New York City

Tue May 13 13:37:11 PDT 2008

Right, Esther M., I know you will have a great time at the NY 
Stammtisch...its space and time for just about anything to happen, even 
a discussion on OS 2.f or the best recipes for dips for fingerfood for 
Open Space buffets, classical, 2.f style or whatever
Greetings from Berlin
mmp

Communications Esther Matte wrote:
> 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
>>
>>
>> Susan W. Coleman
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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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