Invitation to join Open Space Institute-US

Wed Apr 14 12:35:14 PDT 2010

Lovely, Michael.

I am so sorry that cannot be with you in Berlin for WOSonOS.  But I  
very much look forward to doing the "Step Back Dance" with you  
sometime soon.

Warm wishes from a toasty day in Phoenix,
Christine

Christine Whitney Sanchez
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On Apr 14, 2010, at 12:24 PM, Michael M Pannwitz wrote:

> Dear Christine,
> followed you invitation, it was easy and fast (via PayPal) from  
> Berlin to OSI in the US.
> Here is the link I used to get directly to the payment page
>> http://www.openspaceworld.org/osi-usa/pmts.html
>
> Hope you all make it to the WOSonOS in Berlin in May ... a bunch of  
> OSI USA have signed in and as of this moment 149 folks signed up  
> from 29 countries...the first from Canada just dropped in today.
> The info is here
>> http://www.boscop.org/events/508-wosonos-2010
>
> and there are a bunch of homestay offers in Berlin from colleagues,  
> here is the link to that
>> http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0ARKfRIBrYlQhZHRmbndqcV8yZGI0cWcyaHQ&hl=en
>
> which makes it not only more affordable but is definitely more fun!!
>
> Appreciating your notion that:
> "Open Space Technology provides us with an elegantly simple way to  
> help our clients, our communities (and in my case, even my family)  
> to take responsibility for their passions and self-organize for  
> innovative action"
> my feeling is that all the people I work with need no help in taking  
> responsibility for their passions.
> In fact I find working with OST even more elegant. If I focus on  
> (and in fact manage) stepping back and getting out of the way or in  
> essence do nothing space for selforganisation seems to expand. And  
> under that condition people do whatever they have a passion for:  
> take their next nap, think up means of dealing with challenges, walk  
> around the block, read a book, bumble bee, create a new enterprise,  
> plan their next birthday party...all of that cerainly without my  
> help. To them it seems to be quite natural and nothing to write home  
> about. To others it seems enormously creative, breathtaking,  
> innovative, impressive, never-experienced-before, fast, inexpensive...
> To me, stepping back and all that jazz, is the toughest and hardest  
> work (mind you, to others it might be a breeze and to people  
> watching me it also might appear to be the easiest thing in the  
> world). At the same time it is absolutely liberating for me not to  
> have to give any thought to outcome or responsibility of others or  
> whether something is innovative or perfectly boring.
> Sometimes I actually succeed in stepping back!
> Have a great day
> mmp
>
> Christine Sanchez schrieb:
>> Dear Open Space Friends,
>> I just made a donation to the Open Space Institute–US to renew my  
>> membership for 2010.  It took me less than a minute to make the  
>> donation online!
>> I love doing this as a way to honor the many benefits I have  
>> received from Open Space Technology and to support the good work of  
>> the Open Space Institute-US, which is one of several Open Space  
>> Institutes around the world.
>> Isn’t it incredible that Open Space Technology provides us with an  
>> elegantly simple way to help our clients, our communities (and in  
>> my case, even my family) to take responsibility for their passions  
>> and self-organize for innovative action?  It’s all the more amazing  
>> that we can do this without needing to be certified or licensed.   
>> Harrison made sure that Open Space was open – open hearted, open- 
>> minded, open source.
>> The purpose of the Open Space Institute–US is to hold space for  
>> Open Space by providing access to resources on Open Space, by  
>> connecting individuals and groups to inform, inspire, mentor, and  
>> sustain each other in opening and holding space, and by being an  
>> inclusive learning community.  You can join the conversation on the  
>> new self-organized Open Space Technology World Community.  Or, you  
>> can visit us at Open Space World.
>> We hope you will want to learn more about the benefits of  
>> membership and how to join OSI-US.  If you feel inspired to renew  
>> your membership or become a member of the Open Space Institute–US  
>> you can make your donation online.
>> We hope you will join us in holding the space for Open Space!
>> On Behalf of the Open Space Institute-US Board,
>> Christine Whitney Sanchez, Harold Shinsato, Phelim McDermot, Ed  
>> Laboy, Peggy Holman, Lisa Heft, Doug Germann, Tree Fitzpatrick,  
>> Karen Davis, , Suzanne Daigle
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