Invitation to join Open Space Institute-US

Wed Apr 14 15:21:44 PDT 2010

so it would appear that your gmail account is working again, with the
oslist, christine.  keep in mind that you will not see your own postings in
your inbox when posting from gmail.  it's just the way gmail handles
duplicates.  nothing to do with the oslist.  m

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On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 2:35 PM, Christine Whitney Sanchez <
cwhitneysanchez at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
> Collaborative Wisdom & Strategy
> 1.480.759.0262
> www.christinewhitneysanchez.com
> www.promiseusa.com
> Skype: christinewhitneysanchez
> http://www.facebook.com/ChristineWhitneySanchez
> http://www.linkedin.com/in/christinewhitneysanchez
>
>
> 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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