[OSLIST] My first OS

[Peggy Holman]

Hi Bui,

On your question about leaving with some clear action plans, holding  
that intention contributes to the likelihood that will happen.  I  
encourage you to think about a organizing question for the 3 hours  
that is action oriented.  For example, something like:

What is the future we wish to create for ourselves and how shall we  
begin?

The sessions themselves become the space for both envisioning the  
possibilities and identifying the first next steps.

Have fun with the experience.

appreciatively,
Peggy

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> De : OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] De la part de Bui
> Petersen
> Envoyé : 15 avril 2009 22:04
> À : OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
> Objet : [OSLIST] My first OS
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> Hi everyone,
>
> It looks like I finally will be facilitating my first ever OS a week  
> and
> a half from now. It is for a recently formed (actually still forming)
> volunteer group I'm a member of and we want to meet to sort out the
> direction we want to go in. Since we're all volunteers, time is  
> limited
> and we've only been able to set aside 3 hours. Obviously we want to
> cover as many issues as possible, so the question is how much time to
> schedule for each session. With this group I don't think I need to  
> spend
> too much time in the opening explaining the process and since we are
> very small (10 or less), I don't expect the agenda creation to take  
> long
> either.
>
> The group would like to leave with some clear action plans but I'm not
> sure how to do that with the limited time we've got. I like people
> having time to sleep on things, but that obviously won't happen unless
> we all manage to have a 5 minute nap. I have thought of ways to leave
> the action planning for later, but I haven't found a good way to do  
> that
> either. Either it will be too long before we meet again, or we have to
> do it electronically.
> I should mention that since I am an integral member of the group the
> others don't want me to stay completely out of the discussions. I  
> think
> I have found a way to deal with this. I will just have to see what
> happens. While I don't expect us to see the full potential of OST with
> time we've got, I am hoping the group will see it's usefulness for  
> other
> larger and public events.
>
> So if anyone has any suggestions on how to deal with the time
> challenges, I would be forever grateful.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bui Petersen
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