City wide Open Space May 30

Wed Apr 29 11:39:20 PDT 2009

Just heard from Kai Degner, Mayor of Harrisonburg. Says he is joining the
OSLIST and will give us some reports. I think what he is going is terrific
and told him so. Of course you will see the self interest -- after all it is
Harrisonburg!

Harrison

Harrison Owen

7808 River Falls Drive

Potomac, Maryland   20854

Phone 301-365-2093

Skype hhowen

Open Space Training www.openspaceworld.com 

Open Space Institute www.openspaceworld.org

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From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] On Behalf Of Robyn
Williams
Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 3:46 AM
To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
Subject: Re: City wide Open Space May 30

Hi Kai

Wishing you well for your downtown open space. 

I did something similar in 2003, as part of the inaugural Sustainable

September which I co-convene. It was in Fremantle, Western Australia. I set

up the Market Place in the local library with info packs & stationery for

convenors so it was very self-organising. Convenors could return notes to a

large folio - and they did - for others to read. About 40 people came to the

Closing Circle. 

It wasn't much more than a tester and I'd love to do it again. I look

forward to hearing about your project as it unfolds.

Cheers, Robyn

Robyn Williams

POV Communication for Sustainability

V: 08 9331 8642

M: 0424 587 262

E: pov at iinet.net.au

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From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] On Behalf Of Harrison

Owen

Sent: Wednesday, 29 April 2009 1:53 AM

To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU

Subject: Re: [OSLIST] City wide Open Space May 30

Hey Doug -- Really cool! And actually there is a lot of good stuff right on

the mayor's website. So I would guess the thing to do is to contact the

Mayor -- which I am trying to do. And it turns out that Bruce Lundeen who

may not be on the list -- but is definitely an Open Spacer started this ball

rolling. I think this is truly exciting and just the best sort of use for

OST!

Site says: "This Summit will have a brief opening that frames its purpose to

the attendees. Then, individual attendees will be given the opportunity to

propose a discussion topic for a breakout session later in the day. Within

an hour, the entire day's agenda will have been created by the people in

attendance using this innovative meeting format called Open Space

Technology. Downtown restaurants and public spaces will be used as places

for breakout meetings throughout the day. These locations will have laptops

that are linked to the day's agenda, and which will be used to record the

discussions and commitments from each breakout session. This information

will be captured and shared with attendees via email and website.

** This is NOT a "City of Harrisonburg" event. This is me, as mayor,

convening a conversation. I know that's grey, but there's an important

distinction. This isn't "tell the Harrisonburg government what to do", it's

"let's all make this happen together." It is signed by Kai Degner (His Honor

the Mayor)

Harrison

Harrison Owen

7808 River Falls Drive

Potomac, Maryland   20854

Phone 301-365-2093

Skype hhowen

Open Space Training www.openspaceworld.com 

Open Space Institute www.openspaceworld.org

Personal website www.ho-image.com 

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From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] On Behalf Of douglas

germann

Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 8:57 PM

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Subject: City wide Open Space May 30

Hi--

Harrisonburg, VA is the site of this one-day Mayor's invitation OST:

http://www.whykai.com/summit/

Anybody who can share more about this with us?

          :- Doug.

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