New York City

Tue May 13 10:54:35 PDT 2008

Hi Susan,

Thanks for the welcome. "Stammtisch" is the german word for that 
table in a restaurant or pub where the regulars sit at for a beer or 
something after work or at night. In rural Germany, there is always 
(or was when I lived there 15 years ago) a table marked "stammtisch", 
pretty much reserved for these regulars. So they know that when they 
come, they'll meet other regulars and have a place to sit and talk. 
And as in OS, whoever comes... whenever.. Right Michael?

Here's a copy/paste of an explanation of OS Stammtisch Michael 
provided a few months back :

"A stammtisch is a regular gathering at a regular time (like every 
Tuesday evening, or once a month or, as is the case with the os 
stammtische around the planet, every Monday of every odd month at 
7pm)where people interested in a particular aspect of life, as for 
instance open space, gather for beer (other drinks are perfectly ok) 
and food as everyone wishes and talk with each other about whatever 
is on top of your mind regarding open space (in a broader sense). 
People come and go as they find useful, some arrive at 7 pm (I 
usually even earlier to secure a table and talk to the people in the 
pub), some as late as 11 pm and it will usually last until well past 
midnight. No agenda, lots of energy. Last stammtisch in Berlin 
several people came because they needed work (in os, of course), 
well, they in fact found others that were looking for help. So its 
networking, creating collaboration, new ideas are born, people bring 
stuff for each other to look at (pictures, a couple of books of 
proceedings from recent open spaces, a bottle of brandy from 
Kyiv,  there are always a couple of laptops to show things to each 
other and to write an email to another stammtisch lets say in Kyiv or 
Budapest..).
Often, there are also visitors from other countries passing through 
Berlin that are real open space stammtisch addicts, they have heard 
of the Berlin one and join. So its international, too."

Here in Montreal, we usually gather around 6 pm,have a beer, dinner, 
talk, and people leave around 8:30 or 9:00.

Maybe we will meet at a future NY stammtisch :-)

Esther M.

At 12:16 2008-05-13, you wrote:
>Hello NYC OSers, many of whom I know and waive to fondly, and 
>greetings to you too Esther. We look forward to your arrival.  What 
>the heck is a stammtisch anyway?
>
>Susan
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>On May 13, 2008, at 12:06 AM, Scott Gassman wrote:
>
>>Michael,
>>
>>Thank you for feeding the idea of a NYC stammtisch
>>and providing what it takes..
>>The idea appears to be taking on a life of it's own and
>>snowballing.
>>I will think about what you have shared.
>>
>>Scott
>>--
>>On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 5:50 PM, Michael M Pannwitz 
>><<mailto:mmpanne at boscop.org>mmpanne at boscop.org> wrote:
>>Dear Scott,
>>I love the os stammtisch in Berlin and everywhere.
>>Here some pointers from a stammtisch-pro:
>>
>>1. The stammtisch is first of all, for you yourself, yes
>>
>>2. So, pick your favorite place (restaurant, Bar, whatever) where 
>>you like the food and drinks and invite everyone (you might try the 
>>first Monday evening of every odd month)and go there. If nobody 
>>comes, you had a great time at your favorite haunt and some 
>>unobstructed time  for you
>>
>>3. But, alas, people will show up because they like the idea of 
>>meeting you, talking (maybe) about open space and coming to an 
>>event that has only a starting time
>>
>>4. Talk to the owner (of course, you know him well) and advise him 
>>that you are coming and that there may be some more people, he will like that
>>
>>5. Send an email about a week before the stammtisch inviting people 
>>to join ... this mail should go to the list so that people passing 
>>through NY will drop in and, it should go to all New Yorkers (if 
>>all of you guys in New York include yourself in the worldmap, it 
>>will be a breeze for Scott to invite you
>>(By the way, at this point, 51 of the thousands of osworkers in the 
>>USA have included themselves in the worldmap, that makes for an 
>>average of one per State, a grand start! %1 is exactly the number 
>>of people listed for Berlin...about 20 to 40 % of them show up at 
>>the stammtisch.
>>(Here is the link for including yourself
>><http://www.michaelmpannwitz.de/index.php?id=198>http://www.michaelmpannwitz.de/index.php?id=198
>>
>>
>>If you go to the homepage of the map
>><http://www.openspaceworldmap.org/>http://www.openspaceworldmap.org/
>>
>>
>>and click on Menu and then search and enter New York you will see 3 
>>colleagues listed)
>>
>>6. Send out a note to the list after the stammtisch and report the 
>>great stuff that happened there
>>
>>Have a grand time with your stammtisch which is the most localized 
>>OSonOS in your neighborhood...especially when you cant go to the 
>>regional, national or evern worldwide events.
>>
>>Greetings from Berlin
>>mmp
>>
>>
>>
>>Scott Gassman wrote:
>>Laurence,
>>Possibly with Esther's NY arrival, we could try again to  initiate a
>>stammtische.
>>
>>A thought for interested NY OS folks.
>>
>>Who else would be interested here in the NY area?
>>
>>Scott Gassman
>>
>>
>>On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 10:02 PM, Laurence Berg 
>><<mailto:laurenceberg at gmail.com>laurenceberg at gmail.com>
>>wrote:
>>
>>Hi Esther,
>>
>>I'm one of the NYers who's in the OS world. (I know someone at the
>>Canadian mission, too.)  Feel free to get in touch.
>>
>>By the way, I once tried to initiate a stammtische with some others and it
>>didn't get off the ground here.  NY is an odd place.
>>
>>-Laurence
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