Reflecting on the Roll Call

Erik Fabian erik at DOUBLEHAPPINESSNYC.COM
Sun Nov 29 14:01:19 PST 2009


Hi all,

1st thing: I don't mean to stop the Roll Call if folks would still like to chime in. Feel welcome.

2nd: I was quite struck by the 100+ voices that have called present so far in the Roll Call. Your 
responses reoriented my sense of scale on this list and created a fascinating moment where I 
didn't know what was going to happen next...I felt like I watching a filibuster or something. 

I was also struck by the sense of willingness to continue to be present in this OSLIST conversation 
despite disagreements, other options, shyness, busy lives, etc. That felt like some kind of bedrock 
to me.

The momentum has slowed and the thread has mixed back into the stream of multiple 
conversations on the list.  I have also started to hear some reflection from Michael (here: 
http://tinyurl.com/ygupaax) & Harold (here: http://tinyurl.com/ykx3scs) and so it seems 
appropriate to put out a broader invitation to reflect on the Roll Call.

I suppose I should say, I viewed the Roll Call responses in the context of a couple weeks of debate 
about OS, where the online OS community should find its home, differing values around online 
communication styles, and thoughts about OS and change.

Peggy asked an interesting question recently: How do the Open Space principles help us both 
support and resist change and what does that mean for the evolution of OST and opening space? 
(http://tinyurl.com/yzg8nh9)

So I invite anyone, anyone who was present or silently sat aside, who would like to reflect on the 
Roll Call to feel welcome to do so, and to perhaps consider the Roll Call in the light of recent 
debates on this list or Peggy's question about change and the future of OS.

Cheers,
Erik

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