Brian Bainbridge Memorial Scholarship WOSonOS 2010

Thu Apr 8 06:28:45 PDT 2010

Viv and All:

Lisa and Viv have pursued a great idea to add to Brian's memory.  He
certainly had the most WOSONOS events to his credit, more than Harrison or
I.  Helping someone who would not otherwise be able to attend to come to
Berlin is a great statement about Brian and WOSONOS.  I have made my
contribution to the fund. There are a number of folks in OSI Canada who are
doing the same.

I am sorry that I will not be able to be in Berlin myself as the combination
of family health issues and a slow year make that not possible.  

I encourage everyone who knew Brian and his love for Open Space to make a
contribution.

Larry

Larry Peterson & Associates in Transformation
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
larry at spiritedorg.com   416.653.4829 http://www.spiritedorg.com

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Subject: [OSLIST] Brian Bainbridge Memorial Scholarship WOSonOS 2010

Hello all

The other day I had lunch with Brendan McKeague and Andrew Rixon to discuss
the future of the Open Space Institute in Australia. I'm sure many of you
are aware that Brian Bainbridge WAS the Open Space Institute in Oz and we'd
like to honour his contribution by continuing the OSI.

Also at lunch was Brian's friend and executor of his will, John Grace. I
asked John if he thought Brian's parish had any idea what he did when he
wasn't there. Not surprisingly, he answered 'no'. He also told us the story
of how the locals who were short of cash and wanted a hand-out from the
church would wait till the office staff had gone home and would knock on
Brian's door - even very late at night. No-one ever went away empty handed.
So I think Brian would be chuffed to know that there's a scholarship in his
name to enable someone to attend this year's World Open Space on Open Space
in Berlin, someone who wouldn't be able to otherwise.

This scholarship is being coordinated this year by the US Open Space
Institute as their way of honouring Brian, and Lisa Heft (aka The Access
Queen) has kindly taken on this task of coordinating the funds. There is a
candidate from Chile to receive the extra support who would not otherwise be
able to attend.  I think Brian would be happy with this as he always wanted
to spread the understanding and use of open space far and wide.

Some of you may wish to individually contribute to the Fr. Brian Bainbridge
Memorial Fund for the 2010 WOSONOS.  Please make your own individual
contributions as appropriate. The details of how to do so are explained
below. 

At our Fringe WOSonOS in Melbourne on May 11 we will talk about an
Australasian Scholarship for future WOSonOS events. And most exciting for me
(personally) at this Fringe WOSonOS will be that we'll have access to
Brian's beloved shalalee for our talking stick. Yay! Stay tuned for photos.

If you have any questions please contact me offline <viv at mcwaters.com.au>

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Thank you for your thoughtful contributions to the Brian Bainbridge memorial
scholarship.

This is a collection of funds with the intention of helping someone attend
this year's World Open Space on Open Space in Berlin, Germany - May 12-15,
2010.

These funds will be handled through the Access Queen project (Lisa Heft) who
has worked with each year's WOSonOS "Askers" - people of lesser financial
abilities who wish to join their colleagues at a WOSonOS - and each year's
Host Team since the Access Queen project's inception in 2001.

For any funds given to the project specifically in memory of Brian this
year, Lisa is working with Open Space Institute Australia's Viv McWaters to
inform who may be (a) likely recipient(s).

Please note that the WOSonOS is fast approaching so if you are thinking of
contributing you may wish to do so very soon.

The options for contribution include 
US check (zero handling fee taken out of your contribution) -or- PayPal
(about 4% taken out of your donation by PayPal as processing fee)

US Bank check / money order
Made out to Lisa Heft, and mailed to 2325 Oregon Street, Berkeley,
California 94705-1106 USA
Be sure to write 'Access Queen / Brian Bainbridge' in the memo portion of
the check
(the Access Queen Project is not an NGO so US citizens cannot get a tax
deduction for payments made in this way)

US$ Bank check / money order
Made out to Lisa Heft, and mailed to 2325 Oregon Street, Berkeley,
California 94705-1106 USA
Be sure to write 'Access Queen / Brian Bainbridge' in the memo portion of
the check
(the Access Queen Project is not an NGO so US citizens cannot get a tax
deduction for payments made in this way)

PayPal 
(for which you can set up a connect to your bank account or use your Visa,
American Express, MasterCard or Discover Card)
Go to http://www.paypal.com
Log into your existing PayPal account or sign up for one, then click on the
"Send Money" tab 
Send a payment to lisaheft at openingspace.net    
Be sure to write 'Access Queen / Brian Bainbridge' in the notes section

Cheers

Viv
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