
> - Gently used books on facilitation - for those who do not have  
> access to books - to take home with them
>
> - A library of Open Space  resources (including Raffi's new book)
>
> - Lovely pinwalls and a cool suitcase that holds facilitator items  
> to show to all - from our friends at Neuland
>
> - Compostable dining items, recycling, local merchant food, and an  
> electronic Book of Proceedings to keep an eye on our impact on the  
> planet (our caterer tells us that on occasion, the compostable  
> dinner ware - forks for example - can change shape a bit during  
> dinner - but they are still perfectly useful for eating...  
> hmmm...that will be fun....
>
> - A quiet room...ahhh....
>
> - A Thursday evening dinner and celebration with music, perhaps a  
> little performance or dancing will break out..and..perhaps some  
> lovely "hippie" costumes...as people tease us Californians all the  
> time about being 'hippies' we said 'hey, bring it on! come dressed  
> as hippies and show us what you mean!' - I know I have my costume  
> all picked out...peace and love, baby...
>
> - International Suitcase Cuisine - where everyone brings some  
> lovely food or drink from their country, neighborhood or kitchen to  
> add to our Thursday dinner (I envision everything from pickled  
> herring to Haitian rum to local organic chocolates -- okay not all  
> together, I mean one after the other)...
>
> - Home stays and shared rooms and hostel beds found, ride shares  
> matched, buddies to meet to navigate in a new land, tips for new  
> travelers, more Russian translation, sharing language and culture  
> and more...our Access Queen Project of matching people who can give  
> to people who need is helping a record number of wonderful people  
> to join us this year and enrich us with their diverse knowledge and  
> experience...
>
> - Invitation offered from potential country hosts for the 2009 and  
> 2010 WOSonOS - as we move back and forth across the waters to share  
> this event around the world...
>
> - ...and a group of fabulous Citizen journalist / bloggers who will  
> send out more news to you, dear readers...as we go...
>
> A few weeks afterwards, after your dear Host Team can rest a bit,  
> we will be posting our Book of Proceedings for you all to enjoy,  
> plus - another tradition of Access Queen behind the scenes - we  
> will be sending a list of ideas, resources and checklists to our  
> 2009 WOSonOS hosts - lessons learned from several years of past  
> WOSonOS hosts to future ones to help them in their planning for  
> this lovely world event.
>
> I am about to swim back in to the details of registration and  
> preparation and also maybe a lovely walk in sunny breezy San  
> Francisco before our reception tonight.
>
> But I wanted to give you a taste, my friends who cannot be with us  
> in person.
>
> We are thinking of you as we jump into this nourishing mix of  
> fascinating people with stretchy thinking and mind-expanding  
> experience.   If we don't see you this week...we are saving our  
> pennies for 2009 to see you....wherever in the world that will be.  
> And that will be revealed...very soon after our conference....
>
> And I bow to my fabulous, creative and hard-working Host Team:
>
> Jeff Aitken
> Kelly Feder
> Ainsley Nies
> Nettie Pardue
> Erica Peng
> Heidi Nobantu Saul
> Bob Sullens
>
> ...Most of whom have been together working on this for a year (we  
> celebrated our year anniversary on this project with ice cream and  
> cake).  We are SO excited that this is happening now...We are  
> delighted and honored to receive our colleagues here in San  
> Francisco at WOSonOS 2008.
>
> More soon....
>
> Lisa
> On behalf of the WOSonOS Host Team
>
> ___________________________
> L i s a H e f t
> Consultant, Facilitator, Educator
> O p e n i n g S p a c e
> lisaheft at openingspace.net
> www.openingspace.net
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