Brian Bainbridge Memorial Scholarship WOSonOS 2010

Thu Apr 8 11:39:22 PDT 2010

Additional info on the Brian Memorial Scholarship on behalf of Lisa
Heft (who's still having difficulty posting with our temperamental OS
list).  Hopefully this will get through in a plain text format.
Suzanne

Access Queen / Lisa adds:

Thank you Larry and others, for your warm support in honor of Brian.
For those of you who are US citizens who wish a tax deduction for a
charitable contribution, the Open Space Institute US is offering to
receive your donation, and pass it along to me for this scholarship
with zero additional administrative fee. Thanks, OSI-US!

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For any US citizen who wishes a tax deduction for this charitable contribution
Donate through the nonprofit Open Space Institute US
-either-
with PayPal (for which OSI-US has set up a special link - you can set
up a PayPal account to connect to a bank account or use your Visa,
American Express, MasterCard or Discover Card - PayPal will subtract a
small processing fee from your amount)
Go to  http://osius.wordpress.com/2010/02/21/brian-bainbridge-memorial-scholarship/
-or-
with US Check or Money Order
Made out to Open Space Institute US
with complete contact information, including email address - and be
sure to write 'Access Queen / Brian Bainbridge' in the notes / memo
section
Mail to Peggy Holman, Open Space Institute US, 15347 SE 49th Place,
Bellevue, Washington 98006 USA

On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 9:28 AM, Larry Peterson <larry at spiritedorg.com> wrote:
> 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
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] On Behalf Of Viv
> McWaters
> Sent: April-07-10 2:34 AM
> To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
> 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>
>
> *******************
>
> 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
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Viv McWaters
> Beyond the Edge Pty Ltd
> PO Box 665 Torquay 3228
> Australia
> 0417 135 406
>
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