You're Invited & Tell a Friend - an Open Space on Open Space in San Francisco - Jan 15-17, 2010

Tue Dec 22 20:06:57 PST 2009

Wonderful. Ray Hebert (from NuFocus in New Brunswick Canada) and I from
Florida are attending, enticed by the theme, imagining the conversations and
the fine folks we hope to meet there.  Suzanne

On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 10:54 PM, Julie Caldwell
<motivate at frontiernet.net>wrote:

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>  On Dec 22, 2009, at 6:20 PM, Kaliya * wrote:
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> We now have a website up! YEAH!
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> http://www.openspaceonopenspace.net
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> This  may be an easier form to spread the word with.
> We welcome your participation.
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> -Kaliya
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> On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 10:49 PM, Jeff Aitken <magic.teams at hotmail.com>wrote:
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>>  *What are the possibilities of Open Space in our lives, organizations
>> and communities? What capacities and*
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>> *tools do we need, to move to the next level with this work? Let's gather
>> and learn from one another.*
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>> *Jeff Aitken, Kaliya Hamlin, Lisa Heft and Heidi Nobantu Saul invite you
>> to...*
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>> *....**Several days in and about Open Space -- where the newly trained
>> and the longtime practitioners will share*
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>> *our excitement, encouragement, trials and errors -- and explore how we
>> use this remarkable organizational*
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>> *and community-building process, on its own or with other tools and
>> methods.*
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>> *in*
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>> *San Francisco, California, USA*
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>> *January 15 through January 17, 2010*
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>> *Casual gathering to meet old and new friends and colleagues*
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>> *Friday, January 15, 2010*
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>> *5:00-7:00 pm*
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>> *(nibbles, beverages and conversation - dinner on your own)*
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>> *Open Space on Open Space*
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>> *Saturday, January 16, 2010*
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>> *8:30 am arrival, 9:00 am prompt start; Evening News until 5:00, pot-luck
>> dinner to follow*
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>> *Sunday, January 17, 2010*
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>> *8:30 am arrival, 9:00 am prompt start; Closing Circle ends at 4:00,
>> Newsroom open until 5:00*
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>> *(included in the registration fee, Saturday and Sunday breakfast nibbles
>> and lunches - join us to create a*
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>> *‘pot luck’ dinner on Saturday evening)*
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>> *To Register*
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>> *Contact **lisaheft at openingspace.net **for more information and a
>> registration form. The sooner you register and*
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>> *send payment, the more we can help share resources with others who would
>> like to come - so we encourage*
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>> *you to **register now**. We would appreciate your registration form no
>> later than January 5.*
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>> *The Site*
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>> *The OSonOS will be held at beautiful **Fort Mason**, a historic military
>> garrison that now houses arts*
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>> *organizations, the world-famous Greens restaurant, reception facilities
>> and more. Walk outside to enjoy the*
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>> *fresh Bay air, wave to sea lions, crabs and shore birds and see the
>> Golden Gate Bridge and Alcatraz Island. The*
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>> *rest of San Francisco is just a bus or a taxi ride away. If budget is an
>> issue, there is even a **hostel **nearby with*
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>> *the best view in the world.*
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>> *Getting Here*
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>> *Fly into **San Francisco International Airport **(SFO), which is about
>> 15.5 miles from Fort Mason. Take a rental*
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>> *car, taxi (about $52 dollars US one-way, including tip), **BART train **to
>> the **MUNI **bus system ($8.10 US for BART,*
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>> *$2.00 for MUNI), or **shuttle **into the city ($19.00 one-way including
>> tip). Local city transit is via BART, MUNI,*
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>> *taxi, your car or your own two feet or wheelchair. **Oakland
>> International Airport**, in the East Bay, is about 23*
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>> *miles from Fort Mason. We recommend you stay at an accommodation near
>> Fort Mason / Marina District /*
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>> *Fisherman’s Wharf area. Parking at the Fort Mason site is $8 per day or
>> evening if you park inside the gates;*
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>> *free if you park outside the gates but do watch signs for restricted
>> parking areas.*
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>> *Accommodation*
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>> *Delegates are responsible for their own accommodation - please ask for a
>> list of local places to stay if you need*
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>> *one. Our list includes a full range of accommodations from the $30/night
>> dormitory-style hostel to large hotels.*
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>> *Global Village Marketplace **and **Silent Auction*
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>> *One of our traditions for an OSonOS is to have a Global Village
>> Marketplace - where we sell folk art, poetry or*
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>> *other lovely items to each other to raise money for our own travel
>> expense or for the Access Queen*
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>> *(scholarship) Project. We will also have a Silent Auction for the Access
>> Queen Project - highest bidder gets to*
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>> *buy the lovely item for this same fund. So pack into your luggage some
>> lovely artisan work, poetry, shawl or*
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>> *other item to sell to other OpenSpaceniks, and bring a little extra
>> money if you like (US dollars please) to buy*
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>> *lovely things from your lovely colleagues.*
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>> *
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>> *Suitcase Cuisine*
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>> *As Saturday is a ‘pot luck’ dinner, feel free to pack into your luggage,
>> buy nearby or bring from home a special*
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>> *food or beverage item to contribute to our buffet.*
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>> *
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>> *Open Space Learning Workshop - December 9-11, 2009 in San Francisco*
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>> *
>> *
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>> *As the OSonOS is not a training but rather an invitation to explore OST
>> on deeper levels,*
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>> *we encourage anyone who has not yet learned the method or facilitated
>> Open Space to attend*
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>> *a workshop or read Harrison’s book and jump right in a few times before
>> attending this*
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>> *conference.*
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>> *The Open Space Learning Workshops bring together those who are new to
>> the method and those who have*
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>> *experienced it -- an opportunity to share your learning and
>> understanding of the method and to prepare*
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>> *yourselves for facilitating your own Open Space. You will experience an
>> Open Space meeting and learn how to*
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>> *design, prepare hosts or clients, coordinate and facilitate the meeting
>> and help organizations or communities*
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>> *support the actions and momentum that come out of the event. *
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>> *This experiential workshop will include all of the things you may wish
>> to know for holding your own Open Space event – from planning, preparation
>> and design to logistics, talking with sponsors/clients, developing
>> invitations and themes, recording proceedings, event follow-up, ‘what-ifs’
>> and anything else you personally would like to share or ask about.
>> Registration fees are flexible – money should never get in the way of
>> learning. Participants are encouraged to read Harrison Owen’s book “Open
>> Space Technology: A User’s Guide” prior to this workshop.*
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>> *
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>> *For more information about content, schedule and pricing for the
>> December workshop, **contact Lisa Heft **at*
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>> *lisaheft at openingspace.net **.*
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>> *
>> *
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>> *For those of you nearer to the **New York **region - our colleagues in
>> New York are hosting a training the same*
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>> *January weekend as this OSonOS - if you have not yet learned about Open
>> Space and are in that region, let Lisa*
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>> *know and she can send you more information.*
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Suzanne Daigle
NuFocus Strategic Group
7159 Victoria Circle
University Park, FL 34201
FL 941-359-8877;  CT 203-722-2009
www.nufocusgroup.com
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