RE- Reflecting on the Roll Call

[Patricia Haines]

I said a few weeks ago how much I was loving the roll call responses - how they reminded me, every day, that I'm part of a truly global community of folks passionately committed to facilitating change in the direction of equity, justice, collaborative vision, and self-responsibility in the context of community.
This is exactly why my organization intentionally models the Folk School tradition, which has been experiencing a re- enlivening since the breaking up of the Soviet Union, the European Union's conundrum of distinct cultural identity/cohesion, and now globalization for sustainability rather than banking.
A story of self-organization since the 1840s -
thanks to you all!

LEVEL GREEN - working on local and global levels to foster just & sustainable community through collaborative initiatives in hospitality, education and the arts, in the democratic  spirit of the 150 year-old Danish Folk School tradition. 1519 Slaterville Road, Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 339-9472

--- On Sun, 11/29/09, Erik Fabian <erik at DOUBLEHAPPINESSNYC.COM> wrote:

From: Erik Fabian <erik at DOUBLEHAPPINESSNYC.COM>
Subject: [OSLIST] Reflecting on the Roll Call
To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
Date: Sunday, November 29, 2009, 5:01 PM

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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