[OSLIST] Come join us at Open Space Technology World Community Ning site!!

Suzanne Daigle sdaigle4 at comcast.net
Tue Nov 17 11:10:35 PST 2009


The OS list is and has been such a gift to my learning and the opening of space inside myself. 

I have felt the spirit of community, energy and generosity every day. 

I will never know all of those who had the vision and passion, through chaos and order  to create what we have. 

With deep appreciation and intention, in this moment I want to say THANK YOU! 

Suzanne

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-----Original Message-----
From: Lucy Garrick - NorthShore Group <lgarrick at northshoregroup.net>
Date:         Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:35:54 
To: <OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU>
Subject: Re: Re : [OSLIST] Come join us at Open Space Technology World Community Ning site!!

Hi,

I am not very active on this listserv but I listen alot.  It seems to  
me that if we truly honor the principles of self-organization,  
everything will unfold to meet the needs of each person in the  
community as we  honor our ability to speak and take care of ourselves.

I find cyberspace a sort of community in itself.  People join together  
in all sorts of spaces and from what I observe, do so based mostly on  
shared interests and values. That this community first came together  
around Harrison's Open Space convening methodology is nice, AND  
however it evovles, I know it will be OK.

I get a sense of grasping in this thread and I wonder if this about  
trying to conserve something is a form that may no longer be possible  
or desired if this community is to continue to thrive?  This is more  
of a question than an assertion, and I wonder if I am the only one who  
senses this?

Lucy


Lucy Garrick
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On Nov 17, 2009, at 9:59 AM, Lori Palano wrote:

> Merci Diane! You found a way to express what I was sensing, and to  
> help me clarify it all for myself.
>
> In an open space workshop, if I would like to use my 2 feet to find  
> another conversation, I can pass by the agenda on the wall and find  
> where I want to go. This is what I hear in Diane's comments, that it  
> could be very useful to have a place of connection from which each  
> person's passion and responsibility can flow.
>
> If each online platform is a breakout room, what could represent the  
> agenda, or the place we can all get together for opening and closing  
> circles?
>
> Lori
>
> De : Diane Gibeault <diane.gibeault at rogers.com>
> À : OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
> Envoyé le : Mar 17 novembre 2009, 11 h 53 min 40 s
> Objet : Re: [OSLIST] Come join us at Open Space Technology World  
> Community Ning site!!
>
> Hi Lisa and everyone,
>
> These are very interesting exchanges. There is no question that with  
> the principle of following passion and the law of the 2 feet, people  
> can take initiative to go wherever they feel like being. My question  
> is more about caring for ‘’community‘’.
>
> Can the world OST community and its members as part of that  
> community be best cared for and nurtured if its place of connection  
> are more and more dispersed?
>
> With the multiplication of places for conversations, can some core  
> common place or market place stay, not only alive, but healthy and  
> vibrant to support ongoing learning for the new and the not so new?
>
> The question becomes where can I post my topic with a safe hope that  
> I will find a critical mass of people who have an interest for the  
> OST theme and who, with their diversity, can share a richness of  
> thinking?
>
> How different meetings (conversation sites) can one attend regularly  
> at the same time before becoming  overwhelmed as well as dealing  
> with the many learning curves on the technological side?
>
> Can we, in the course of running around to different places (see a  
> sample at end of this email *), loose the core conversation place of  
> the community, a place where you know you can easily find others of  
> that big community?
>
> Maybe Darwin has the answer: a core OST community will end up where  
> it can best evolve and that will eventually be apparent to all. It’s  
> still worth reflecting what we want to influence in this evolution  
> because we do have a part in influencing evolution.
>
> Lisa you say: It's the three of us saying 'so we keep feeling /  
> hearing other say' about a resource they and we want -and- 'so let's  
> go play!
>
> It’s great that you are attending to what has meaning for you. I  
> hear from this that playing in the other existing places for  
> conversation (e.g.s below) has limitations you want to overcome.
>
> So to help me at least decide where I may want to focus my energy  
> and resources which have their limitations given other demands, can  
> you describe the added benefits of this new place you are inviting  
> the OS community to go to and to multiply? There may be very good  
> reasons to do it but I would like to have a clearer picture of the  
> new possibilities of this new invitation.
>
> *  SAMPLE of OST conversation sites out there:
>
> -       On the international scene, the OS List is already answering  
> a need for many, to connect and share information, advice and  
> support. The information is always current as it arrives instantly  
> by itself in our email InBox – you don’t have to decide which of the  
> many other OST web sites you will open today. Many say how it is  
> already a challenge to find time to read everything that is of  
> interest to them on the List.
>
> -       Other offerings like: Harrison Owen’s Blog and web, Link-In  
> OST
>
> -       The international French blog open to anyone around the  
> world. See http://fosurfo.blogspot.com/ - created 2 years ago by the  
> Regroupement francophone du Forum ouvert (RFFO) just after the  
> French international OSonOS in Quebec.
>
> -       OSWorld.org web where we are invited to contribute - many  
> internet searchers transit through it and we’re invited to visit the  
> web sites of many who developed materials on OST.
>
> -       Public places that we’re invited as a community to keep  
> current on OST knowledge e.g.:  World Map, World Scape, World News,  
> Wikipedia,
>
> -       Just around Open Space Institute Canada Institute (OSIC) we  
> have 3 forms of networks for conversations and information not  
> counting a growing number of individual websites rich with OS  
> information listed on OSIC’s website.
>
>
> Looking for insights on the future, in the spirit of  having a  
> healthy OS community,
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Diane
>
>
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