OST keeps spreading

Tue Feb 24 06:58:26 PST 2009

Dear colleagues,
right, Suriname (its just north of Brazil, east of Guyana)just joined as 
the 139th country in which OST is being used. Have a look at the world map
> http://www.openspaceworldmap.org/

it keeps my geography improving.
And, if you are interested to find out who is doing what there with OST
here is the link to the worldscape
> http://www.openspaceworldscape.org/

its the fourth event from the top. Clicking on the little arrow in the 
upper right hand corner leads you to more information and the website 
telling you more about the project
> http://www.suriname-ngo-strengthening.org/

As you can easily see this is not only good news but a completely 
transparent invitation to include yourself in the world map and to list 
the events you are facilitating in the worldscape.

Have a great day
mmp
-- 
Michael M Pannwitz, boscop eg
Draisweg 1, 12209 Berlin, Germany
++49-30-772 8000
mmpanne at boscop.org
www.boscop.org

Check out the Open Space World Map presently showing 455 resident Open 
Space Workers in 73 countries working in a total of 139 countries worldwide
Have a look:
www.openspaceworldmap.org

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>From  Wed Feb 25 20:53:10 2009
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Hi all space dancers--

Thought you might want to be aware of this effort.

		:- Doug.

-------- Forwarded Message --------
From: Sandy Heierbacher <sandy at THATAWAY.ORG>
Reply-To: Sandy Heierbacher <sandy at THATAWAY.ORG>
To: NCDD-DISCUSSION at LISTS.THATAWAY.ORG
Subject: [NCDD-DISCUSSION] help develop principles to be submitted to
Obama administration
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:09:28 -0500

Hi, everyone!  Sorry if you get this message twice; I wanted to be  
sure all NCDDers receive this.  Feel free to forward this message to  
other related networks you're involved in.

We are facing an unprecedented opportunity in the fields of public  
engagement, conflict resolution and collaboration. President Obama has  
demonstrated his commitment to participation, transparency and  
openness in his administration in numerous ways we've all taken note of.

There are a number of established associations and organizations in  
the U.S. that unite professionals and promote the practice and  
principles of consensus, dialogue, participation, collaboration,  
conflict resolution and other means of achieving largely the same end.

We suspect that many of these groups will try to communicate with the  
administration about how to best move forward, but we are concerned  
about the fact that although most of us speak the same basic language  
to describe this work, we tend to use many different dialects. This  
could weaken each of our cases, and overwhelm members of the  
administration rather than support them.

Rather than each of us contacting the administration separately with  
mixed messages and various levels of success, we believe we could make  
a greater impact working together. Can we collaborate or unify to  
present a collective source of principles, practices, talent and  
resources that this administration and nation will need in the next  
four years?

As a first step, a few of us have decided to lead a transparent effort  
to encourage people in our field to collectively agree (as much as  
possible) on principles or standards for public engagement. We've  
begun by posting a bunch of existing sets of principles on the NCDD  
site in forum software that anyone can contribute and respond to.

Please join us today at http://thataway.org/2009/pep_project/ - click  
on the right tab to sign up, then click on "discussions" to get back  
to the main page. We ask that you:

1. Respond to the principles, articles, etc. that are posted.  What do  
you like about them?  What do you disagree with?  What would you change?
2. Add any sets of principles or criteria for public engagement you're  
aware of that aren't yet posted.
3. Check back later after our smaller group has created a draft set of  
principles based on your feedback and ideas. (I'll email these lists  
again when it's time.)

We hope to end up with a set of principles most of you will feel  
comfortable endorsing. Please help us get there!

     * Tom Atlee, President of the Co-Intelligence Institute
     * Stephen Buckley, CEO of U.S. Transparency
     * John Godec, Board member of the International Association of  
Public Participation (IAP2)
     * Reynolds-Anthony Harris, Managing Director of Lyceum Patners &  
Co.
     * Sandy Heierbacher, Director of the National Coalition for  
Dialogue & Deliberation (NCDD)
     * Steve Pyser, Editor of the International Journal of Public  
Participation
     * Stephanie Roy McCallum, Immediate Past President of the  
International Association of Public Participation (IAP2)

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